Nurse Manager

Ling Kwang Home for Senior Citizens; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ling Kwang Home for Senior Citizens seeks a Nurse Manager to lead the nursing team, coordinate services, and ensure high standards of resident care and safety in accordance with ENHS requirements.

You will oversee clinical governance, staff development, and MOH policy updates while maintaining a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and effective stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a degree or diploma in Nursing.
• At least 5 years of clinical with management experience.
• Registered Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Strong project management skills and experience.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with constant deadlines.
• Able to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Good communication skills and team player.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team effectively and coordinate, manage and evaluate nursing services in the Home.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care and resident safety in line with ENHS requirements.
• Ensure operational delivery of nursing policies at ward and home level.
• Appraise yearly work performance of healthcare staff.
• Disseminate MOH updates to all healthcare staff.
• Orientate and guide new staff nurses and provide supervision.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Team player

Education

Nursing degree or diploma

Job description

The Nurse Manager leads the team effectively and coordinates, manages and evaluates the services of the Home. The Nurse Manager ensures that high standards of nursing care and resident safety are delivered at all times in accordance with legal, professional and ENHS (Enhanced Nursing Home Standards) requirements.

1. Clinical

• Accountable and responsible for the standards of resident care and management of the wards.
• Serves as a resource person in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of health status and needs of residents.
• Comply with policies / procedures related to the provisions of safe and ethical care to residents. Such procedures include infection control, administration of medication, fire safety and evacuation procedures. Making provision for the compliance of all healthcare staff.
• Undertake teaching and resource role in nursing practice for staff. Provides continuous supervision to all healthcare staff on duty.

2. Management

• Ensure that operational delivery of nursing policies is compliant at ward level and nursing home level.
• Appraise yearly work performance of healthcare staff working in the team.
• Inform, disseminate and update relevant information from MOH pertaining to the care of residents to all healthcare staff from time to time.

3. Staff Development

• Orientate and guide new staff nurses in the operation of the wards.
• Identify healthcare staffs’ potential for further development.
• Conduct trainings for nurses.
• Ensure that the training and the training hours of each Nursing staff meet the requirements of MOH/AIC/LKHSC etc.

Requirement

• Candidate must possess a degree or diploma in Nursing.
• At least 5 years of clinical with management experience.
• Registered Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Strong project management skills and experience.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with constant deadlines.
• Able to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Good communication skills and team player.

We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.