Staff Nurse (Home Care) - #1111830

Broad Functions: 

• Patient care management

• Patient education

• Medical resource coordination

• Nursing Research

• Care Allocation and Integration

• Mentorship

Job Responsibilities: 

• Assist the nursing team in providing personalised, specialised and cost-effective care.

• Monitor and report patients’ conditions and progress to senior members of the nursing team.

• Notify senior members of the nursing team of all unusual observations and/or happenings.

• Assist in the execution of discharge plans of patient care according to the assessed needs, as well as assist in the post-discharge care coordination of patients.

• Follow up on phone reviews and home and/or agency visits to ensure that services required in the community are in place.

• Perform home visits and assist to educate patients/caregivers on self-care management in the community. 

• Assist senior nurses on follow-up phone reviews and home/agency visitations to ensure that services required in the community are in place.

•  Educate patients and family members on the patients’ health conditions and help them gain a strong understanding of holistic care as necessary.

• Arrange appointments with client and or caregivers for new referral home visit.

• Conduct and document nursing assessment as appropriate.

•  Raise individual care plan based on identified assessment needs. 

• Provide nursing services as required, e.g., change of nasogastric feeding tube, urinary catheter change, dressing change, stoma care, monitoring medication compliance and medication packing, parameters/peripheral blood glucose monitoring, etc.

• Ensure that safety and infection control precautionary measures are practiced during home visits.

• Issue receipt and receive payment from client/caregiver at the end of each visit.

• Hand over cash payment collections to Finance department after home visit.

• Conduct the first assessment as appropriate to identify required needs, e.g., referral for Senior Mobility Fund (SMF), Community Services or Financial Assistance.

• Orientate and coach new nurses and serve as liaison, resource person and preceptor to nurses and trainees.

• Supervise the work of Staff Nurses and Enrolled Nurses.

• Participate and share knowledge and skills in peer education.

• Safety checks on all equipment used for home care.

• Contribute to administrative work as directed by Nurse Manager/ Nurse Clinician/ Assistant Nurse Clinician.

• Accept additional responsibilities as directed by Nurse Manager/ Nurse Clinician/ Assistant Nurse Clinician.

• Assist Nurse Manager/ Nurse Clinician/ Assistant Nurse Clinician to handle complaints and initiate service recovery.

•  Assist Nurse Manager/ Nurse Clinician/ Assistant Nurse Clinician to audit and or appraise the performance of new and or junior nurses.

• Assist to supervise junior nurses as and when required.

• Initiate and maintain professional growth through Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

• Any other duties assigned by supervisors.