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Our Purpose: 

At Dover Park Hospice, everything we do comes from the heart: 

Help patients live their remaining days with dignity
Empower patients to choose their desired level of care
Alleviate suffering with compassion
Recognise everyone’s right to basic palliative care
Treasure life, even in one’s last days

We invite you to join us if you are a highly motivated, dynamic and committed individual looking to work in an enriching environment.  

 

Available Positions: 


  • Nurse Clinician
  • Staff Nurse (Inpatient/Home Care)
  • Enrolled Nurse
  • Nursing Aide

Please refer to the respective Job Descriptions below.   

Nurse Clinician

Reporting to the Head of Department, you will be responsible for the daily operations of the Day Care Centre, including supervising the nursing teams. The role involves leading and contributing to the development of day care hospice services while working closely with the multi-professional team to ensure a consistent approach to care and intervention. Additionally, responsibilities include orienting, training, and supervising new and junior staff to uphold the provision of safe care.

Job Responsibilities

Patient Care Management

  • Conduct comprehensive palliative care assessments for new Day Hospice Care referrals.
  • Review care plans and risk assessments monthly.
  • Plan, implement, and document evidence-based palliative nursing interventions for clients with complex needs, aligned with care goals. Offer opportunity to discuss Advanced Care Plan/s.
  • Engage clients and families in patient education activities.
  • Evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of interventions to patients, caregivers, or clinical teams.
  • Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation in the iHMS system.
  • Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to align with clients’ expectations.
  • Perform nursing procedures, including medication administration and wound care, as required.
  • Respects and protects patients’ rights and confidentiality.
  • Facilitate ongoing nursing education for junior nurses and the clinical team to enhance care delivery.
  • Engage clients and families in patient education activities.
  • Evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of interventions to patients, caregivers, or clinical teams.
  • Conduct annual staff performance appraisals.
  • Attends continual nursing education to update skills and knowledge on palliative care.

Risk and Quality Management

  • Ensure efficient resource use to meet Day Hospice Care service needs.
  • Collaborate with Centre Manager in reviewing and updating policies for Day Hospice Care services.
  • Auditing the quality of care delivery with Centre Manager.
  • Participate in MOH audits and Day Hospice service accreditation.
  • Monitoring Department Key Clinical Performance Indicators.
  • Prepare and submit monthly statistics and activity data to the Medical Director.
  • Ensure proper maintenance of all-Day Hospice Care medical equipment.

Resource Management

  • Monitor the use of medical and surgical supplies together with Centre Manager.
  • Optimise inventory management and collaborate with the Operations Department for medical equipment maintenance

Other Duties

  • Participate in institution activities/events when required.
  • Take on any assignments/projects as assigned by Director of Nursing / Medical Director or CEO.

Job Requirements

  • Diploma in Nursing / Bachelor of Science in Nursing with valid practicing license with Singapore Nursing Board.
  • Minimum 3 years in clinical experience with good knowledge in MS office applications and communication skills.
  • Compassion, positive attitude, flexibility, adaptability to new things and customer service oriented.

 

Staff Nurse (Inpatient/Home Care)

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, the Staff Nurse (Inpatient/Home Care) will be required to work in a multi-disciplinary team to provide palliative care to patients with terminal illness and end-stage organ failure. Palliative care will include pain and symptoms management, and providing psychological, emotional and spiritual care support to patients and their family members.

You must also ensure and maintain the standards of professional nursing practice and work effectively as part of a team.

Job Requirements

  • Diploma / Degree in Nursing from a recognised institution
  • Minimum 5 years of nursing experience in acute care or home care setting
  • Palliative Care / ICU nursing training or background preferred
  • Able to work 3 rotating shifts (for in-patient wards)
  • Must be registered with the Singapore Nursing Board

Enrolled Nurse

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, the Enrolled Nurse will be required to work in a multi-disciplinary team to provide palliative care to patients with terminal illness and end-stage organ failure. He / She will assist the Staff Nurse in performing comprehensive palliative care assessment for our patients with terminally illness and end-stage organ failure. He / She will provide guidance and supervision of new Nursing Aides and participate in quality improvement activities.

