Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)

• Complies with approved standards of nursing practices and maintenance of professional standard through continuing education and development.
• Must be familiar with the Destitute Person’s Act and the Destitute Person (Welfare Home) rules and regulations; and to ensure alignment of the resident’s’ care to these
• Provides nursing services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skills
• Works closely with resident’s doctor and multidisciplinary team to provide care to the residents
• Updates on changes in resident’s conditions and needs.
• Ensures care delivery and nursing interventions as outlined in the care plan.
• Evaluates the resident’s response to care interventions and recommends revision of care plan as necessary.
• Works with Allied Health professionals and/ or initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Carries out and supervise assessments of new admissions.
• Prepares and administers medications to residents and comply with safe medication administration practices.
• Participates in training and development of care staff including orientation and induction training for new and junior staff.
• Manages any emergency that arises and ensure prompt actions to mitigate the situation and escalate promptly to supervisor, where necessary.
• Works with staff to maintain a safe and clean environment in the Welfare Home.

Secondary Responsibilities and duties (20%)

• Participates in quality assurance activities to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care.
• Participates in quality audits that are planned and conducted periodically.
• Contributes to the evaluation of staff performance appraisal with Nurse Manager
• Deputizes the NM in his/her absence.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned by Nurse Manager, Senior Nurse Manager, and Head Of Centre (HOC)

• Locally Trained Registered Nurse with Advanced Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Foreign Trained Registered Nurse with Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council, PRC)
• Full Registration with Singapore Nursing Board with valid Practicing Certificate
• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) Certificate