Requirements:

• Degree in Communications/Media/Public Relations or related discipline
• 5 years’ relevant experience with 3 years in a managerial capacity
• Strong project management, organisational and leadership skills
• Knowledge and experience in digital marketing and communications
• Good interpersonal, communication and public speaking skills
• Self-driven and an excellent team player
• Prior work experience in a healthcare or voluntary welfare organisation setting will be an added advantage

Responsibilities:

• The jobholder will report directly to the CEO.
• Develop an annual corporate communications strategy and plan (including print, online and other media) to support the organisation’s overall plans.
• Devise outreach strategy and engagement plans to increase the number of donors and volunteers for the hospice.
• Be the owner and executor of the brand strategy and playbook to promote the cause and reputation of the hospice.
• Provide leadership to the team in the planning and implementation of communications, public relations and community outreach programmes, including activities in support of DPH Ambassador Group volunteers.
• Continually review the effectiveness of communications, public relations and community outreach strategies to achieve the hospice’s mission.
• Work with different stakeholders, eg. Singapore Hospice Council, People’s Association, grassroots organisations and government agencies to ride on suitable platforms for outreach events in the community.
• Reach goals of target contacts and conversion rates both online and at outreach events.
• Work closely with Fundraising and Volunteer Programme departments to support them in corporate and fundraising events.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in counselling
• Postgraduate certification to conduct pastoral counselling
• At least 1 year experience in pastoral counselling
• Able to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities:

• Implement spiritual assessment as part of hospice standard care.
• Identify patients in need and provide direct psychological therapy, spiritual/pastoral/ bereavement support and counselling to patients and families.
• Provide spiritual guidance and support to patients regardless of race and religion.
• Acknowledge and respect patients/families’ beliefs, culture and values related to life’s meaning.
• Provide basic training in spiritual assessment and management to direct care staff, eg. medical social workers, senior nursing and medical staff.
• Set up a register with references for patients in need of religion to support them.

Requirements:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with Allied Health Professions Council
• Min. 3 years of relevant experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Independent worker and able to work in a team
• Preferably with work experience in a healthcare or voluntary welfare organisation setting

Responsibilities:

• Provide OT assessment for assigned inpatient, daycare and homecare patients.
• Develop goal-oriented, individualised care plans for referred patients to promote coping, symptom management, self-care, etc.
• Source for and recommend adaptive and home equipment, and educate patients and their family members on its use.
• Offer interventions to enhance patients’ physical, psychosocial and spiritual well-being.
• Support caregiver training, and work with Volunteer Programme department to identify and develop programmes for volunteer training.
• Participate in inter-disciplinary patient care by working closely with the rest of the clinical team and volunteers.
• Present cases at team meetings and participate in case consultations.
• Participate in assigned education, research and activities that are aligned with the objectives and mission of DPH.

You will be required to work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide palliative care to patients with terminal illness and end-stage organ failure. The palliative management will include pain and symptoms management, psychological, emotional and spiritual care support to patients and their family members.

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

Requirements:

• Degree in Nursing from a recognised institution
• Minimum 5 years  of nursing experience in an 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

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide symptom management, clinical care, psychological, emotional and spiritual care to patients and their families.

Requirements:

• Basic medical degree recognized by Singapore Medical Council
• Minimum 3 years post-graduation medical school
• Experience working in palliative care settings is desirable but not essential as training will be provided

Responsibilities:

• Leads the team of nurses to provide medical consults to patients with advanced and progressive disease
• Formulates and review care plans with multi-disciplinary team to maintain standards of care and ensures safety of patients.
• Assessment of new cases and performs on-call duties