You must also ensure and maintain the standards of professional nursing practice and work effectively as part of a team.

Job Requirements

  • Nitec / Certificate in Nursing
  • Valid Practicising License with Singapore Nursing Board
  • Minimum 2 years in clinical experience and palliative care setting
  • Ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Possess good communications and interpersonal skills
  • Good knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Attentive to details and able to multi-task

Nursing Aide

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, the Nursing Aide will be required to work in a multi-disciplinary team to provide comfort care to patients with terminal illness and end-stage organ failure under the supervision of trained nurses. She / He will deliver a range of patient care duties under the supervision of trained nurses providing basic patient care and providing physical, psychological and spiritual needs.

Job Responsibilities

  • To work as a member of the nursing team under the supervision of trained staff reporting changes in patients’ conditions and needs as they occur.
  • Assist Staff Nurse in admission, transfer and discharge process.
  • Perform assessment, plans and delivers general nursing care to palliative patients.
  • Observe patient’s clinical condition including response to treatments, goals of care and changes in physical and emotional status, and reports findings to Staff Nurse in charge, as appropriate.
  • Provide safe, quality, appropriate care according to doctor’s orders, within scope of duty and competency.
  • Provide care following safety, infection control practices, hazardous material and waste policy and procedures.
  • Document nursing assessment and interventions carried out accurately and timely.
  • Assist Doctor and Staff Nurse in performing procedures.
  • Assist Enrolled Nurse in nursing procedures.
  • Assist with orientation of new Nursing Aide and Healthcare Attendant.
  • Precept and mentor new Nursing Aide and Healthcare Attendant.
  • Respect and protect patients’ rights and confidentiality.
  • Attend continual education to update skills and knowledge on palliative nursing care.

Job Requirements

  • Diploma in Nursing/Bachelor of Science in Nursing from recognised institution endorsed by Singapore Nursing Board
  • Minimum 3 years work experience in acute, ILTC or palliative care setting
  • Valid practicing license from Home Country Nursing Board.
  • Competent in MS office applications.
  • Able to comprehend Mandarin or dialects would be helpful for communicating with non-English speaking patients
  • Good command of spoken and written English.
  • Good team player
  • Compassion, positive attitude, flexibility, adaptability to new things, customer service orientated

Occupational Therapist

Reporting to the Head, Palliative Rehabilitation Unit, the Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing client care, therapy service and education base on evaluation of client’s condition, goals and activities to palliative care clients across different stages of disease trajectories in Dover Park Hospice. He / She participates in continuing education and research to achieve quality rehabilitative palliative care.

He / She operates trans-disciplinary within the department and collaboratively as part of our multi-disciplinary team (MDT), and may work across various services. This role would require him / her to have initiative, possess good communication and problem solving skills and be sensitive to the needs of his / her clients negotiating challenges approaching the end of life.

Job Responsibilities

  • Conduct Occupational Therapy assessment, rehabilitation and meaningful therapy engagement for clients and their families across DPH services.
  • Provide OT professional inputs to value add to multi-disciplinary team management, planning and support holistic patient-centred care.
  • Provide training and supervision to Therapy Assistants, volunteers and students in supporting therapy and client care.
  • Participate and assist in research, professional education and induction on Palliative Rehabilitation.

Job Requirements

  • Registered with Singapore Allied Health Professionals Council (AHPC) and possess valid Full Practicing Certificate in Occupational Therapy.
  • At least 2 years of working experience as an OT in Singapore. Geriatrics/Palliative Care experience preferred.
  • Possess good communication in English, good interpersonal and problem-solving skills, as well as a team-oriented personality. Ability to speak other languages (Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu, Tamil, etc.) and other dialects preferred.

Compliance and Risk Manager

Dover Park Hospice is on an inspiring journey of growth and transformation. As we adopt new systems, enhance our processes, and discover more effective ways of working together, we are committed to creating an even more compassionate and supportive space for our patients and their loved ones. If you’re someone with a heart for care and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to join us on this journey.

We are looking for a dynamic and energetic team-player who is keen to join and grow with our team as a Compliance and Risk Manager.

