Overview:
The Singapore Red Cross is a homegrown humanitarian organization, dedicated to relieving human suffering, protecting lives and dignity, and responding to emergencies since 1949. We serve the vulnerable through our blood donor recruitment program, home and day activity center for the disabled, elder aid, transport aid, family life aid, community health on wheels, and community first aid. We build capacity and resilience through our training academy, and volunteer and youth development. Beyond our shores, we mobilize and translate contributions from the donor community to relief and recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts, to help communities affected by disasters.
What You'll Do:
1. Patient Care
- Provide nursing care and ensure quality service is rendered to the residents at all times.
- Develop, evaluate, and modify care plans for residents.
- Assess residents' physical, emotional, and psychological well-being through observation and analysis of physical health indicators to assess care plans and identify modifications that may be required.
- Conduct frequent rounds with staff to check on residents’ health and medical conditions.
- Supervise and guide the staff assigned to the home to ensure that proper caregiving, nursing, and administrative procedures are maintained.
- Supervise the medical assistance rendered to patients in training and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
- Administer first aid and emergency health measures such as CPR.
- Perform dressing of wounds and lesions.
- Practice sterile techniques and other infection control procedures to minimize the transmission of infection.
- Monitor and participate in the personal care of residents/ clients, as required; for example, hygiene, feeding, positioning, transferring, ambulation, and toileting.
- Use electric/ hydraulic/ manual equipment and lifting devices when required.
- Ensure that the food prepared meets the dietary requirements of the residents.
- To be on call in the event of an emergency in the Red Cross Home for the Disabled.
2. Social Welfare Assistance
- Work with the Social Worker/SWA in the assessment of cases referred by welfare organizations, hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis centers for admission and respite care, and the periodic review of cases for continual stay.
- Work with the Social Worker/SWA and other health professionals in developing and sustaining the needed programs for the residents.
- Counsel, instruct and confer with resident/client family in planning care: provides emotional support; responds to inquiries and resolves complaints.
3. Medical Services
- Accompany the doctor on rounds to provide residents’ condition and progress and assist with examinations such as positioning, and dressing residents.
- Transcribe verbal or written doctor’s orders for medication or other treatment.
- Prepare precise dosages of medication by doctor’s instruction and administer them to residents.
- Follow-up on the medical program advised by the clinic or hospital and doctors.
- Check and audit medical records to ensure that they are documented and kept properly.
- Maintain inventory for required medicine and ensure medications are properly stored and not expired.
4. Stakeholder Management
- Act as liaison to existing clients and maintain good rapport and services.
- Communicate, collaborate, and coordinate with partners (MSF, NCSS, SG Enable) to maintain good rapport and continuity of service.
- Maintain at all times good public relations with volunteers and visitors.
- Oversees the general staff welfare.
5. Administration
- Prepare staff duty roster and ensure there are enough staff to manage the resident at all times.
- Prepare and maintain documentation such as care plans, health care records, medication administration, nursing records, and reports.
- Submission of reports to Head, Nursing, and relevant Supervisors.
6. Safe Work Practice
- Ensure the cleanliness of the Home and maintain safe work practices.
- Responsible for the proper maintenance of all the equipment used in the Red Cross Home for the Disabled i.e. trolleys, medication fridge, etc.
- Conduct quality assurance on the equipment at least twice a year.
- Familiar with all aspects of nursing home emergency and evacuation procedures and policies.
- Assist in fire drill exercises twice a year by the Fire Safety Bureau Regulations with the assistance of all staff concerned.
7. Other Duties
- Assist in events held at the Red Cross Home for the Disabled.
- Promote the Red Cross Home for the Disabled to ensure optimal usage of resources.
- Encourage strong volunteer involvement among individuals, groups, and companies.
- Any other duties assigned by the Reporting Officer.
Job Requirements:
- Possess a recognized university degree / Certificate or Diploma in Nursing.
- State Registered Nurse.
- 5 to 10 years of relevant working experience in a hospital or healthcare environment.
- Experience in working with the disabled or the elderly preferred.
- Ability to perform holistic assessments/reassessments for residents regardless of complexity to establish a comprehensive care plan.
- Ability to prioritize and organize work activity and provide work direction to staff members to complete assignments.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge to monitor staff performance and the environment ensuring a safe workplace for staff; provides reinstruction where needed.
- Basic computer skills.
- Able to act as a coordinator of care for complex residents, sharing nursing expertise and demonstrating leadership while working in collaboration with other care providers.
- Able to work independently, but is also a good team player.
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and innovative.
- Demonstrates initiative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well to people at all levels.
- Enjoy working with volunteers.
How To Apply:
Interested applicants, kindly email your updated resume to: humanresources@redcross.sg.
