Assistant Director, Youth Preventive Health Service (Medical Service Scheme)

What The Role Is MOH centrally employs medical doctors for the public service under the Medical Service Scheme. The candidate selected for the role of Assistant Director (Youth Preventive Health Service) will be deployed to the Health Promotion Board. The Youth Preventive Health Service’s vision is to ensure a nation of healthy children with brighter futures. As an Assistant Director of the Youth Preventive Health Service (YPHS) medical team, you will support YPHS in fulfilling its key role as the lead service provider of preventive health services for school children - detecting health conditions early, reshaping their health seeking behaviours, and building healthy habits to address preventable non-communicable diseases. You will also assist the team in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on shared interventions and preventive health needs of students. You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time. What You Will Be Working On As a key member of the YPHS team, you will have an opportunity to work with clinical and non-clinical officers to perform tasks, at the matrix-level or in a dedicated team, which include: - Deliver clinical preventive care to students which includes health assessment to detect key growth and developmental conditions early for intervention and immunisation to prevent vaccine preventable diseases - Collaborate with senior clinical staff to develop lifestyle prescriptions for students - Provide clinical consultation and teleconsult to encourage students and parents to adopt healthy lifestyles, promote behavioural change, empower them to care for themselves and connect them to a wide range of social and health activities - Review care plans based on the latest clinical evidence and design new pathways to address emerging health needs of the student population - Develop and manage partnerships with HPB divisions, schools, and Whole-of-Government partners such as the Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and Early Childhood Development Agency (EDCA), applying sound medical knowledge to engage stakeholders and support senior clinical staff in the design, execution and evaluation of joint care programmes - Provide clinical inputs to introduce or augment technological enablers e.g. mobile apps, IT interfaces to monitor adoption of lifestyle prescription, provide nudges, track health outcomes, collate and share data in a secured manner As part of your development, you may also be rotated to other public service agencies and organisations within the broader healthcare ecosystem — such as the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA), or the public healthcare clusters. Your postings will be carefully designed to broaden your exposure and deepen your understanding of how policy translates into operations on the ground, equipping you with a well-rounded perspective to grow and contribute meaningfully throughout your career with MOH. While you will mostly be involved in HPB’s work upon your appointment, you may also choose to continue with sessional clinical practice at the public healthcare institutions, to maintain your clinical currency and familiarity with ground operations. What We Are Looking For We welcome applications from medical doctors who are registered with the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and remain in good standing. The ideal candidate is a dynamic, driven and self-motivated individual preferably with at least 6 months of post housemanship experience in primary paediatric care/family medicine setting who possesses: - Strong foundation in paediatric and clinical preventive care for children - Experience in preventive medicine and health screening programmes - Good teamwork skills, able to work well with internal and external stakeholders - Good written/ verbal communication skills, negotiation/influencing and conflict management skills - Ability to provide clinical input for health technology development - Versatile, organised, able to juggle multiple projects and prioritise workload - Detail-oriented and strong in implementation to handle the end-to-end programme management. Key Competencies Required: - Thinking Clearly & Making Sound Judgements – Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities to support the crafting of sound policy recommendations; ability to grasp timelines, operating context and ground realities. - Learning & Putting Skills into Action - Possesses the drive and curiosity to learn and apply new skills, knowledge and new ways of working. - Improving & Innovating – Ability to seek continual improvements, and to innovate and experiment while managing the risks involved. - Working Effectively with Stakeholders – Ability to mobilise and rally partners and stakeholders towards a collective purpose. As part of the shortlisting process for this role, candidates may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.