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Senior Executive / Assistant Manager, Patient Safety (Clinical Governance)
Role summary
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This role supports patient-safety programmes and clinical governance at Sengkang General Hospital. Requirements typically include a degree in healthcare, nursing, health services, quality management, risk management, or a related discipline, together with experience in healthcare operations, patient safety, clinical quality, incident reporting, audit, or governance. Familiarity with quality-improvement methods, risk assessment, data analysis, and healthcare regulations is advantageous. The successful candidate is expected to coordinate reviews and investigations, prepare reports and presentations, track improvement actions, work with multidisciplinary clinical teams, and promote a strong safety culture. Strong communication, organisation, analytical ability, discretion, and stakeholder-management skills are essential.
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 public acute-care hospital in Singapore and part of the SingHealth healthcare group. Located in the northeast of the island, it provides a broad range of medical, surgical, emergency, diagnostic, rehabilitative, and specialist services to the community. SKH works closely with nearby primary-care providers, community partners, and SingHealth institutions to support integrated and coordinated care. The hospital is also involved in clinical education, research, service innovation, and healthcare-quality improvement. Its patient-safety and clinical-governance functions help strengthen standards of care, manage clinical risks, review incidents, and encourage continuous improvement across departments. Employees typically work in a structured public-healthcare environment with opportunities for professional development, cross-functional collaboration, and exposure to large-scale healthcare operations.