The job-holder is responsible to provide personalised, specialised and cost-effective care to the patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures, standards of nursing care and practices.
Assesses patients’ needs on admission and daily throughout their hospital stay
Plans and implements care according to the assessed need
Evaluates and monitors patients’ progress according to planned care
Documents care given and monitors outcomes on the established charts and forms
Carries out treatments and investigations as prescribed by physicians
Communicates and discusses patients’ progress and response to treatment with physicians, nursing and allied health colleagues involved in the patient care
Follows-up to ensure continuity of patient care and treatment plans
Delivers safe and competent nursing care
Participates actively in physicians’ rounds
Prepares and assists physicians with procedures done on patients
Collaborates and co-operates with physicians and other health-care providers in the smooth delivery of patient care and services
Demonstrates clinical skills, knowledge and critical thinking in the delivery of patient care
Displays compassion, a positive and caring attitude towards patients as well as to internal and external clients
Provides patient/family information and education on disease prevention, health education and rehabilitation techniques
Demonstrates proper use and care of equipment
Demonstrates proper and economical usage of consumables and supplies
Maintains a clean and safe working environment
Supervises and guides new/junior staff in their work as well as nursing students on posting
nted by Nursing AdministrationDemonstrates competency in all core competencies and unit specific programs impleme
This vacancy is under the Career ConversionProgramme for Registered Nurses (Diploma). Please do not apply to this jobposting. If interested, please apply through the CCP website at
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To qualify for the Career Conversion Programme for Registered Nurses, you must have graduated or completed National Service for at least 2 years with:
A degree from a recognised university; or
A local polytechnic diploma; or
3 GCE 'A' level credits* with 2 GCE 'O' level credits** in a Science subject and Mathematics
- GCE 'A' level credits refer to grades A to E
** GCE 'O' level credits refer to grades A1 to C6
About the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
The National University Hospital is a tertiary hospital and major referral centre with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties, offering a comprehensive suite of specialist care for adults, women and children. It is the only public hospital in Singapore to offer a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme, in addition to kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation for adults.
The Hospital was opened on 24 June 1985 as Singapore’s first restructured hospital. Each year, the Hospital attends to more than one million patients.
As an academic health institution, patient safety and good clinical outcomes are the focus of the Hospital. It plays a key role in the training of doctors, nurses, allied health and other healthcare professionals. Translational research is pivotal in the Hospital’s three-pronged focus, and paves the way for new cures and treatment.
A member of the National University Health System, it is the principal teaching hospital of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Faculty of Dentistry.
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