Reporting to the CEO, the Compliance and Risk Manager supports Dover Park Hospice in the areas of enterprise risk management, business continuity management and digitisation of records.

Job Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM)

  • Ensure that risk management policies, systems and processes remain relevant, effective and useful, including during contingencies in BCP and support Dover Park Hospice’s emergency command structure.
  • Collaborate with risk owners to ensure that any risks identified are recorded in the risk register, with key risk indicators, mitigation and controls, residual risk, record of violations and other notations leading to BCM, with reference to Council’s risk appetite and tolerance.
  • Analyse and interpret key risk data with the respective risk owners to identify potential emerging internal and external risk trends, facilitating necessary follow-ups by the risk owners.

2. Digitisation of Records

  • Responsible for leading and overseeing the planning, execution and completion of project aimed at converting physical records into digital formats.

3. Others

  • Ensure that all organisational policies conform to prescribed templates and that changes to policies are reflected on DPH’s Document Management System.
  • Undertake projects related to the ongoing improvement of the work of the CEO’s Office or ARGC
  • From time to time, to be part of teams for specific areas of work, including organisation events and projects.

Job Requirements

  • Degree in business management, administration, finance.
  • Professional certification in risk management.
  • Minimally 5 years’ relevant work experience in ERM and Risk Governance.
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance issues
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
  • Capable of working independently
  • Proven strong analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, word, excel)
  • Ability to build consensus and advise stakeholders on identification, analysis, mitigation, and monitoring of risks.
  • Strong project management skills, experience in digitisation initiatives, and knowledge of records management best practices.

Senior/Executive, Community Engagement (Fundraising)

As a Senior/ Executive in the Community Engagement team, you will be responsible for conceptualising, planning and executing campaigns, events and activities to achieve the fundraising objectives of Dover Park Hospice. Besides having excellent communication skills, initiative and inventiveness, you should also be adept at project management & execution.

You will be part of a team charged with advancing the interests of Dover Park Hospice through active and effective engagement with its diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience in fundraising/sales/marketing in a non-profit organisation and passion for the cause of palliative care.

Job Responsibilities

  • Plan, manage, execute and evaluate fundraising campaigns, events and activities
  • Assist to research, identify, cultivate, solicit and steward donors/sponsors/partners and prospects
  • Support the work of the Community Engagement team
  • Work closely with DPH internal and external stakeholders on the execution of campaigns, events and activities
  • Any other relevant tasks assigned by reporting manager(s)

Job Requirements

  • Diploma or Degree in related discipline
  • Possess excellent verbal and written communications/interpersonal skills
  • Works well independently and as part of a team
  • Proficient in the use of MS Office, CRM, graphic design and Email Marketing software
  • Prepared to work late/weekends occasionally when needed
  • Strong sense of compassion/interest in healthcare or social services
  • Candidates with relevant experience in fundraising/community engagement will have an advantage
  • Able to commence work at short notice

Executive, Finance

The Executive will assist in the monthly closing of books, preparation of audit schedules, and various accounting tasks related to donations, fixed assets, patient accounting, and financial reporting.

Job Responsibilities

Donation Module (DM) & Bank Reconciliation (BR)

  • Maintain proper accounting records for receipts and perform bank reconciliation
  • Key in donations and reconcile the transaction history report against the daily collection
  • Record of donations and recording of receipts into Business Central (BC) accounting system

Fixed Assets (FA)

  • Prepare and conduct Yearly FA listing for Head of Department (HOD) for sighting and verifications purposes
  • Prepare Annual FA Schedule for audit purpose

Year-end Reporting

  • Assist the Financial Year (FY) End closing
  • Prepare of all required reconciliations and audit schedules
  • Assist the internal & external project and MOH Audits

Patient Accounting

  • Handle MOH subvention, subsidy and all Medisave / Medishield matters

Job Requirements

  • Diploma in Finance / Accountancy or related discipline
  • Preferably 3 to 5 years of relevant experience
  • Experience in healthcare in a plus
  • Possesses good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Attention to details and good organisational skills


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