Staff Nurse / Senior Staff Nurse (Home CareServices)

The successful candidate will provide chronic disease,

activities of daily living and / or palliative advice and

counselling, as well as nursing procedures such as nasogastric tube

insertion, catheter management and wound care. Remuneration is

commensurate with experience. Training opportunities and a

supportive working environment will be

provided.

Job

Responsibilities

Provide basic care such as checking and recording vital

signs, maintaining patients' hygiene and assisting with daily

activities like dressing or eating.

Assessing

patients' condition and implement nursing care plan.

Performing nursing procedures such as wound dressing and

management, removal of stitches, venepuncture, changing of urinary

catheter and etc.

Ensuring continuity of

treatment plans for patients.

Maintain

accurate documentation of procedures carried out and medications

dispensed.

Reporting to patients' primary care

provider.

Offer a professional source of

comfort to the patients and their families.

Explain the patients' condition or symptoms, listen to

their concerns and relay information between the patient and their

family.

Follow all medical regulations and the

code of medical ethics.

Providing a caring,

empathetic environment for patients.

Administer certain medications to patients under the

orders of a physician.

Monitor patients' pain

levels at end of life, and continue to offer solutions to physical

discomfort, including pharmaceuticals and / or therapies.

Mindful to alleviate symptoms such as nausea, anxiety and

bed sores.

Guide their patients through

end-of-life emotions and are there to support patients when family

is not available.

Job

Requirements

Diploma /

Degree in Nursing or equivalent.

Registered

with Singapore Nursing board.

Minimum 3 years

of related experience.

Ability to work both

independently as well as in a multidisciplinary team, families and

caregivers.

Meticulous and responsible to

maintain standards of professional nursing practice.

Service oriented with good communication skills and a

love for clinical care delivery.

Palliative

Care - Advanced / Specialist Diploma in Palliative Nursing, Geriatric

Care - Advanced / Specialist Diploma in Geriatric / Gerontology

Nursing are added

advantages.

Work

Locations

Travelling between SACH

Community Hospitals & Nursing Homes