Nurse Educator

Home Nursing Foundation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Nursing Foundation in Singapore is seeking a experienced Nurse Educator to lead training and development for its nursing staff. You will design, implement, and evaluate education programmes and materials to elevate clinical competencies across the organisation.

The role emphasizes collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, policy alignment, and ongoing learning institute development. A senior nursing background with teaching qualifications is preferred to drive standards of care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with SNB practising certificate.
• Bachelor Degree in Nursing is required.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant clinical nursing experience.
• Experience as Nurse Clinician, Nurse Educator, or similar education role.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education or Specialist Diploma in Clinical Education, or equivalent.
• Experience in community care settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, implement and evaluate nursing education and training programmes.
• Conduct training needs analysis, develop competency development plans for clinicians.
• Develop training framework based on TNAs and implement it.
• Create training roadmap and calendar aligned to community nursing framework.
• Maintain professional and quality nursing training and development.
• Perform follow-up training evaluation and report to management/HR.
• Support and oversee development of the learning institute.
• Design, implement and evaluate training curriculum as needed.
• Register nominations with approved learning institutes and handle sponsorship forms.
• Provide clinical supervision to newly recruited nurses and ensure core nursing skills competency.
• Conduct incidental teaching and follow-up supervision for trained staff.
• Maintain training database and quarterly reporting of training hours.
• Perform monthly/yearly documentations and competency audits.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Nurse educator experience

Training & development

Education program design

Education

Registered Nurse with SNB

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)

Specialist Diploma in Clinical Education

Equivalent qualification in healthcare education

Job description

1. Training and Development

• Plan, develop, implement and evaluate the nursing education and training programme/educational materials.

• Conduct of training needs, analyse, plan, implement, coordinate, develop and evaluate overall training and competency development plans for all clinicians / allied health staff.

• Develop the training framework based on the TNAs analysis and implement it accordingly.

• Develop and review training roadmap and training calendar periodically according to community nursing framework and organisation's training and development plans.

• Participate in the maintenance of professional and quality nursing training and development.

• Conduct follow-up training evaluation after each in-house training session with external course provider and then 3 months post-course evaluation. Submit data analysis to management and HR.

• Support and Oversee the development of the learning institute.

• Design, implementation and evaluation of the training curriculum as and when the need arise.

• Call and collate nominations if there is any course suitable for any staff.

• Register with the approved learning institutes those approved nominations with the completed training sponsorship forms.Clinical Supervision

• Provide clinical supervision for all newly recruited nurses and to ensure that they are competent in HNF core nursing skillsets.

• Conduct incidental teaching as and when the need arises.

• Provide follow up supervision for clinicians who has completed any training session including the induction programme.

• Perform and assist nursing leaders in monthly and yearly documentations and competency audits.

2. Training Policies

• Develop new training policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) if any.

• Conduct roadshows to share the training policies and SOPs.

• Review training policies and SOPs if there is any directive from the regulatory body on any change in the training guidelines.

• Communicate updates on training policies and SOPsMonitoring & Audit

• Conducting regular quality audits to ensure clinical indicators are met ( i.e. hand hygiene).

3. Collaboration

• Work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that quality and safe care are delivered.

• Assist/involvement in related projects assigned.

4. Education Materials

• Maintain the training database and report the outcome of the training hours captured for each care staff every quarterly.Other Administrative Roles3.7.1 Maintain the training database and report the outcome of the training hours captured for each care staff every quarterly.

5. Perform other additional related duties as and when directed by said reporting officer

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a valid practising certificate issued by the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB).

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant clinical nursing experience

• Prior experience as a Nurse Clinician, Nurse Educator, or in a similar clinical education role.

• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), Specialist Diploma in Clinical Education, or an equivalent qualification in healthcare education.

• Prior experience working in community care settings is preferred.