Senior / Nurse Manager (Operating Theatre/ OT)

PARKWAY HOSPITALS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkway Hospitals Singapore Pte. Ltd.

invites applications for a Senior Nurse Manager to lead nursing leadership, quality standards, staff development and resource management across daily operations of the unit. The role holds overall accountability for patient care standards, matching nurse competence to patient needs, staff safety, and clinical risk management, while guiding recruitment and retention in collaboration with the nursing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Nursing is required.
• Postgraduate qualifications in Perioperative or Perianaesthesia Nursing preferred.
• Registered with the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Experience in a similar senior nursing role.

Responsibilities

• Set unit goals and objectives in consultation with clinical team.
• Induction, competency assessment and staff development plans.
• Evaluate nursing care quality and adjust delivery as needed.
• Coordinate reviews of incident reports and implement prevention plans.
• Monitor budget and consumables to ensure efficient use.
• Plan schedules to balance skills with patient acuity and census.
• Ensure alignment with system clinical policies and procedures.
• Engage in systems thinking applied to varied situations.
• Provide leadership in recruitment, development and retention of nurses.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff development

Budget management

Clinical risk management

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Postgraduate in Perioperative or Perianaesthesia Nursing

Job description

The Role:

Provide Nursing leadership, management and direction in regard to setting and maintaining quality standards, staff development and resource management in daily operation of the unit.

The Senior Nurse Manager has an overall accountability for the standard of patient care, appropriate matching of nurse competence to patient need, occupational health and safety of the staff, and clinical risk management.

Responsibilities:

• Set unit goals and objectives in consultation with clinical team.
• Responsible for induction process, competency assessment, staff learning needs and plans for nurses’ career progression.
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care and make appropriate changes in nursing care delivery.
• Facilitate reviews on occurrence reports and ensure plans are implemented to prevent future occurrences.
• Monitor budget and expenditure to ensure efficient and effective use of consumables.
• Plan schedule to ensure efficient use of adequate skill mix in proportion to patient acuity and census.
• Ensure that the system clinical policies and procedures are in line.
• Engage in systems level thinking and its application to a variety of situations and contexts.
• Provide leadership in the recruitment, selection, development and retention of nurses in partnership with the nursing team.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Min Bachelor Degree in Nursing
• Preferably with post graduate qualifications in Perioperative or Perianaesthesia Nursing
• Registered with Singapore Nursing Board
• Possess relevant experiences in a similar job capacity