52 Palliative Care jobs in Singapore

What you will do

The incumbent coordinates and implements a care plan for the patients with life limiting illnesses referred to HCA. The incumbent must have a strong base of knowledge to act both as a specialist and a generalist nurse. He or She must demonstrate the ability to apply nursing theory into practice. The incumbent is a role model for other nurses, volunteers and caregivers. He or She will also be a public educator to raise hospice awareness.

The incumbent works in collaboration with members of an interdisciplinary team in a setting which provides seamless medical and nursing care, pain and symptom management and compassionate support for their patients and families.

Who you are

• State Registered Nurse with a valid Practising Certificate issued by Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) with at least 3 years of working experience
• Experience in Oncology or Palliative Care will be an advantage
• Nurses with paediatric experience are also welcome to apply
• Multi-tasker who is passionate about providing holistic care for patients in their home environment
• Highly independent and reliable, and able to make clinical judgements in a home-care setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable with interacting with people in all walks of life
• Computer literate
• Ability to communicate with patients of different races

Remuneration will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience.

If you are ready to make a difference and be part of a greater purpose, please submit your application with the following details:

• Detailed resume
• Current and expected salary
• Two referees, both of your ex-supervisors who can comment on your suitability for the position

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

As a Palliative Care Engagement Specialist, you will play a vital role in planning and facilitating meaningful interactions for patients requiring end-of-life care. This includes coordinating daily group/individual sessions, ensuring patient safety, and documenting participation outcomes.

• Assist with therapy sessions under supervision
• Track and record patient participation and performance
• Manage logistics and materials for each session
• Support safe transfer or escort of patients to session venues
• Collaborate on training caregivers and volunteers in activity facilitation

• Ability to plan and organize engaging activities
• Comfortable with moderate manual handling

The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, be able to work independently, and have a passion for providing exceptional care to patients.

This is a part-time opportunity that requires working weekday mornings only. The coordinator will collaborate closely with the healthcare team to ensure the success of the program.

What you will do

The incumbent coordinates and implements a care plan for the patients with life limiting illnesses referred to HCA. The incumbent must have a strong base of knowledge to act both as a specialist and a generalist nurse. He or She must demonstrate the ability to apply nursing theory into practice. The incumbent is a role model for other nurses, volunteers and caregivers. He or She will also be a public educator to raise hospice awareness.

The incumbent works in collaboration with members of an interdisciplinary team in a setting which provides seamless medical and nursing care, pain and symptom management and compassionate support for their patients and families.

Who you are

• State Registered Nurse with a valid Practising Certificate issued by Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) with at least 3 years of working experience
• Experience in Oncology or Palliative Care will be an advantage
• Nurses with paediatric experience are also welcome to apply
• Multi-tasker who is passionate about providing holistic care for patients in their home environment
• Highly independent and reliable, and able to make clinical judgements in a home-care setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable with interacting with people in all walks of life
• Computer literate
• Ability to communicate with patients of different races

Remuneration will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

If you are ready to make a difference and be part of a greater purpose, please submit your application with the following details:

• Detailed resume
• Current and expected salary
• Two referees, both of your ex-supervisors who can comment on your suitability for the position

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Paediatrics Palliative Care Nurse (Home Care)

Location: Serangoon

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM

• Home visits to 3–4 patients daily (depending on caseload)
• No weekday on-call duties

Salary:

• Basic Salary: $5,000 – $6,000

Job Scope:

• Manage and plan care for paediatric palliative patients
• Conduct home visits to provide nursing care and support
• Provide psycho-social support to terminally ill children and their families
• Collaborate closely with doctors, nurses, and social workers

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Kimmy Low Yi Ting (Kim) | CEI Registration Number: R23112122

Recruit Express Pte Ltd Company Reg. No. 199601303W | EA LICENCE Number: 99C4599

This role involves providing palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families in the comfort of their own homes.

You will make home visits to assess patient needs, provide supportive care, manage patient care plans, collaborate with healthcare professionals, and ensure holistic support at all times.

We are seeking an experienced Home Care Staff Nurse to join us in delivering exceptional care to our patients and their families.

• Provide palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families in their own homes
• Assess patient needs and develop personalized care plans
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals for seamless care delivery
• Manage patient care plans and make necessary adjustments as needed

We offer a unique opportunity to work with a compassionate and caring team.

• Experience in palliative care or hospice settings
• Strong assessment and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Compassion and empathy for patients and families

• Manage and plan care for paediatric palliative patients
• Conduct home visits to provide nursing care and support
• Provide psycho-social support to terminally ill children and their families
• Collaborate closely with doctors, nurses, and social workers

This is a unique chance to make a real difference in the lives of children and their loved ones. You will be working as part of a dedicated team, providing expert care and support to those who need it most.

