Senior Staff Nurse (Clinical Instructor)

St Luke's Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St Luke's Hospital seeks an experienced Nursing Education Specialist to lead orientation and continuing education for nursing staff. You will design ward-based learning, provide clinical supervision and coach junior staff and students, while ensuring patient safety and evidence-based practice.

You will collaborate with nurse managers and clinical educators to monitor performance, support learning needs and contribute to quality improvement initiatives within the hospital.

Qualifications

• Coaching aptitude is essential.
• Experience in teaching or clinical education is advantageous.
• Strong collaboration with nursing staff and managers.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, implement and evaluate orientation and continuing education programmes for nursing staff.
• Facilitate ward-based learning and competency development.
• Provide clinical supervision and coaching to junior staff and nursing students.
• Monitor clinical performance and provide timely feedback to supervisors.
• Support patient education and safe, evidence-based nursing practices.
• Assist in quality improvement initiatives and reporting.

Job description

Job Responsibilities

1. Clinical Education, Orientation and Training

• Work under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Educator to identify, plan, implement and evaluate orientation, in-service and continuing education programmes for nursing staff.
• Facilitate ward-based learning, clinical updates and competency development in collaboration with Clinical Educators and Nurse Managers.
• Provide clinical supervision, coaching and preceptorship to junior staff, newly recruited nurses, graduate nurses and nursing students.
• Monitor and evaluate the clinical performance and competency development of new staff and nursing students, and provide timely feedback to relevant supervisors.
• Guide junior staff in patient education, including the development of individualised health education and self-management plans for patients, families and caregivers.
• Maintain clinical education and supervision standards in accordance with organisational and professional requirements.

2. Clinical Practice and Patient Safety

• Promote and role-model safe, evidence-based and patient-centred nursing practice in collaboration with inter-professional teams.
• Guide junior staff in the safe management of patient admission, transfer, discharge and transition of care across teams and settings.
• Support early recognition and escalation of patient deterioration through appropriate assessment, observation and clinical judgement.
• Provide guidance and coordination during medical emergencies or crisis situations within the clinical area.
• Monitor the performance of junior staff in patient care activities and delegated clinical tasks, intervening where necessary to maintain patient safety.

3. Quality Improvement, Research and Evidence-Based Practice

• Participate in Nursing and Hospital quality assurance, patient safety and work improvement initiatives, including monitoring their effectiveness.
• Review clinical practices, including infection prevention and control, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Review near-miss, incident and error information and contribute to appropriate improvement strategies and action plans.
• Use relevant benchmarks, audits and performance indicators to evaluate and improve nursing and patient safety practices.
• Collaborate with inter-professional teams in implementing quality improvement initiatives and recommended interventions.
• Keep abreast of developments and emerging trends in nursing and healthcare, and recommend improvements to nursing practice and services.
• Apply relevant research findings to clinical practice and participate in research or evidence-based practice activities where appropriate.

4. Staff Development and Ward Support

• Support the orientation and integration of new staff into the clinical environment.
• Identify learning needs, provide appropriate coaching and elevate performance or competency concerns to Nurse Managers and Clinical Educators.
• Anticipate and address clinical, learning or operational issues within the scope of the role, escalating matters appropriately where required.
• Support ward preceptors and junior staff in achieving identified clinical learning and competency objectives.

5. Administration and Programme Support

• Assist in the implementation and facilitation of new and existing nursing education or clinical programmes within wards and units.
• Maintain and track in-service training, competency and education records.
• Assist in preparing reports, statistics and other documentation related to clinical education and staff development.
• Serve on committees, workgroups or projects as assigned.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Clinical Educator or Management leadership.

Job Specifications

• Registered Nurse with a minimum of 5 years post-registration experience.
• Required to have a post basic and/or degree in nursing and shows evidence of effort in continuing professional growth
• Has aptitude for coaching. (Experience in teaching will be an added advantage).