Nurse Manager

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Overview
The jobholder is responsible to provide leadership to the nursing team for the expanded program at NUH. The nurse manager is expected to take a leadership role in ensuring the highest quality of nursing care in the community for our families. He/She also has an important responsibility to groom and develop existing nursing staff for leadership roles in the expanded program. This program has been highly successful in helping underprivileged pregnant mothers deliver a healthy baby and to ensure that the newborn gets the best start in life. Nurses perform a very important role in by facilitating medical care and ensuring compliance with doctors' instructions for our teenage mothers and other underprivileged pregnancies. Nurses perform home visitation to address patients' needs at their home. The nursing team, together with our other team members, helps to reduce social inequality and ensure that pregnant mothers and their children receive the best nursing care possible. The nurse manager will provide guidance and perform a leadership role on a day-to-day basis for the nursing team at She is expected to lead by example and perform home visits to aid the families on the ground. As such, she is responsible for the efficient and effective functioning of the nursing team at and to ensure that the team works closely with medical social workers, dietitians, care management officers, obstetricians, paediatrics and mental health specialists that are part of
Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
Perform home visitation for pregnant mothers enrolled in
Ensure compliance to medical and nursing needs of KidSTART families through clinic touchpoints as well as through social media contacts and visiting mothers at home.
Lead, supervise, coach, counsel, and support nursing staff to deliver high level of nursing care for underprivileged mothers with challenging backgrounds.
Develop, implement, and evaluate nursing standards and ensure high quality home visitation in the community.
Facilitate and guide staff to provide high quality nursing care to pregnant mothers and their existing children.
Plan and prepare nursing staff roster and assignment.
Apply understanding of medico-legal matters, coach and guide nurses in this area during execution of their duties.
Collaborate with Nurse Clinicians to develop, implement and evaluate care paths and care plans.
Manage more complex public relation aspects of
Conduct and evaluate nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiate actions for improvement.
Ensure staff receives proper orientation, appropriate training and evaluates staff competency prior to them functioning independently in their roles.
Active leadership role in team huddles, multi-disciplinary specialist rounds, and other specialized activities of
Provide support and guidance to nursing staff in their daily delivery of care.
Perform formative and summative assessment of nursing staff and nursing students.
Act as a resource person and liaison for clinical, training and service matters.
Collaborate with Senior Nurse Manager, Nurse Clinicians and Nurse Educators in consistently providing a creative, nurturing learning environment for patients and staff.
Groom and develop existing staff so that they can upgrade themselves and be promoted to a higher level of competence and staff grade.
Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)
Appraises and evaluates performance of nursing staff and nursing students in her/his department.
Prepares, monitors, and reports the ward/department budget and expenditure.
Leads team in quality improvement projects.
Conducts quality improvement activities/projects.
Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior Nurse Manager, Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse.
Qualification Required And Area Of Discipline
Degree in Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board and a post-basic qualification in the relevant nursing specialty.
Required Competencies And Capabilities (Skills, Experiences And Professional Licences)
Registered Nurse with at least 11 years of post-registration clinical experience, of which 2 years must be spent as Nurse Manager II
Possesses good inter-personal and managerial skills
Good computer skills and proficient in MS Office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint
Display compassion and have a positive and caring attitude
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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