Total 7 job vacancies by Kk Women's And Children's Hospital Pte. Ltd.

Focusing on optimizing child health development, parent child bonding and relationships, maternal mental wellness, together with a holistic approach in supporting families through empowering them in trauma informed practice interventions.

To deliver a well-rounded family-centered care to the children who have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences through early identification from screenings of the index child and family.

Job Description:

• Adhere to programme protocol and maintains confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to effective managed needs and to maintain a good rapport and engaging relationships with families.
• Conducts comprehensive screening assessments using standardized tools (child development, child behaviour, parent-child interaction and maternal mental health) at regular planned touch points and escalate need for referral if a screening identifies an issue.
• To maintain accurate timely documentations and conducts comprehensive screening assessments using standardized tools (child development, child behaviour, parent-child interaction and maternal mental health) at regular planned touch points and escalate need for referral if required.
• Works closely with the child and family to provide early intervention within the home setting as feasible, such as when mild developmental delays or behaviour/trauma related symptoms are identified.
• Coordinates and provides planned trauma informed interventions.
• Monitors and provide education to caregivers with respect to child’ health status, immunisations, including medical follow-up, physical health, dental health, mental health, and nutritional intake.
• Actively participates in training workshops- for caregivers including biological/foster parents and community partners.
• Provides and participates in all professional development opportunities through journal club readings, workshops, seminars, conferences and/or any approved courses by ANCHOR management.
• Builds capacity by sharing knowledge, through participation in professional development and practice development activities, mentoring and orientating new staff, providing constructive feedback to colleagues, and participating in research and quality assurance initiatives.

Job Requirement:

• Degree in Nursing, Social work, Counseling, Psychology or Early childhood certifications or equivalent qualifications in related field.
• Prior experience of working with children/families exposed to various social adversities is desirable.
• Team player with great interpersonal, good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Ability to respond to unexpected crisis situations from families.
• Demonstrates empathy, caring and compassion in working with the families.
• Willing to travel within Singapore to perform home visits.

KidSTART@KKH Antenatal Programme, provides support services to pregnant mothers from vulnerable families. The programme aims to recruit families from early pregnancy, to optimize the developmental potential of their children through an integrated health and social approach.

The recruitment officer’s role is to support with outreach efforts to engage and recruit these new families into the programme.

Being the main contact person, you will assist with programme enquiries, facilitate in explanation about the programme and route potential patients to Social Work Assistants for enrolment. You will also ensure that patient information collated is accurate and adheres to PDPA and hospital guidelines.

The recruitment officer, as part of the programme administrative team, identifies, engages new patients, and supports appointment scheduling for families. The role includes:

• Supporting daily administration and operations of the frontline team
• Identifying and engaging patients at clinic premises
• Contacting patients via phone calls
• Supporting enrollment through appointment scheduling and rescheduling patient appointments with the Social Work Assistants

The recruitment officer will have the opportunity to attend in-service teaching sessions to maintain competency, improve understanding of programme and for purpose of career and self-development.

The recruitment officer will be required to perform any other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Job Requirement:

• Diploma with at least 2 years relevant experience in service or healthcare setting OR
• GCE N/O/A level or NITEC in Healthcare with at least 6 - 10 years relevant experience in service or healthcare
• Pleasant and friendly disposition with service-oriented mindset and proactive to engage patients.
• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to multi-task and work in fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in computer skills and MS office

The KK Genetic Service is looking for a Genetic Counsellor to complement the work of doctors in the delivery of care to patients, who have a personal or family history of birth defects or genetic disorders, by providing information and support to these patients and their families. The Genetic Counsellor is also responsible for coordinating research projects carried out in the centre.

Job Scope:

• Conduct intake of information from patients, construct a complete pedigree, obtain appropriate medical histories, organize and present the pertinent medical and genetic information to the health care team.
• Apply his/her knowledge of genetics and genetic disorders to effectively convey genetic, medical and technical information to the patient.
• Identify family dynamics and emotional responses from the patient.
• Help patients understand the medical aspects of the genetic condition, as well as the psychological and familial implications of genetics.
• Provide patients with information on options that are available such as genetic testing, disease management and prevention, and facilitate the patient's decision-making in a non-directive manner.
• Provide patients with resources for support and opportunities in research programs existing in the medical community.
• Coordinate genetic testing for patients and families, including liaising with the respective genetic laboratories, arranging the testing, following up on results and discussion of results with patients.

Job Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Genetic Counselling or equivalent
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in counselling
• Proficiency with the use of IT

The Community Health Visitor (CHV) will deliver health and social integrated care for mother and child, focusing on antenatal and postnatal care, developmental-centred parenting, parent-child interaction and family well-being, with the aim of optimising every child's potential for healthy growth and development. The CHV is the keyworker who will support the mother-child dyad and family through home visits and clinic service touchpoints, also providing service coordination between patient/client/family with healthcare and social service systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• To support the pregnant mother during the antenatal period by providing anticipatory care and advice to optimise health, nutrition and improve birth outcomes.
• Conduct mental wellness screenings and nutritional assessments for the pregnant mother, and to work with the trans-disciplinary team to make appropriate referrals when required.
• To support mother and main caregivers in the postnatal period in parentcraft skills.
• To build rapport and cultivate a positive relationship with parents/caregivers to impart child development knowledge and skills and facilitate parent-child bonding, developmental-centred parenting and family well-being.
• Conduct child development screening and work with the trans-disciplinary team to make family-centred recommendations.
• To collaborate and partner community and social service agencies, or hospital specialists to provide necessary support for client and family. This includes inter-agency case conferences and discussions.

