Assistant Nurse Manager (Nursing home/ East/ 5 days office hours) HGN

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NTUC Health seeks a Nursing Operations Manager to oversee a nursing home’s day-to-day care, ensuring policy alignment and resident well-being. You will lead a team of RNs, ENs, Nursing Aides and HCAs, and drive clinical governance, incident reporting, and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities include budget planning, resource management, quality assurance, policy updates, and ensuring compliance with MOH and SNB standards.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Nursing is required.
• Valid practicing certificate with the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification.
• Leadership experience in a nursing home, geriatric ward, or step-down care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and manages assigned nursing home operations to reflect the centre's philosophy, policies and objectives in day-to-day care.
• Leads a team of Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nursing Aides and Healthcare Assistants.
• Oversees incident reporting, investigations, and communication of responses to families.
• Develops and implements emergency response strategies.
• Participates in budget planning and ensures optimal utilization of resources.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Budgeting

Quality assurance

Staff development

Education

Diploma or Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job scope:

• Nursing Operations


• Oversees and manage the assigned nursing home operations to ensure that the relevant nursing home’s philosophy, policies and objectives are reflected in the day-to-day care of each resident.


• Oversees the team of Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nursing Aides and Healthcare Assistants.


• Oversees incident reporting activities including investigation, report writing and communicating response to the family members involved.


• Develop and implement strategies that will be effective during emergency situations


• Participate in budgetary planning for the centre and ensure there is effective implementation and optimal utilisation of budget.


• Ensures appropriate skills mix and adequate manpower resourcing for all shifts and types of services.


• Clinical Standards


• Responsible for the compliance of all nursing standards as stipulated by Ministry of Health and Singapore Nursing Board.


• Leads quality assurance activities to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care.


• Promotes 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.


• Ensures smooth transition of residents from acute to chronic care and back to the community, where possible.


• Directs care of the residents to ensure compliance to standards.


• Stakeholder Management


• Participate actively in discussions/communication with external agencies (e.g. AIC, MOH).


• Ensure there is effective stakeholder management with all groups of stakeholders (e.g., residents, their families, government agencies etc.).


• Partner the Operations Manager in the upkeep, security, maintenance of building, facilities and equipment.


• People Development


• Directs and facilitates staff development, skills and competency upgrading through various opportunities such as formal education, in-house training, on-the-job training or approved online learning programmes.


• Work with closely with relevant department to develop the training needs and curriculum for the nursing team.

Requirements:

• Qualification: Diploma or Degree in Nursing.https://ntuchealth.sg/careers/nursing-jobsNTUC Health


• Registration: Valid practicing certificate with the Singapore Nursing Board


• Certification: Valid Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification.


• Experience: Requires a few years of clinical experience in a nursing home, geriatric ward, or step-down care setting (with leadership or senior staff nurse experience preferred).