Qualifications, skills and competencies of Clinical Governance Officer
8. For the purposes of section 24(3)(b) of the Act, an individual is suitably qualified to be appointed as a Clinical Governance Officer for an outpatient renal dialysis service or a specified service for an outpatient renal dialysis service if the individual —
(a)
is registered under section 20(1) or (2) of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a fully registered medical practitioner and holds a valid practising certificate;
(b)
is registered under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist in the branch of renal medicine; and
(c)
has at least 2 years of continuous and full‑time work experience in treating patients —
(i)
in the provision of a renal dialysis service provided in a private hospital or medical clinic licensed under the repealed Act;
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(ii)
in the provision of an outpatient renal dialysis service licensed under the Act; or
(iii)
in the provision of a renal dialysis service as part of an acute hospital service or community hospital service licensed under the Act.
Licensee must appoint supervising nurse
9.—(1) A licensee must appoint, as the supervising nurse for the outpatient renal dialysis service, a person who —
(a)
is a registered nurse;
(b)
where the licensee provides haemodialysis — fulfils either of the following requirements:
(i)
is certified in renal nursing and has at least 2 years of full‑time work experience in providing nursing services in relation to haemodialysis;
(ii)
has at least 3 years of full‑time work experience in providing nursing services in relation to haemodialysis;
(c)
where the licensee provides peritoneal dialysis support — fulfils either of the following requirements:
(i)
is certified in renal nursing and has at least 2 years of full‑time work experience in providing nursing services in relation to peritoneal dialysis support;
(ii)
has at least 3 years of full‑time work experience in providing nursing services in relation to peritoneal dialysis support; and
(d)
has demonstrated the ability to manage the provision of nursing services in support of an outpatient renal dialysis service, including making the arrangements for medical and nursing care to be promptly provided to patients where necessary.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is certified in renal nursing if the person has completed a course in renal nursing or dialysis nursing that is conducted by an organisation accredited by the Singapore Nursing Board or National Nursing Academy.
Standards for nursing personnel
10.—(1) A licensee must establish and implement nursing standards that set out the scope of services that may be provided by any nursing personnel employed or engaged by the licensee to support the provision of an outpatient renal dialysis service, and all the skills and competencies required for those services.
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), the nursing standards mentioned in that paragraph must —
(a)
include a training framework to ensure that each nursing personnel has the skills and competencies required for the service the nursing personnel provides; and
(b)
be approved by a Clinical Governance Officer or the supervising nurse.
(3) A licensee must ensure that —
(a)
before any nursing personnel undertakes an activity in the provision of nursing services, the nursing personnel first receives training on the nursing standards applicable to the activity;
(b)
a nursing personnel who does not have the necessary skills or competencies to undertake an activity in the provision of nursing services does not undertake that activity;
(c)
the supervising nurse verifies and certifies each course of instruction or other type of training related to the required skills and competencies that is completed by each nursing personnel; and
(d)
the supervising nurse keeps a record of each course of instruction or other type of training mentioned in sub‑paragraph (c) in relation to each nursing personnel.
