Staff Nurse (Meranti Home@Pelangi Village)
Job Description & Requirements
- Screen, treat and provide nursing care to sick residents
- Attend/carry out routine procedures for all new admissions and residents returned after absconding ego urine test, blood sugar test, rectal swab etc
- Refer sick residents for medical examination by the doctor
- Arrange the appointment cards and transport of residents attending appointment at hospitals and polyclinics
- Follow-up on residents who have been transferred to hospitals
- Update the residents’ medical cards daily eg., diagnosis, treatment, transfer, appointments and discharges from hospitals
- Work closely with the OT or PT on therapy programmes and carry out simple exercise using physiotherapy equipment, when required
- Carry out daily rounds in the dormitories and supervise mealtimes
- Give first-aid treatment for emergency cases
- Refer ill residents to hospital in the absence of the doctor
- Supervise the Assistant Nurse in their work
- Give Health Education Talks to residents
- Participate in in-service education programme
- Order and maintain supplies and equipment
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Nursing Officer or Superintendent from time to time
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Min Diploma in Nursing and registered with Singapore Nursing Board
- Good team player & able to work well independently
- Good communicator, both verbal & written
- 6 days work week, no night shift
COMPETENCY AND PROFICIENCY LEVEL
Must-Have Competencies
- Effective Communication in Nursing – Level 4
- Emergency Care Management in Nursing – Level 4
- Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Practice – Level 4
- Patient Education on Use of Prescribed Drugs – Level 3
- Nutrition and Fluids Management in Nursing – Level 3
- Patient Care Delivery in Nursing – Level 3
Good-To-Have Competencies
- Inter-professional Collaboration – Level 3
- Quality Improvement and Safe Practices – Level 3
- Workplace Safety and Health – Level 2
Critical Core Skills
- Communication – Intermediate
- Influence – Basic
- Collaboration – Intermediate
- Adaptability – Basic
- Decision Making -Basic
*For more information, please refer to Technical Skills and Competency (TSCs) and Critical Core Skills (CCSs) in Skills Framework for Social Service Industry via this website
