[West Community Hospital] 4 Months Contract Care Coordinator (Staff Nurse) up 4K @ WEST #HJC
- Contract duration – 24 February 2025 to 30 June 2025 (approx 4 months, extendable) – for a Hospitalisation Leave cover
Working Hours (Excluding Public Holidays):
Monday to Thursday – 8:30am to 6:00pm
Friday – 8:30am to 5:30pm
Job Summary:
Care Coordinator is responsible to work in collaboration with multi-disciplinary health care teams/ community service providers to provide coordination and continuity of patient care across the healthcare continuum; to support patients and their family members to transit care from hospital to home and in the community.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Participate in discharge planning and identify patient requiring post discharge care transition support.
- Plan and carry out post discharge support and follow up via phone call and/ or home visit to ensure patients and caregivers’ ability to cope at home and discharge care plan is implemented.
- Assist patient and their families to streamline and coordinate the range of community service available.
- Implement timely and appropriate care coordination and evaluate the outcome accordingly.
- Act as liaison person, collaborating with patients, families and the multidisciplinary teams to achieve best outcome for the patients.
- Monitor patient’s general medical condition during home visit and report to clinician if necessary.
- Promote positive changes in patient’s lifestyle in the community.
- Help patients and their families to plan for and improve end of life care.
- Participate in hospital activities that contribute towards improving the quality of patient care such as research, quality or innovative projects that enhance patient care.
- Support data collection and preparation of reports and statistics for outcome tracking.
Job Requirements:
- Possess diploma/ degree or equivalent professional qualifications in Nursing.
- At least 3-5 years of experience in nursing or related field in acute and or community settings in Singapore.
- Understanding of Singapore healthcare system, community services and resources of patient post discharge.
- Experience in care coordination or case management is highly valued.
- A critical thinker, self-motivated, able to work collaboratively with multi-disciplined team.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to speak local languages and dialects will be an advantage.
- Familiar with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Application Process:
Interested candidates please submit your resume to jacechoo@recruitexpress.com.sg.
For inquiries, contact: Jace Choo Oi Kei, Personnel EA License No.: R1875164, Recruit Express Pte Ltd (EA Licence No.: 99C4599).