Nurse Manager

Overview
The jobholder is responsible to provide personalized specialized and costeffective care to patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures standards of nursing care and practices. He/ She is responsible for the effective and efficient running of the ward/department assigned.

Job Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:
• Assesses plans implements and evaluates care of patients with complex healthcare needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
• Ensures patient care delivery (inclusive of education and counselling) is carried out according to established standards of care practice using patient care plan / clinical pathways
• Coordinates patients’ access and treatment sequence where required for the specialty
• Conducts teaching and counselling for patients and their families / carers
• Initiates and ensures implementation of discharge planning for patients
• Leads and participates actively in the review of patients with the multidisciplinary team
• Follows up on patients at specialist outpatient clinics where appropriate
• Conducts specialty nurseled clinic for patients and their families where needed
• Provides clinical supervision to nurses and nurse trainees to ensure quality patient care delivery
• Updates and maintains patient consultation / training statistics / other types of register / registry where appropriate
• Applies understanding of prevention of medicolegal issues in relation to patient care

Secondary Responsibilities:
• Acts as a resource person for clinical nursing matters
• Plans implements and evaluates inservice staff education and specialty training courses based on unit and individual training needs
• Inducts newly graduated advanced diploma nurses in specialty care of a specific group of patients
• Guides and develops specialty competencies of registered nurses
• Reviews and develops clinical pathways and / or other plans of care in consultation with specialty nurses nurse managers doctors and paramedical staff
• Reviews and develops practice policies and guidelines and nursing standards in consultation with specialty nurses nurse managers and doctors
• Assists with nursing audits on nursing care standards
• Applies best evidence to practice
• Participates in research activities
• Undertakes quality improvement / research projects
• Participates in training / quality improvement / research committees
• Contributes to performance appraisals of enrolled nurses senior enrolled nurses staff nurses senior staff nurses and advanced diploma nursing students
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by Senior Nurse Manager/Clinician Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse

Requirements
• Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of postregistration clinical experience of which 2 years must be as Assistant Nurse Clinician
• Diploma in Nursing with relevant postbasic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognised training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board.
• Technically skilled and competent
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Computer literacy skill – MS Word and PowerPoint