Enrolled Nurse

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Established since 1987, ECON Healthcare Group celebrates more than 35 years of commitment to quality healthcare and eldercare services this year. As a regional provider for integrated healthcare services in Singapore, Malaysia and China, the Group incorporates a chain of medicare centres and nursing homes, hospital services, a careskill training centre, a chain of senior services centres, home care services, physiotherapy services and traditional Chinese medicine services. The Group also provides consultancy for the development and management of retirement living communities.

DESIGNATION : Enrolled Nurse

RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Nursing Quality and Safety

• Assist in providing a consistent and excellent clinical and service quality to residents and sponsors.
• Work closely with SN/SSNs to achieve the 4 Zeros clinical indicators – Zero Falls, Zero Medication Errors, Zero Nursing Home Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Zero Nursing Home acquired infection.

Clinical Care

• Assist in the administration of medications and perform simple dressings after being passing the skills competency in medication administrations and wound dressings.
• Assist in monitoring of vital signs.
• Assist in admission, assessment and orientation of new residents.

Supervision

• Assist in providing supervision to all newly recruited enrolled nurses and other junior staff ensuring that they carry out their duties in accordance to the SOPs.
• Provide supervision of care staff in serving of meals and feeling of reidents.

Residents’ Activities

• Assist in carrying out the daily activities for the residents and maintain an accurate log-book.
• Assist the Physiotherapist/Therapist Assistant in their rehabilitation program for the residents and encourage residents’ participation.
• Perform rehabilitation procedures such as motion exercises and assist them in their walking.

Resource Management

• Assist in proper management of food costs by cutting wastes and monitor the efficient use of consumables, supplies, dressing materials and diapers accordingly.

Feedback Management

• Assist in any investigation and resolve all feedback and complaints received from the respective centres

Other Duties

• Assume any other additional responsibilities as assigned by Senior Centre Manager/ Centre Manager/ Assistant Centre Manager/ Senior Staff Nurses/Staff Nurses (SCM/CM/ACM/SSN).
• Assist in provision of holistic cleanliness of resident care area.
• Assist in maintaining an accurate log book on daily activities in the centre
• Maintain good communication skills with residents and sponsors.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Locally Trained: NITEC in Nursing
• Foreign Trained: Degree or Diploma in Nursing with Board Pass (Professional Regulation Council)
• State Enrolled Nurse with valid practicing license issued by the Singapore Nursing Board.
• Valid certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
• At least 1-2 years of post-registration experience, with some exposure in a geriatric setting will be an added advantage
• Basic Nursing Competencies