About Us
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.
Job Description
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