Co-ordinator

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 39,060 - 61,380; Full time

Job summary

Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore is seeking a qualified nurse for a temporary 6-month maternity cover position. You will assist team doctors, perform baseline assessments, participate in outpatient clinics, and help coordinate patient care.

The role requires enabling patient support, monitoring data, counselling patients and caregivers, attending ward rounds, and coordinating with other departments to ensure timely treatment and follow-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in nursing or related para-clinical discipline preferred.
• Good communication skills (oral and written).
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Good interpersonal skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist team doctors in receiving referrals and coordinating patient care.
• Perform basic screening and baseline assessments to track patient condition.
• Participate in outpatient clinics to support follow-up management.
• Monitor patient data and report abnormalities to doctors.
• Counsel patients on care and post-operative information as guided by doctors.
• Attend ward rounds and assist in care planning.
• Coordinate with other departments for required care and pre-operative assessments.
• Arrange clinic appointments and rescheduling as needed.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently

Windows-based software

Education

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Job description

This is a temporary 6-month maternity cover position.

Clinical Patient-Care

• Assist team doctors in receiving referral from within the department or from external parties.
• Performs basic screening and assessments for baseline data to track improvement of patient’s condition.
• Participate in outpatient clinic sessions, so as to be able to assist in the follow up management of patients.
• Monitor and track patients highlighted by team doctors, including patient’s pathological and blood results of patients, and reporting suspected abnormalities to the team doctors for necessary follow up of treatment.
• Advice and counsel patient on his/her care, to reinforce the information and advice given by their respective doctor
• Attend ward rounds with team doctors to jointly manage patient care as planned
• Ensure special investigations by doctors have been carried and treatments have been carried out accordingly for both inpatients and outpatients.
• Carry out pre and post-operative counselling for the patient (in accordance to protocol).
• Educate patient or caregiver on wound care and/or general care of patient
• Assist doctors in specialized procedures, according to team’s requirement.
• Co-ordinate and liaise with the other departments on the required care ordered for the patient.
• Co-ordinate clinic appointments.
• Co-ordinate re-scheduling/ changes in operation dates and pre-operative assessments
• To act as a contact point (or as specified by the department), should the patient require urgent medical advice.
• Participate in support group meetings, if available.
• Conduct follow-up calls to post-op patients and defaulter cases, especially cancer cases and various conditions that require close monitoring.

Clinical Research

• Collate data for retrospective studies
• Update and maintain sub-specialties database (number of database to be maintained is to be specified by individual subspecialty)
• Co-coordinating clinical trials in TTSH and NHG
• Assist with any other research projects within the department including liaising with Research Study Assistants of specialized Studies.

Service Quality

• Maintains timely and accurate records of patients’ information, including inputs by doctors.
• Participate and assist in preparing team cases for presentation during weekly Tumour board meetings

GENERAL

• Assist in co-coordinating programmes and training in the department and hospital, including public forums and medical examinations such as MBBS and FRCS.
• Assisting the Department in rearranging team’s cases according to Hospital management’s directions, such as rescheduling cases during situational events

Job Requirements

EDUCATION

• Attained professional qualification (e.g. Bachelor Degree), preferably in nursing (not necessarily to be registered under SNB) or para-clinical disciplines

Experience

• Prior healthcare experience will be an advantage
• Ability to work independently
• Good knowledge of Windows-based software
• Possesses good verbal and written communication skills
• Possesses good interpersonal skills