Senior Nurse Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Established since 1987, ECON Healthcare Group celebrates more than 35 years of commitment to quality healthcare and eldercare services this year. As a regional provider for integrated healthcare services in Singapore, Malaysia and China, the Group incorporates a chain of medicare centres and nursing homes, hospital services, a careskill training centre, a chain of senior services centres, home care services, physiotherapy services and traditional Chinese medicine services. The Group also provides consultancy for the development and management of retirement living communities.

DESIGNATION : Senior Nurse Manager (Central Area)

RESPONSIBILITIES

**Clinical nursing governance**
- Oversee the implementation of clinical practices including utilisation of new technologies, regular clinical nursing audits to ensure the standards of care is of high quality
- Develop new nursing policies and standard operating procedures for continuous improvement
- Evaluate and review existing standard operating procedures if the need arise
- Collaborate with Centre Managers to review and evaluate the clinical nursing documentations
- Lead and direct clinical or service quality activities for all the centres
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the quality of nursing care rendered to the residents are in accordance to the ENHS
- Carry out periodic clinical audits and analyse the audit results accordingly
- Work closely with Centre Managers on action plans for continuing improvement and compliance

**Job Redesign**
- Identify, plan and lead job design initiatives for all staffs
- Plan, implement and evaluate effectiveness of job redesign for the different categories of staff

**Mentorship**
- Provide mentorship, guidance and coach staff to work with people and facilitate continuous learning
- Provide ongoing supervision to all care staff to ensure delivery of nursing care in meeting organizational goals

**Financial Management**
- Responsible Assist in monitoring of monthly operating expenses and proper inventory control
- Monitor the expenditure report of the clinical areas
- Review monthly financial performance and variance reports
- Evaluate the efficient and effective use of consumables, supplies and dressing materials
- Assist in ensuring effective management of resources, cut waste and increase productivity at centre level

**Manpower Planning**
- Assist to coordinate staffing needs and requirements for all centres
- Monitor closely manpower based on approved established head counts and MOH guidelines

**Secondary Responsibilities and Duties**
- Assist in coordination of the yearly nursing home strategic planning activities
- Assist in building nursing capabilities to support ECON’s initiatives and new services
- Act as a resource person on clinical, service and training matters.
- Provide counselling session for staff with complex issues
- Deputizes Director, Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing in her absence
- Assume any other additional responsibilities assigned by Director, Nursing

**Requirements**:

- Registered Nurse, registered with the Singapore Nursing Board and has at least 10 years of working experience in healthcare or related setting
- A post-basic qualification in the relevant nursing specialty and with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- More than 5 years of experience in a supervisory capacity
- Team player with strong interpersonal communications skill, customer and quality focused

QUALIFICATIONS
- A post-basic qualification in the relevant nursing specialty and with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing