Nursing Aide

GREEN AVENUE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Singapore is seeking a Nursing Aide to assist with resident care and perform essential nursing tasks. The ideal candidate will hold a Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification and have experience in a nursing home. Responsibilities include supervising health care assistants, measuring vital signs, and mentoring new nursing aides. This position requires attending training programmes and clinical staff meetings for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification is required.
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing preferred for foreign nurses.
• Experience in a nursing home is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Attend to residents' needs.
• Perform basic nursing duties and measure vital signs.
• Mentor newly employed nursing aides.

Skills

Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification License

Experience in nursing home

Education

Diploma or Degree in Nursing

Job description

Position: Nursing Aide

Reports to: Senior Staff Nurse / Senior Nurse Manager

Responsibilities

• Attends to residents’ needs
• Makes rounds to check residents’ condition regularly
• Performs basic nursing duties such as nasogastric feeding, bathing and toileting, wound dressing, and blood glucose monitoring
• Measures vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, pain score, and oxygen saturation
• Reports findings to staff nurse accordingly
• Assists staff nurse in writing residents’ reports, documenting vital signs and other charts
• Supervises health care assistants
• Makes and tidies beds with health care assistants
• Assists residents in activities of daily living (ADL), e.g., bathing, oral hygiene, dressing up, grooming
• Attends monthly in‑house training programmes to update knowledge and skills
• Attends monthly clinical staff meetings to stay informed about updates in the nursing home
• Assists staff nurse to prepare residents’ reports for multidisciplinary rounds presentation every six months
• Mentors newly employed nursing aides for three months, as and whenever assigned by the Nurse Manager and/or Director of Nursing

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification License
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing (for foreign nurses)
• Some experience in a nursing home in a similar position