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Assistant Director / Senior Manager, Environmental Services
Role summary
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The role leads environmental services at Sengkang General Hospital, overseeing areas such as hospital housekeeping, cleaning standards, waste management, infection-control support, sustainability and service quality. Candidates are typically expected to have a degree or diploma in facilities management, environmental services, healthcare administration or a related field, together with substantial experience managing large healthcare, hospitality or institutional operations. Strong leadership, vendor-management, budgeting, compliance and stakeholder-communication skills are important. The successful candidate should be comfortable developing service standards, monitoring performance indicators, managing contractors and responding to operational issues in a complex hospital environment. Knowledge of healthcare regulations, workplace safety and infection-prevention practices would be advantageous.
Can I work in Singapore?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Hospital offer first; it registers you with the Nursing Board (equivalent training, valid licence, maybe an exam) and sponsors an S Pass (SGD 3,300+) or Employment Pass.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Only healthcare institutions with inpatient services can bring in foreign nurses, and the Singapore Nursing Board deals with their HR teams only, never with agents.
Official source: Singapore Nursing Board: foreign-trained nurses and midwives. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Singapore
Usual for Healthcare jobs in Singapore, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Hospital applies to the Nursing Board for you: training, licence, practice in last 5 years; maybe an exam |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Work Permit staff: employer pays levy, bond and insurance (by law); relocation help is an expat perk |
| Housing | Public hospital groups offer foreign nurses a housing allowance (Ministry of Health, May 2023) |
| Flights | Work Permit staff: flight home paid by the employer (by law); others only if the offer says so |
| Contract | Work Permit up to 2 years; S Pass and Employment Pass up to 2, then 3; notice 1 day to 4 weeks by default |
| Leave | 7 to 14 days (by law; many get more); 11 public holidays; 14 days' sick leave, 60 in hospital |
| Income tax | 0% up to SGD 20,000 a year, then 2% to 24% (about 3% at SGD 60,000); resident rates on a 1-year pass |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Sengkang General Hospital Pte. Ltd.
Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) is a major public acute-care hospital in Singapore and part of the SingHealth healthcare group. It provides a broad range of medical, surgical, emergency and specialist services to residents in the north-eastern region and beyond. The hospital works closely with community partners and other SingHealth institutions to support integrated, patient-centred care. Its operations include clinical services as well as extensive facilities, environmental, administrative and support functions required to run a modern hospital safely and efficiently. SKH places emphasis on service quality, teamwork, innovation, professional development and continuous improvement. Employees work in a highly regulated healthcare setting where patient safety, infection prevention, operational reliability and respectful care are central to daily responsibilities.