Co-ordinator

This is a temporary 6-month maternity cover position. SPECIFIC Clinical Patient-Care - Assist team doctors in receiving referral from within the department or from external parties. - Performs basic screening and assessments for baseline data to track improvement of patient’s condition. - Participate in outpatient clinic sessions, so as to be able to assist in the follow up management of patients. - Monitor and track patients highlighted by team doctors, including patient’s pathological and blood results of patients, and reporting suspected abnormalities to the team doctors for necessary follow up of treatment. - Advice and counsel patient on his/her care, to reinforce the information and advice given by their respective doctor - Attend ward rounds with team doctors to jointly manage patient care as planned - Ensure special investigations by doctors have been carried and treatments have been carried out accordingly for both inpatients and outpatients. - Carry out pre and post-operative counselling for the patient (in accordance to protocol). - Educate patient or caregiver on wound care and/or general care of patient - Assist doctors in specialized procedures, according to team’s requirement. - Co-ordinate and liaise with the other departments on the required care ordered for the patient. - Co-ordinate clinic appointments. - Co-ordinate re-scheduling/ changes in operation dates and pre-operative assessments - To act as a contact point (or as specified by the department), should the patient require urgent medical advice. - Participate in support group meetings, if available. - Conduct follow-up calls to post-op patients and defaulter cases, especially cancer cases and various conditions that require close monitoring. Clinical Research - Collate data for retrospective studies - Update and maintain sub-specialties database (number of database to be maintained is to be specified by individual subspecialty) - Co-coordinating clinical trials in TTSH and NHG - Assist with any other research projects within the department including liaising with Research Study Assistants of specialized Studies. Service Quality - Maintains timely and accurate records of patients’ information, including inputs by doctors. - Participate and assist in preparing team cases for presentation during weekly Tumour board meetings GENERAL - Assist in co-coordinating programmes and training in the department and hospital, including public forums and medical examinations such as MBBS and FRCS. - Assisting the Department in rearranging team’s cases according to Hospital management’s directions, such as rescheduling cases during situational events Job Requirements EDUCATION - Attained professional qualification (e.g. Bachelor Degree), preferably in nursing (not necessarily to be registered under SNB) or para-clinical disciplines Experience - Prior healthcare experience will be an advantage - Ability to work independently - Good knowledge of Windows-based software - Possesses good verbal and written communication skills - Possesses good interpersonal skills

• Underwriting Co-ordinator

  Singapore, Singapore