KEYRESPONSIBILITIES
Oversee a team of registered and enrolled nurses, nursing aides, healthcare assistants. This may include oversight of multi-disciplinary care providers such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, medical social workers and others.
Leadership Management
- Responsible for planning, coordinating, directing and evaluating the resident's care activities and provide supervision ensure delivery of competent, safe and quality nursing care rendered at all times.
Quality and Patient Safety
- Responsible for compliance of all nursing standards as stipulated by Ministry of health and Singapore Nursing Board
- Lead quality assurance activities to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care. Ensures quality audits are planned and conducted periodically. Follow up with areas for corrective improvements
- Promote evidence-based practices or nursing care delivery
- Ensure written policies and procedures and work process are available and up to date to guide the nursing care delivery
- Identify opportunities and lead QI initiatives, nursing research and QI projects.
Care Delivery
- Ensure the smooth transition of residents from acute to chronic care and back to the community, where possible
- Direct care of the residents to ensure compliance to standards
Staff Resources
- Ensure appropriate skills mix and adequate manpower resourcing for all shifts and types of services
Staff Development
- Direct and facilitate staff development, skills and competency upgrading through various opportunities. These may include formal education, in-house training or approved online learning programmes
- Guide orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for all new staff
Others
- Assist Director of Nursing to coordinate, conduct and monitor clinical and service quality performance indicators for continuous improvement.
- Support the Director of Nursing in Nursing Home Management and Deputizes in his absence
- Participate NH activities/events and committees as assigned by DON
