Infectious Disease Surveillance Coordinator

NHG Health; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NHG Health in Singapore invites applications for a Surveillance Coordinator within the Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) Surveillance team at NCID. The role involves conducting comprehensive HAI surveillance across public healthcare facilities, data collection, and ensuring data integrity to support infection prevention.

You will collaborate with clinicians and data analysts, maintain standardised methods, contribute to audits, and participate in knowledge translation through reports and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Nursing, Biomedical Sciences or related field.
• 1–2 years of healthcare surveillance experience is advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with strong Excel capabilities for data management and analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Meticulous data collection, entry, and quality assurance with strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive HAI surveillance across public healthcare facilities and long-term care settings.
• Review case notes and collect clinical/epidemiological data for databases.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure data integrity.
• Prepare clean datasets and perform quality checks on datasets.
• Support data analysts and epidemiologists in data access and preparation for analysis.
• Ensure standardisation of data collection methods across activities.
• Coordinate surveillance audits and manage stakeholder communications.
• Contribute to research projects and manuscript preparation.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Data management

Communication

Attention to detail

Sustained focus

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences / Nursing / Biomedical Sciences

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

NHG Health in Singapore invites applications for a Surveillance Coordinator within the Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) Surveillance team at NCID. The role involves conducting comprehensive HAI surveillance across public healthcare facilities, data collection, and ensuring data integrity to support infection prevention.

You will collaborate with clinicians and data analysts, maintain standardised methods, contribute to audits, and participate in knowledge translation through reports and