Years of professional experience experience providing comprehen
Harminder Kaur
Tampines East
Overview
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Work History
Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
Changi General Hospital
Changi, Singapore
11.2019 - 01.2024
- Provides feedback on infection prevention related matters to nursing and medical team
- Monitor and manage infectious outbreaks
- Conduct surveillance and data collection on infection rates
- Educating healthcare staff on infection prevention strategies
- Conducts audits of assigned wards to ensure that infection control practices are carried out according to the hospital policies and procedures
- Conducts in-service training for the departments to improve infection control practices
- Organises quarterly meetings with infection control liaison nurses to ensure that the infection control practices are updated to the ground staff
- Organize hospital annual hand hygiene day and infection control day
- Investigates and provides advice to staff that sustained per mucosal and sharp injuries
- Conduct infection control training to medical students and nursing students
- Participated in root cause analysis of health care acquired Bacteremia with medical and nursing team to prevent recurrences.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Senior Staff Nurse
Changi General Hospital
Changi, Singapore
08.2017 - 01.2024
- Worked as a Senior Staff Nurse in a multi disclipinary general ward
- Involved in bedside nursing care, treatment and documentation
- Participated in planning the discharge of patients
- Self-driven individual with proven record of developing high quality healthcare assistances
- Assess patients and prioritise my nursing care towards them
- Participated in projects to improve nursing work environment
- Involved in Nursing Council meeting to better nursing work environment in the hospital
- Involved in infection control committee & conduct monthly audits and educating staff on infection control practises
- Able to work to tight deadlines and produce good quality work
- Sense of ownership to see things through to completion and work through tight deadline.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
Senior Staff Nurse
Changi General Hospital
Changi, Singapore
04.2008 - 01.2017
- To support nursing philosophy and the vision, mission and value of the organisation
- Provide quality nursing care for an assigned group of patients
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate (APIE) nursing care plan
- Supervise junior nurses in providing quality nursing care and implement established operational and nursing policies and procedures
- Provide accurate and timely documentation of patient’s progress, nursing care and treatment
- Co-ordinate all patient activities, conduct discharging planning and patient family education
- Conduct in-service talks and maintain a clean ward environment, furnishing and equipment
- Supervising and mentoring nursing students & new staff who are on training in the ward.
Education
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) - Nursing
Curtin University
01.2022
Advance Diploma - Medical Surgical
Nanyang Polytechnic
01.2010
Diploma - Nursing
Nanyang Polytechnic
01.2008
Skills
- Practicing Certificate in Singapore Nursing Board (RN)
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (24/06/2026)
- Microsoft Office [Word, Excel, Point]
- Event Planning
- Quality Improvement Projects
Accomplishments
- Excellence Service Award 2009 – Silver award recognition of contribution and commitment to excellent service
- Eastern Health Alliance Caring Silver Award 2014 in recognition of outstanding and commendable service for the period of April 2012 to March 2013
- Eastern Health Alliance Caring Gold Award 2015 in recognition of outstanding and commendable service for the period of October 2014 to September 2015
- Early Bird award – for attendance for 4 years consecutive from Chang General Hospital [2012 to 2015]
- Awarded Advance Diploma Scholarship in 2010 from Changi General Hospital
- Awarded a bachelor’s in science (Nursing) scholarship from Changi General Hospital
- Eastern Health Alliance Caring Silver Award 2019
- Awarded COVID-19 Resilience medal
Personalstrengthsskills
- Punctual
- Attentive to client’s needs
- Good communication skills
- Possess good time management skills
- Hardworking and willing to learn.
- Positive working attitude
- Great interpersonal skills and very much service orientated
- Have public speaking and public relation experience.
Coursework
- Nursing care of Haemodialysis patients
- Tracheostomy Nursing care and management
- Dementia Care General Training
- Wound care Workshop-Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy-Train the trainer-2013
- Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control Training (APSIC) Certificate of Achievement 2012
- Life Support Course for Nurses (LSCN) – Accredited by National Resuscitation Council of Singapore
- Managing Life threatening Emergency Course
- Cardiac Lie Support and Automated External Defibrillator Course– Accredited by National Resuscitation Council of Singapore (2022)
Timeline
Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
Changi General Hospital
11.2019 - 01.2024
Senior Staff Nurse
Changi General Hospital
08.2017 - 01.2024
Senior Staff Nurse
Changi General Hospital
04.2008 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) - Nursing
Curtin University
Advance Diploma - Medical Surgical
Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma - Nursing
Nanyang Polytechnic