**Job Purpose**:
The job-holder is responsible to provide personalised, specialised and cost-effective care to the patients in accordance to established
**Duties and Responsibilities**
**Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)**
- Assesses patients’ needs on admission and daily throughout their hospital stay
- Plans and implements care according to the assessed need
- Evaluates and monitors patients’ progress according to planned care
- Documents care given and monitors outcomes on the established charts and forms
- Carries out treatments and investigations as prescribed by physicians
- Communicates and discusses patients’ progress and response to treatment with physicians, nursing and allied health colleagues involved in the patient care
- Follows-up to ensure continuity of patient care and treatment plans
- Delivers safe and competent nursing care
- Participates actively in physicians’ rounds
- Prepares and assists physicians with procedures done on patients
- Collaborates and co-operates with physicians and other health-care providers in the smooth delivery of patient care and services
- Demonstrates clinical skills, knowledge and critical thinking in the delivery of patient care
- Displays compassion, a positive and caring attitude towards patients as well as to internal and external clients
- Provides patient/family information and education on disease prevention, health education and rehabilitation techniques
- Demonstrates proper use and care of equipment
- Demonstrates proper and economical usage of consumables and supplies
- Maintains a clean and safe working environment
- Supervises and guides new/junior staff in their work as well as nursing students on posting
- Assumes the role as Staff Nurse in-charge
- Demonstrates competency in all core competencies and unit specific programs implemented by Nursing Administration
**Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)**
- Participates in clinical and service quality activities as well as research study
- Demonstrates awareness of current nursing and health care practices
- Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned by Nursing Officers, Senior Nursing Officers, Assistant/Deputy Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse
**Job Specification/Requirements**
- Registered Nurse
- Diploma in Nursing or Degree Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by the Singapore Nursing Board
- Able to perform 3 rotating shifts