Nurse Clinician

Essential Functions

Learning Needs Analysis

• Analyse and update changes in aged care training and education in the community, government departments, and inter-organisational relations.
• Collaborate with nurses, allied health professionals, doctors, and service quality personnel to identify learning gaps and training needs of clinical staff.
• Plan, implement and evaluate training and educational courses, workshops and programmes with peers and colleagues.  Serve as a resource person for clinical training and education.
• Ensure staff compliance to clinical standards of care and professional conduct.
• Facilitate management of client with complex conditions.

Programme Design & Delivery

• Conduct orientation programmes for newly recruited nurses and care concierges.
• Conduct training and evidence-based educational programmes are in place to facilitate the transfer of learning.
• Evaluate and review all nursing and clinical procedures, protocols and practice guidelines regularly to ensure regulatory compliance in clinical care standards.
• Evaluate clinical, nursing and care staff work performance and identify team core competencies, strengths and weaknesses for improvement.
• Ensure skill competencies, Nursing Standards, Enhanced Nursing Home Standards, Guidelines for Home Care and Guidelines for Centre-Based Care are carried out and maintained regularly.
• Educate and demonstrate the appropriate utilisation and application of medical/non-medical equipment to ensure accuracy and safety.
• Conduct regular training and audit on clinical skills and customer service.  Support quality improvement projects in nursing/clinical / aged care services.
• Participate in regular discussions with the clinical staff to review and update on all educational and training programmes/workshops.
• Participate in designing ongoing and in-service educational activities.

Community Engagement Support

• Participate and provide support in community outreach projects.
• Attend committees and workgroups when assigned, to support the marketing and community engagement teams.
• Keep abreast with latest developments in nursing and clinical practices through evidence informed literature /studies/ research.
• Formulate costing for internal and external courses, workshops and programmes for community engagement team/ outreach projects.

Systems and Administrative Support

• Assist in realignment of clinical, nursing and personal care staff within the continuum care system.
• Prepare all documentation for clinical / aged care training and educational budget.
• Assist with data collection and submission for enhancing business operations.
• Answer queries from internal and external parties in relation to clinical and nursing training and educational matters.
• Provide administrative support in the training and educational projects/programmes.
• Keep proper records and documentation on all internal and external trainings, educational courses, workshops projects and programmes.
• Comply with the organisation approved standards, procedures, protocols and policies.
• To be familiar with all aspects of the organisation administrative, emergency and fire evacuation policies and procedures and ensure learning is carried out for all relevant levels of staff.
• To adhere to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) relating to clients and staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor or Diploma in Nursing recognised by Singapore Nursing Board
• Registered with the Singapore Nursing Board
• Minimum 8 years of relevant working experience with at least 2 years in supervisory position with clinical training experience in nursing home setting
• Prior experience in community/eldercare setting is advantageous.
• Proficient in MS Office
• Possess up-to-date BCLS & AED/ CPR Certificate
• May be required to work occasional evening and/or weekends and public holidays if deem necessary for the setting.