Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)

• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care of clients with complex health needs according to updated standards of nursing practice
• Conducts teaching and counselling for clients and their families/carers
• Provide a high standard of care through care management, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care to meet the needs of the clients
• Initiates and ensures implementation of care planning for clients with potential complications
• Ensures clients care delivery is carried out according to established standards of care and practice
• Ensures written Standard of practices is available and up to date to guide nursing practices
• Provides guidance on direct care to clients to ensure compliance to standards
• Ensures staff are equipped and competence to handle acute to chronic complications of the clients
• Conducts nursing audits on nursing care standards and initiates strategies to resolve non adherence issues
• Directs and facilitates staff development, skills and competency upgrading through in-house training, approved online learning or formal education opportunities
• Evaluate the performance of community nurses, providing feedback and mentoring, developing education programs, and contributing to staff professional development
• Guides orientation/induction programmes and preceptorship for new staff
• Supports the ADON in nursing management and deputizes her in her absence

Secondary Responsibilities and duties (20%)

• Acts as a resource person to the nurse manager in clinical nursing and nursing training matters.
• Promotes evidence-based practices or nursing care delivery
• Demonstrates awareness of current nursing and health care practices▪ Monitors and analyzes trends and changing needs of clients in institutional settings
• Conducts quality improvement/research projects
• Champions training/quality improvement projects
• Contributes to performance appraisals of community nurses, enrolled nurses, and nursing aides
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by ADON