Job requirements and Competencies:

• Degree in Early Childhood Development, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Special Education, Nursing or equivalent OR
• Diploma in Early Childhood Development, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Special Education, Nursing or an Advanced Healthcare related diploma from a recognized institution; with 2-3 years relevant work experience, which may include working with vulnerable children and families in a community setting or in infant and early childhood development (preferred).
• Passionate and committed to work with pregnant mothers, caregivers and children from vulnerable families
• Excellent team player with good interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
• Dynamic, problem-solver, efficient, resourceful individual.
• Demonstrates initiative and has good organisational skills.
• Ability to independently travel to and from clients’ homes for service delivery.

We are looking for motivated individual to perform basic research in the field of transplantation and cell therapy in the Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant & Cell Therapy Centre.

Job Description:

• Perform basic research in transplantation and cell therapy; report findings to peer-review journals.
• Develop Research Methodology for ressearch projects, revise techniques and troubleshooting guidance.
• Ensuring SOP are followed and participate in lab protocol maintenance.
• Effective communication of research results to director and lab members.
• Participate in grant writing/budgeting for relevant research sections.
• Preparation of presentations and reports.
• Ensure smooth running of the laboratory and maintenance of lab equipment, inventory and supplies.
• Provide staff training to new hires.
• Assist team members, technicians, students in their experiments if needed.
• Contact person to liaise with support department for the research.
• Participates in centre, ACP-ralted activities and hospital initiatives as when required.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Job requirement:

• PhD in Life Sciences with specific experience in transplant biology, immunology or gene therapy.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of technology platforms in the areas of molecular and cell biology.
• Min 2 years post-doc experience.
• Experience in manuscript writing as first author.
• Good Team player.
• Creative and collaborative.

A Variant Scientist position is available at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) for experienced candidates with substantial post-doctoral experience in clinical genetics and clinical variant interpretation.

The successful candidate will be principally responsible for analysis and interpretation of genetic variation identified by internal and external laboratories, with the aim of delivering accurate and comprehensive clinical genetic testing reports to patients and their care providers.

Other responsibilities include:

• Review available lines of evidence and provisionally classify variants per ACMG (or similar) guidelines. Prepare relevant information for multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to finalize variant classification.
• Ensure the in-house database of genetic variants is kept up to date, and that periodic variant re-analysis is performed.
• Work closely with the bioinformatics team to develop and improve bioinformatics workflows.
• Provide domain knowledge expertise and training on variant curation best practices to colleagues of all levels.
• Design, plan and oversee efforts for experimental characterization of variants of uncertain significance (i.e., VUS resolution).
• Monitor scientific literature in relevant areas and ensure that the team is aware of emerging gene-disease relationships, new analysis methods and other pertinent information.
• Drive collaborative research projects with partnering institutions to advance knowledge in human disease genetics.
• Lead the writing of scientific publications to ensure that novel findings are disseminated.

Requirements:

• PhD in a life sciences-related field.
• Minimum of 5 years post-doctoral experience (either in a research or clinical laboratory) with relevant work experience (i.e., variant curation, molecular genetics, etc.).
• Able to demonstrate previous experience and proficiency in the application of variant classification guidelines (e.g., ACMG).
• Able to demonstrate experience and expertise in using software such as R to perform necessary data analyses for research projects and scientific manuscripts.
• Strong track record of publishing scientific papers in clinical molecular genetics.
• Experience in design and execution of experimental molecular genetics studies is highly desirable.

Job Scope:

• Support the team at ground level by providing leadership in coordination of clinical service and strategic planning skills to drive the success of the home visiting program.
• Support and building strong relationships with various clinical discipline in effective service delivery by active engagement with stakeholders, community partners, funders, and government agencies.
• Coordinating clear roadmap for the program's growth and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• To bring expertise in program development, including designing effective strategies for outreach, recruitment, and retention of participants.
• Streamline processes, optimize resource allocation, and improve overall efficiency in delivering services.
• Establish quality assurance protocols, monitor performance metrics, and implement necessary changes to maintain program effectiveness and compliance.
• Oversee data analysis, performance evaluation, and reporting to track progress, identify areas for improvement, and demonstrate the impact of the program to stakeholders.
• Show leadership personality in steering and supporting program towards achieving evidence based, best practices in integrated health and social service deliveries.
• Work with programme lead to scope and track various aspects of programme evaluation, plan for resources needed to meet programme reporting indicators and aligned with the Institution’s strategic and business objectives.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by Program Lead.
• Performs any other Division duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Degree with at least 6 years' experience and demonstrated competency (with at least 2 years of managerial/supervisory experience preferred).
• A fast and efficient worker with the ability to multi-task.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizing and prioritizing skills.
• Strong coordinating and facilitation skills.
• Strong Leadership and Strategic Planning skills
• Programme planning and implementation skills.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Project.