Since the year 1966, the Nursing Administration has gone through a lot of changes in its organisation. In the beginning The Nursing Administration was lead by The Nursing Director (till 1969 name changed to Chief Matron) and assisted by 3 Grade I Nursing Supervisors, who manage the Phase 1, 2 and 3 services.
This covers every Nursing Unit in the Phase. The First phase contains Surgical Unit, Medical, Orthopaedic, ENT and Eye Ward.
The second phase contains Obstetric and Paediatric and third phase contains all the polyclinics and Accident and Emergency Unit. Every First Grade Nursing supervisor is helped by 2 Grade II supervisors. They are all known as Matron. All responsibilities are given according to the unit specifications. If there arises problems which cannot be solved at Grade I Nursing supervisor or grade II supervisors, it will then be referred to the Chief Matron.
In 1997 the Hospital started to follow corporate system, so the administration of nursing was change to different units of responsibilities. The Nursing administration was divided to four functions and headed by 4 Nursing Officers (formerly known as Matron) with the addition of 1 Nursing Officer for Trauma and Emergency services on the 1 August 2006.
As from 2001, an extension of nursing function where new post is established – “Clinical Nurse Specialist” (Pakar Jururawat Klinikal) working with the Ward/Unit Managers (formerly known as Sister) in the management and care of patient especially with specialization.