Resident Physician / Staff Registrar (KidSTART@KKH KIDS 0-3)

KK Women's & Children's Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Singapore seeks a Resident Physician to join the KidSTART@KKH programme. This role involves home visitation medical assessments for infants and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to enhance care for vulnerable mothers and children. Ideal candidates have an MBBS degree and experience as Medical Officers, with a strong commitment to child health and family support.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience as Medical Officer.
• Adaptive and a good team player.
• Passionate about improving care for pregnant mothers and optimizing child health.

Responsibilities

• Conduct postnatal medical assessments for infants during home visits.
• Provide clinical support to keyworkers for mother-child care.
• Participate in Medical Teaching and Training for the team.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent basic medical degree

Masters of Medicine (Family Medicine/Paediatrics)

Job description

For the role of a Resident Physician / Staff Registrar (KidSTART@KKH KIDS0-3), you will contribute to the KidSTART@KKH KIDS0-3 Home Visitation Programme as a clinician and a member in the trans-disciplinary team. You will provide consultative support to keyworkers for medical care aspects of the mother-child dyad.

Job Responsibilities

• Postnatal medical assessment/evaluation for infants during home visits.
• Provide anticipatory guidance and health promotion for families.
• Provide clinical advice and support for keyworkers in their management of the mother-child dyad.
• Provide advisory expert input in multi-disciplinary case discussions (internal and external inter-agency platforms).
• Care coordination for mother-child dyad by collaborating with healthcare colleagues and making referrals to hospital speciality clinics where required.
• Collaboration with community partners, including facilitating referrals to Child Protection Service (CPS) when indicated.
• To participate in Medical Teaching and Training for the team, especially in the areas of antenatal and immediate postnatal care, child health and child development.
• To take part in programme initiated Continuing Medical Education and Research activities.
• To conform to the appropriate standard of medical and clinical service quality within the department.

Job Requirements and Competencies

• MBBS or equivalent basic medical degree;
• (Preferred) Post-graduate medical qualification e.g. Masters of Medicine (Family Medicine/Paediatrics), MRCPCH, MRCOG, recognised by Singapore Medical Council;
• At least 3 years’ of Medical Officer experience;
• Able to perform independently in the Department;
• Adaptive, a good team player and possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Passionate and committed to work together with the team to improve the care of pregnant mothers and optimise child health and development of children from vulnerable families

We regret that incomplete applications will not be considered and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview.