Interprofessional Skills Course: Team-based Care in the Community

Heidi is a passionate advocate for lifelong learning and workforce development. As one of SkillsFuture Fellows, Heidi exemplifies a strong commitment to advancing professional capabilities and nurturing the next generation of healthcare practitioners through interprofessional education.  With over 25 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist, Heidi holds senior clinical and educational leadership roles at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and concurrently serves as faculty at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Her master’s degrees in Ergonomics, Work Injury Management and Occupational Rehabilitation, and Health Professions Education reflect her deep expertise in clinical practice, workplace health, and clinical supervision/education.

Clinically, Heidi specializes in medico-legal functional capacity evaluations, return-to-work (RTW) service development, and workplace disability management. She was the principal investigator for a Ministry of Manpower-funded study on hospital-based RTW coordinators in 2012 and collaborated with the Workplace Safety and Health Council to publish “RTW Coordination in Singapore – A Guide for Public Hospitals” in support of the national RTW program rollout in 2017.  Heidi is a Certified Disability Management Professional accredited by the National Institute of Disability Management and Research since 2018.

Educationally, Heidi was instrumental in establishing SIT’s clinical educator appointment system and spearheaded the development of the “I am a Clinical Educator (ICE)” workshop in 2017 and “Certificate in Clinical Supervision (CCS)” course in 2023.  She played a pivotal role in advancing interprofessional education through initiatives such as an acute inpatient transdisciplinary rehabilitation project at TTSH and the introduction of a community health postgraduate module at SIT. These efforts reflect her commitment to fostering teamwork and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare education.

Florence is a Senior Principal Occupational Therapist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and currently serves as Head, Allied Health in Population Health at NHG Health since April 2025. Florence served as President of the Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists (2006-2016), council member of the Allied Health Professions Council (2013-2019), and is currently Deputy Chair of the Occupational Therapy Credentials Committee and co-chair of the MOH Occupational Therapy Panel. She is Singapore's Delegate to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists and received the Inspiring Occupational Therapist Award in 2019. As an adjunct faculty with the Singapore Institute of Technology and a Skillsfuture Fellowship recipient (2020), she continues to shape the future of allied health through education and her current work developing community allied health practice.

Clinically, Florence and her driving assessment colleagues have been collaborating with the Land Transport Authority, Traffic Police, Ministry of Manpower and Singapore Medical Association to develop and conduct driving assessments for elderly vocational drivers. Partnering with Traffic Police, Land Transport Authority and the Handicapped Welfare Association, the team developed a workflow for persons with disabilities to learn/return to driving after a medical condition in Singapore. The team also spearheaded an initiative to train driving instructors from the three local driving centres to assess and train clients who require driving remediation.

Huoy Ling is currently the Assistant Director of Nursing at NHG Health-Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), where she leads Inpatient Medical Wards and Mobile Inpatient Care (MIC) At Home at KTPH, focused on person-centred care delivery, ensuring safe and high-quality nursing care, leading and developing nursing teams and driving operations and strategic change. She leads the community nursing team and initiatives under NHG Population Health Campus (PHC) from April 2024 to December 2025.

With over 20 years of nursing experience spanning acute, outpatient, and community settings, Huoy Ling has consistently championed patient empowerment and family engagement in healthcare decision-making.

As a committee member of MOH's Person-centred Care Implementation Workgroup, she plays a pivotal role in establishing Communities of Practice that make person-centred care a standard part of healthcare delivery. Her work in developing the Personalised Care & Support Planning (PCSP) programme at KTPH from 2020 to 2024 demonstrates her commitment to giving patients a stronger voice in their care journey. Additionally, she was one of the nurse leaders who supported the PHC leaders with the harmonisation of the Population Health efforts, advocating for person-centred care approaches & implementation in community settings. She also led the NHG AgeWell SG screening programme, developing clinical pathways for frailty assessment and coordinating community-wide implementation of screening initiatives.

Huoy Ling's expertise in community health integration is evidenced through her leadership in various initiatives, including Hospital to Home (H2H), Community Health Post (CHP), and Care@Nursing Home programmes. She serves on the ComLink+ Social Health Integration Project under MOH & MSF from 2024 to 2025, where she develops training curricula for family and health coaches to better support families' health and social care needs.

Huoy Ling is passionate about cultivating patient-centric care environments and mentoring nursing professionals. Her leadership philosophy centres on empowering staff while maintaining an unwavering focus on clinical excellence and positive patient outcomes, consistently demonstrating strong capabilities in workforce management and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Hengky is a Principal Occupational Therapist with over a decade of experience spanning hospital and community care settings. He specializes in managing cases in Orthopaedics, Neurology, and Geriatrics, and has led multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated, person-centered care. Currently serving as Clinical Lead of Occupational Therapists at the NHG Health’s Community Health Team, Hengky drives community health initiatives, preventive care programs, and innovative occupational therapy interventions. He holds a Master’s in Applied Gerontology and is passionate about fostering collaborative healthcare approaches to improve quality of life across diverse populations.

Lena is a Principal Medical Social Worker with more than a decade of experience in the community health sector. Currently based in NHG Population Health, she provides psychosocial care to patients with collaborations within her multidisciplinary team to support their mental, emotional and social well-being. Lena is the clinical lead of medical social workers in the NHG Health’s Community Health Team.

Salan is a Principal Physiotherapist with extensive experience working across acute, subacute, and community care settings. She is passionate about proactive, preventative care, with a strong focus on keeping residents well, functional, and safe, so they can continue to live, participate, and enjoy life in the community for as long as possible. Salan is deeply committed to collaborative, interprofessional practice, striving to deliver holistic and person-centred care. Salan is currently the clinical lead of physiotherapists in the NHG Health’s Community Health Team.