Hospital Clinician

National Healthcare Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Singapore is looking for a Hospital Clinician to lead patient care services across multiple hospitals. Successful candidates will conduct patient assessments, develop management plans, and guide juniors in complex procedures. Ideal applicants should have experience as a Medical Officer in Singapore and be registered with the Singapore Medical Council. This is a pivotal role that impacts patient outcomes significantly within the healthcare ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Must have at least two years of work experience as a Medical Officer in Singapore.
• Registration with the Singapore Medical Council and valid Practicing Certificate is mandatory.
• Foreign-trained doctors need at least five years of practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver patient care services across various hospitals.
• Conduct initial patient assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Supervise and guide House Officers in procedures.

Skills

Advanced triage

Broad-based diagnoses

Holistic patient management

Inter-disciplinary coordination

Pre-operative risk evaluation

Education

Letter of recommendation

Registered with Singapore Medical Council

Job description

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The Hospital Clinician (HC) Scheme offers more than a job – it’s a calling! NHG’s HC scheme offers our HCs a structured, broad-based training pathway that sharpens your clinical acumen and builds leadership capabilities; setting you on a trajectory toward clinical and administrative leadership within the healthcare ecosystem.

From the onset, you will play a pivotal role in leading and delivering patient care services across NHG’s suite of acute and community hospitals. You will do this in close and meaningful partnership with specialists, nurses and allied health professionals and make a real difference to our patients’ lives.

You can look forward to be deployed in either the medical or peri-operative domain with exposure to a broad spectrum of clinical disciplines.

• Conduct initial patient assessments and develop treatment/management plans.
• Perform routine reviews, maintain documentation, communication, changes, and simple procedures.
• Identify critically unwell patients and initiate early resuscitation with support from senior doctors.
• Perform common ward-based/bedside procedures under guidance/supervision from Senior Residents and/or specialists, including completing pre- and post-procedure documentation as well as obtaining consent.
• Guide House Officers in the clerking of cases. Supervise them in the performance of procedures, helping them, if necessary, especially with the more complex cases.
• Prepare medical reports where urgent reports should be prepared, if possible, within 48 hours, and reports for non-urgent requests within two weeks.
• Assist Senior Residents and specialists in the running of Specialist Outpatient Clinics and Operating Theatres.
• Conduct discussions and documentation of advanced care planning; as well as preparing death certification.

GENERAL SKILLSETS

Hospital Clinicians are expected to demonstrate:

• Advanced triage (able to recognize complex conditions requiring consultation from relevant specialists).
• Broad-based diagnoses and clinical management.
• Holistic management of acute presentation in conjunction with pre-existing comorbidities.
• Inter-disciplinary coordination of care between different specialties and professional groups.
• Comprehensive transition of care beyond (sub)acute setting, including discharge planning, advanced care planning.
• Pre-operative risk evaluation and optimization.
• Post-operative care (drain, ventilation, nutrition, rehabilitation), recognition of complications requiring specialist intervention.

The Hospital Clinicians are also expected to perform the roles:

• Actively participate as a member or team lead for quality improvement projects and/or educational activities and/or administrative duties at a hospital-wide / departmental level.
• Perform any other duties as directed by senior medical staff in their respective departments
  

JOB REQUIREMENTS

(A) EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Be either a Singaporean, Singapore Permanent Resident or local-trained foreigner and have at least two years (full-time equivalent) of work experience as a Medical Officer (MO), MO-equivalent or above in Singapore; or
• Be a foreign-trained doctor who have at least five years of practice as an MO in the MOPEX pool and still employed by MOH Holdings

All candidates must have obtained a letter of recommendation from a supervisor or senior clinician on his/her suitability to join the scheme.

• Doctors must be registered with the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and issued with a valid Practicing Certificate.
• Obtained either Full or Conditional Registration with Singapore Medical Council (SMC). Doctors with conditional registration with SMC are to practise within the conditions of their registration.