The ideal candidate will have experience in palliative care and a passion for delivering high-quality patient care. You will be expected to manage your own caseload, conducting regular home visits and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients.

This role offers a rewarding and challenging opportunity for a motivated and empathetic nurse to make a positive impact on the lives of paediatric patients and their families.

Overview*

The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) is a national specialist centre under the National University Health System (NUHS). It is the only public cancer centre in Singapore treating both paediatric and adult cancers in one facility. NUHS has been awarded the #1 Public Healthcare employer for four consecutive years.

Join us as a Palliative Care Coordinator, where you'll guide patients and families through complex healthcare journeys. You will serve as a navigator, educator, data analyst, and compassionate caregiver. This role offers the satisfaction of direct patient care and contributes to efficient care coordination across diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up, survivorship, and end-of-life care.

1. Care Navigation
2. Provide personalized informational and emotional support to patients and families to overcome healthcare system barriers, improve care continuity, and enhance palliative care quality.
3. Identify high-risk patients and navigate their care journey to prevent gaps and ensure access to necessary resources.
4. Follow up with patients via phone as needed to facilitate access to medical teams, reduce unnecessary emergency visits, and ensure ongoing care.
5. Assist patients and families in transitioning across different services and locations.
6. Communicate effectively with healthcare professionals to ensure smooth care transitions.
7. Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, identify barriers, and initiate appropriate interventions.
8. Evaluate patient navigation outcomes.

1. Ensure adherence to palliative care pathways and streamline care for inpatients and outpatients.
2. Facilitate smooth care transitions and appropriate placement, working with community partners like Palliative Home Care and inpatient hospice services.
3. Coordinate referrals to specialists, allied health, and support services.
4. Coordinate care across medical, surgical, and allied health services and across different settings.
5. Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as oncologists, radiologists, and other specialists involved in patient care.
6. Evaluate outcomes of care pathways.

1. Patient Education
2. Educate patients and families about palliative care, symptom management, and available resources.
3. Triages patients to subspecialty care as needed.
4. Staff Resources
5. Advise clinic staff on internal referrals, community care options, and financial counseling.
6. Support multidisciplinary team members regarding patient care issues.

1. Compile data and maintain databases with annual audits.
2. Assist in data analysis and participate in quality improvement projects to enhance care coordination and outcomes.
3. Collaborate with VDO teams to measure and evaluate outcomes.

1. Coordinate palliative care research and quality improvement projects.
2. Work with research staff on palliative care studies.
3. Ensure compliance with research ethics and data governance policies.

1. Work with the Singapore Hospice Council on national initiatives like guidelines, data sets, surveys, and benchmarking.
2. Participate in workgroups and pilot programs led by SHC and MOH.

1. Lead quality improvement activities.
2. Assist in expanding palliative care services.
3. Participate in strategic planning for palliative care.
4. Perform other tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences, preferably Nursing or Allied Health.
• Relevant work experience in a similar setting is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and in teams.

Overview*
The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) is a national specialist centre under the National University Health System (NUHS). It is the only public cancer centre in Singapore treating both paediatric and adult cancers in one facility. NUHS has been recognized as the #1 Public Healthcare employer for four consecutive years.
Join us as a Palliative Care Coordinator, where you'll guide patients and families through complex healthcare journeys. You will serve as a navigator, educator, data analyst, and compassionate caregiver. This role offers the opportunity to directly impact patient care and contribute to efficient care coordination across diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
Job Responsibilities*

A. Direct Care
1. Care Navigation
Provide personalized informational and emotional support to patients and families, helping them overcome healthcare system barriers, ensuring continuity and quality of palliative care.

Identify high-risk patients and assist in navigating their care journey to prevent gaps in service and facilitate access to necessary resources.
Follow up with patients via phone as needed to improve access to the medical team, reduce unnecessary emergency visits, and ensure ongoing care.
Support patients and families in transitioning across different services and locations.
Communicate effectively with healthcare professionals to ensure smooth care transitions.
Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, identify barriers, and initiate interventions to address these needs.
Evaluate patient navigation outcomes.

2. Care Coordination
Ensure adherence to palliative care pathways and streamline both inpatient and outpatient care.
Coordinate care transitions and appropriate patient placement, collaborating with community partners such as Palliative Home Care and inpatient hospice services.
Facilitate timely referrals to specialists, allied health, and support services.
Coordinate multidisciplinary care across services and settings, liaising with medical, surgical, and allied health professionals.
Evaluate outcomes of care pathways.

