Senior/Staff Nurse

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"As part of the Nursing Workforce for the Care Home, the Senior/Staff nurse supervises a team of Enrolled Nurses, Nursing Aides/Assistants and Heathcare Assistants; and oversees the delivery of required and optimal level of healthcare services, based on the defined care model, to residents in the home(s). Primary Responsibilities • Assesses residents’ needs on admission and on daily basis throughout their stay at Nursing Home. • Plans and implements care according to the assessed needs. • Evaluates and monitors residents’ progress according to planned care. • Ensure all documentation of residents’ case is maintained appropriately. • Co-ordinate with Enrolled Nurses to implement care plan such as medication, hygiene care, social and physical activities for the residents. • Participates actively in doctor’s round and carries out treatments and investigations as prescribed. • Collaborates and discusses residents’ progress with the doctor and other healthcare providers (Rehab and Medical Social Worker), to ensure holistic delivery of care for residents. • Demonstrates clinical skills, knowledge, and critical thinking in the delivery of care to residents. To advocate early medical attention, when there is a decline in functional and cognitive abilities of the resident. • Demonstrates proper use and care of equipment, and economical usage of consumables and supplies. • Demonstrates competency in all core competencies and unit specific programs implemented by Nursing Administration • Provides resident/family with regular update on residents’ health conditions and facilitate family conference when required. • Displays compassion, a positive and caring attitude towards residents/family members, as well as to the peers and supervisors. • Ensure compliance to operating procedures and policies to maintain quality clinical standards. • Report discrepancies in nursing procedure and policy to NM / SNM and perform incident reporting activities including investigation, report writing and communicating response to the family members involved. Secondary Responsibilities • Oversee and supervise new joiners, junior staff (e.g., NA & HCA) to take stock of their capabilities, to efficiently leverage on their knowledge, skills, and abilities. • Conduct counselling session for care staff who may be facing trouble with work or have personal issues that might be affecting their work (ad-hoc basis). • Facilitate and assist in planning of regular ward meetings. • Identify and assess nursing service problems and assist nurse manager in the resolution of the problems. • Keep abreast with the current nursing and healthcare practices (e.g., in-services, case conference, journal etc). • Conduct periodical audits (Internal Quality Audit) as well as quality improvement audit to ensure that care staff are performing and meeting clinical standards. • Conduct projects and/or research on current issues and in the healthcare sector (e.g. infection control, quality improvement) as assigned by NM/SNM. Senior Staff Nurses are expected to hold expanded roles, as assigned by the Nursing Management Team.