Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Personalstrengthsskills
Coursework
Timeline
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Harminder Kaur

Harminder Kaur

Tampines East

Overview

16
16

Years of professional experience experience providing comprehen

Work History

Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

Changi General Hospital
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
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
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

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