B. Education
1. Patient Education
Educate patients and families on palliative care approaches, symptom management, and available resources.
Triage patients for subspecialty care.
2. Staff Resources
Advise clinic staff on internal and community referrals, including financial counseling options.
Support multidisciplinary team members regarding patient care matters.

C. Data Management
Compile data, build databases, and conduct annual audits.
Assist with data analytics and participate in quality improvement projects aimed at enhancing care coordination and outcomes.
Collaborate with VDO teams to measure care outcomes.

D. Research
Coordinate palliative care research and quality improvement projects.
Liaise with research staff to ensure compliance with ethics and data governance policies.

E. Quality Improvement and National Initiatives
Work with Singapore Hospice Council on national initiatives such as guidelines, data sets, surveys, and benchmarking.
Participate in workgroups and pilot programs led by SHC and MOH.

F. Leadership and Professional Development
Facilitate quality improvement activities.
Support the expansion of palliative care services.
Participate in strategic planning and other assigned projects.

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Job ID: 8739

Job Function: Allied Health

Institution: National University Hospital

Overview*
The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) is a national specialist centre under the National University Health System (NUHS). It is the only public cancer centre in Singapore treating both paediatric and adult cancers in one facility. As an employer, NUHS has won #1 Public Healthcare employer for 4 years consecutively.
Join Us to be our Palliative Care Coordinator, where you'll be the guiding light for patients and families navigating complex healthcare journeys. You'll wear many hats – part navigator, part educator, part data wizard, and full-time compassionate human being. You stand to gain immense satisfaction from direct patient care delivery with key contributions to efficient and timely care coordination including diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up, survivorship, and end of life care.
Job Responsibilities*

A. Direct care
1. Care Navigation

Provide individualized assistance (informational and emotional support) to patients and their families to overcome healthcare system barriers, improve continuity of care and quality of Palliative care.

Identify and navigate needy (high-risk) patients through the journey to ensure that they do not fall through the gaps and have access to the resources they need.
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Follow-up with patients through phone, where necessary. This will enable patients, easier access to the medical team hence reducing unnecessary re-attendances to Emergency Department and potential admissions.
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To follow up with patients who defaulted clinic first visit and reviews and ensure continuity of care is established.

Assist patients and their families to transit across different services and location.

Communicate effectively with health care professionals in providing smooth transitions.

Perform assessment to identify patients’ physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs, and barriers in accessing to health care system. Initiate interventions to address the identified barriers, and in meeting the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs.

Perform patient navigation outcomes evaluation.

2. Care coordination

Ensure compliance to palliative care pathways and to streamline care for inpatients and outpatients.

Ensure smooth transition of care and right-siting of patients, including working with community partners such as Palliative Home Care and inpatient hospice and Palliative Care service (IHPCS).

Ensure timely and appropriate referral to specialist, allied health and support services

Assist in coordination of care between services (medical, surgical or allied), and between settings (inpatient, outpatient, home, and community).

Liaise with internal stake holders including Medical Oncologists, Surgical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Radiologists and other specialists, involved in the patient’s care.

Perform outcomes evaluation of care pathways.

B. Education

1. Patient education

Patient and family education pertaining to the palliative care approach, symptom management and available resources

Triage patients to subspecialty care
2. Staff resource

Advise and guide clinic staff regarding internal referral, community home care & day care referral, and estimated cost for financial counselling.

Support multidisciplinary team members pertaining to patient care matters
C. Data management

Compile data and build database with annual audits

Assist in simple data analytics and participate in quality improvement projects that aim to improve coordination of care and optimize outcomes for individual and services.

Work with VDO teams to measure outcomes
D. Research

Coordinate palliative care research and QI projects.

Liaise with research staff working on palliative care studies.

Ensure compliance with research ethics and data governance policies.
E. Quality Improvement and National Initiatives

Collaborate with Singapore Hospice Council (SHC) on national initiatives:

National Guidelines for Palliative Care

National Minimum Data Set

National Caregiver Survey

National Palliative Care Benchmarking

Participate in SHC and MOH-led workgroups or pilot programmes.
F. Leadership and professional development

Facilitate quality improvement activities.

Assist in expanding palliative care coordination and navigation services

Participate and facilitate strategic planning for palliative care

Any other projects/ tasks as assigned by dept.

Requirements*

Bachelor degree in Health Sciences, preferably in Degree in Nursing or Allied Health relevant to the job.

Candidates with relevant working experience in a similar setting preferred

Possess good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team