Staff Nurse / Senior Staff Nurse (Home Care Services)

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 relevant nursing 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 commitment to delivering quality clinical care.
• Relevant additional qualifications, training or experience in palliative nursing, geriatric/gerontology nursing, intensive care nursing or other relevant clinical areas will be considered an advantage, based on the skills, knowledge and competencies required for the role.

Work Locations

Travelling between SACH Community Hospitals & Nursing Homes