Senior Staff Nurse - #1129517

Job Responsibilities

• Give nursing care, including medication, treatment and dealing with emergencies as well as supervision of the personal hygiene of the residents;

• Teach, guide and discipline the resident;

• Ensure the general cleanliness of the premises;

• Ensure that the treatment room, sickbay, time out room and nurse's station are kept clean and tidy

Duties

• Managing and planning roster for staff.

• Screen, treat and provide nursing care to sick residents;

• Attend/carry out routine procedures for all new admissions and residents returned from absconding;

• Refer sick residents for medical examination by the doctor;

• Arrange the appointment cards and transport of residents attending appointments at hospitals and polyclinics;

• Follow-up on residents who have been referred to hospitals;

• Update the residents' medical cards daily eg. diagnosis, treatment, transfer, appointments and discharges from hospitals;

• Serve medication to residents and supervise residents at meal times;

• Give first-aid treatment for emergency cases;

• Refer ill residents to hospital in the absence of the doctor;

• Supervise and mentor new Staff Nurses, Senior Enrolled Nurses and Enrolled Nurses

• Supervise the needs of residents who are attending morning school or going to work;

• Carry out necessary investigation arising from any incident that had taken place in the Home and update the Superintendent and Manager;

• Order and maintain supplies and equipment;

• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent from time to time.

Qualifications

• Recognised nursing qualification and registered with the Singapore Nursing Board

Other Information

• Preferably candidate with at least 6 years of working experience;

• Comfortable working with children and adults with multiple disabilities;

• Able to perform rotating shift

• Work location: Chai Chee / Sembawang/ Eunos /Jurong East