Nurse Educator / Clinical Instructor #HJH

RECRUIT EXPRESS PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

RECRUIT EXPRESS PTE LTD is seeking a senior staff nurse to deliver patient care in collaboration with the MDT within inpatient settings in Singapore.

You will support admissions, transfers and discharges, monitor progress, and participate in rounds and bedside procedures while ensuring high-quality nursing care and effective patient education.

Qualifications

• Minimum degree in nursing with at least 5 years of inpatient and senior nursing experience.
• Experience in gerontology, palliative care, or long-term care settings preferred.
• Advanced/Specialist Diploma in Geriatric/Community Nursing & Long-Term Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implements patient care in collaboration with MDT and according to assessed needs and health conditions.
• Facilitates admissions, transfers and discharges; ensures timely discharge planning.
• Follows up and evaluates patients’ progress according to planned care and readiness for discharge.
• Monitors patients for changes in condition and escalates when needed.
• Executes physicians’ treatment and investigation orders promptly.
• Prepares and assists physicians with bedside procedures and treatments.
• Communicates patient progress and response to treatment with MDT.
• Demonstrates clinical skills, knowledge, critical thinking and reasoning in patient care.
• Maintains infection control practices and supports nursing team to optimize resources.

Skills

Clinical nursing

MDT collaboration

Patient education

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor degree in Nursing

Tools

EMR

Job description

Job Description:

• Implements patient care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) and according to assessed needs and health condition(s).
• Facilitates admissions, transfers and discharges; ensures discharge planning is done timely upon patient’s admission and appropriate to condition.
• Follows up and evaluates patients’ progress according to planned care and readiness for discharge.
• Collaborates with the MDT to deliver evidence-based care to patients to achieve the desired care outcomes.
• Monitors patient for changes in condition, recognises early signs of clinical deterioration using appropriate physiological assessments and escalates as required to enable timely implementation of interventions.
• Participates and contributes actively in MDT’ rounds, executes physicians’ treatment and investigation orders promptly.
• Prepares and assists physicians with bedside patient procedures and treatments.
• Communicates and discusses patients’ progress and response to treatment in collaboration with the MDT.
• Demonstrates clinical skills, knowledge, critical thinking and reasoning in the delivery of patient care.
• Assists nursing team to problem solve if there are any patient/ clinical/or operational issues and seeks appropriate assistance/escalates to Senior Nurse Manager (SNM)/Nurse Manager (NM).
• Delivers patient and/or family education on disease progression, prevention and rehabilitation and assesses understanding of condition to enable participation in self-health care management.
• Assists department supervisors to minimise use of resources keeping expenses within approved budget.
• Reviews infection control practices, monitors compliance and identifies areas of improvement.
• Plans and implements in-services for nurses and students to extend skills and knowledge to maintain safe and quality nursing care.
• Supports new initiates, leads changes implemented by Nursing in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Reviews clinical performance of new nurses and nursing students and provides constructive feedback and documentation to appropriate personnel.
• Acts as a competent clinical resource and supervises the usage of medical equipment; Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and other electronic systems; clinical workflow and processes; co-leading in clinical emergencies or crisis situations.

Job Requirements:

• Min Degree in Nursing w min 5 yrs of relevant perm inpatient & senior nursing experience, preferably in gerontology/palliative care w Advanced / Specialist Diploma in Geriatric / Community Nursing & Long-Term Care settings.