Resident Physician

Job Responsibilities

1. Provide medical support to hospice team (doctors, nurses, allied health), for palliative care to be delivered in an interdisciplinary and holistic way to hospice patients & their families. Includes communicating effectively with patients & caregivers to facilitate understanding of condition, particularly in prognostication, and optimising symptom control.
2. Palliate and manage patients’ symptoms & conditions relating to advanced/terminal illness (together with interdisciplinary team). Accountable for planning of care beyond providing medical advice to hospice staff during interdisciplinary meetings.
3. Collaborate with patients’ other healthcare stakeholders (eg medical oncologist, palliative medicine physicians/nurses/ social workers/therapists) as needed to maintain effective plan of care. Includes communicating via phone or email to ensure good transition of care.
4. Assess patients’ progress towards goals regularly (at least every 15 days).
5. Manage security of controlled drugs. May collaborate with pharmacist if available or designate a senior nurse to co-manage but Resident Physician is ultimately responsible.
6. Provide quality assessment of hospice and alignment of services with National Guidelines for Palliative Care. Help team define and measure meaningful outcomes to assess effectiveness of interventions and medications.

Jobs Requirements

1. Must possess MBBS (Singapore) or equivalent.
2. Preferably a graduate diploma in palliative medicine.
3. At least 2 years of working experience in the related discipline.
4. Able to do after work hours on call coverage and conduct on call home visits when needed.
5. Compassionate and empathetic with the suffering and has passion in hospice and palliative care.

Interested candidates are invited to apply with a comprehensive resume to kristin_lim@singaporecancersociety.org.sg.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.