For Nurses:

Healthcare providers who wish to provide nursing services should at least be registered under an accredited Nursing Board (e.g. Singapore Nursing Board) or its equivalent. You should also include your registration number in your resume. This helps us to ensure that providers who claim to be certified nurses are indeed as such.

For more information about Singapore Nursing Board and its requirements and guidelines, click here.

You should also check that you have attained the minimum level of Nursing training and education for the manner of care you are intending to provide. You may check here for more details.

For Allied Health Professionals:

Similarly, Allied Health Professionals should be registered under an accredited Council (e.g. Allied Health Professions Council) or its equivalent.

For more information about the Allied Health Professions Council and its requirements and guidelines, click here.

For Caregivers:

For those who wish to provide basic caregiving services that do not involve a specific form of medical-related care, you need not be accredited under any professional organisations.

However, if you still wish to perform some simple medical procedures (e.g. CPR, defibrillator, injections), please ensure that you have the necessary certifications from the relevant accredited organisations.

Providing CPR, Basic First Aid & Life Support:

To find out more about the legal implications and guidelines for performing CPR or providing other basic first aid, click here.
For certifications in CPR and/or first aid courses in Singapore, you may check some of these pages below:

• St John Singapore

• Red Cross Singapore

For more information on various manners of care and other home care services (if you are an accredited AHCP, nurse or untrained caregiver), please click here.

For further enquiries, you may Contact Us.

Additional Resources

We have created a PDF document that you can use when providing caregiving services. This can help streamline certain processes such as telling the patient’s doctor their medical history leading up to their medical appointment. It can also serve as proper documentation for the patient, their family and yourself.

You are highly encouraged to create your own version(s) of the vitals sheet, and are also more than welcome to use this template.

Hiring a caregiver from Philippines 

(A) Direct hiring

      (1) Apply the necessary work permit from Ministry of Manpower

      (2) Application to embassy

• If the caregiver is from Philippines, you need to go to the Philippines Embassy to make an application

• If the caregiver is from India, you need to go to the High Commission Of India to make an application

• If the caregiver is from Myanmar, you need to go to the Myanmar Embassy to make an application

• If the caregiver is from Myanmar, you need to go to the Indonesia Embassy for more detail 
  

      (3) Costs involve are:

• For MOM, verification fee of S$17.00 and authentication fee of S$42.00

• A fee of about S$300 needed for

1. insurance coverage for the caregiver,

2. $5,000 security bond as required by MOM,

3. $7,000 security bond as required by Philippines Embassy (only applicable for Filipino caregivers). 

(B) Via an employment agency that is registered with Ministry of Manpower. 

You are required to pay a fee for the employment agency in helping you to carry out all these errands.