Staff Nurse - Unlimited Growth Potential

Metta Welfare Association (Metta) was founded in 1992 by Venerable Chao Khun Fa Zhao BBM. He is also the President of Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple and Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum.

Registered as a society in 1994, Metta is presently endorsed by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE). We are also members of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), Singapore Hospice Council and Singapore Disability Sports Council.

As a recognition of our efforts in pursuing Business Excellence, we have been awarded the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) with People certification in October 2018.

Metta was also awarded the Charity Transparency Awards (CTA) in 2019. The Award recognises charities with good disclosure practices that the Charity Transparency Framework (CTF) recommends to encourage charities to be more transparent and to recognise them for their disclosure efforts.

As a Staff Nurse, the candidate is responsible in the following areas:

1. Main Responsibilities

· To perform home visits to palliative care patients who are being referred

· To perform nursing assessment on the patients.

· To initiate nursing care plan and implement new measures of management.

· To adjust current medication to achieve maximum symptom control under doctor’s instruction

· To work closely with the Medical Director/Outsourced doctors on the cases.

· To educate caregivers/families on basic nursing procedures to ensure comfort and care

· To refer patients to other professional bodies such as inpatient hospice when the need arises for symptom control or respite care.

· To identify patients and families in need of financial assistance and refer to social worker/counsellor.

· To identify patients and families in need of specialized counseling to the relevant professionals.

· To prepare families for approaching death.

· To provide family with the emotional and bereavement support when necessary

2. Other Responsibilities

· To participate in Fund raising activities when the need arises.

3. Requirements

Experience

· Minimum 3 years of related experience

Qualifications

· Minimum Diploma/ degree in Nursing or equivalent, Nursing Cert in Palliative Care

Other Requirements

· Registered with Singapore Nursing board