The Home Healthcare doctor will manage the clients acute and chronic medical conditions through regular home visits and telehealth service.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and support the clinical team in medical decisions
- Uphold clinical governance standards, infection control and patient safety standards in home care setting, ensuring HCSA compliance
- Provide medical consultation through regular home visits or telehealth service
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team, patient and NOKs to develop holistic care plans for clients and optimize their medical conditions and functional status, including primary, secondary, tertiary prevention
- Perform bedside procedures such as venipuncture, urinary catheterization, and management of simple tubes and drains
- Titrate and prescribe medication for the clients
- Assist with referral to other internal services e.g. Home Nursing or Home therapy or external social services, as appropriate
- Ensure accurate documentation of medical records
- Develop pathways to improve the continuity of care for patients between CH and community
- Develop clinical expertise to expand the scope of the team
- Other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor
Requirements:
- Possess a basic medical degree or postgraduate qualification that is registrable with the Singapore Medical Council
- Full registration with the Singapore Medical Council
- In active clinical practice
- Possess relevant experience in home care services would be an advantage
- Strong clinical acumen
- Able to work independently
- A team player with a passion to care for the elderly
- Possess good interpersonal and communications skills
- Willing to travel to clients homes to provide services
