Professional nurse with 9 years of experience in medical field. Calm demeanor, efficient problem-solving approach and work ethic. Strong patient advocate with excellent communication skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
NURSE ADVISOR
MatCH
Alfred Nzo District
08.2023 - Current
Implement the defined QI Programme within allocated areas.
Deliver and address issues of quality in health systems including clinical services such as adolescent and paediatric HIV treatment, HIV wellness Programmes, tuberculosis screening and care, screening for malnutrition, nurse-initiated and managed ART, PMTCT, paediatric diagnosis, linkage to care and treatment and sexual and reproductive health.
Provide on-site mentorship to healthcare workers on quality improvement principles, paediatric NIMART, IMCI and disclosure and adherence counseling.
Conduct File audits in line with quality improvement.
Review challenges and achievements and institute corrective action
Identify training needs of staff for Programme implementation (Internal and external), develop training plans and conduct on-site training sessions at health facilities.
Provide ongoing training, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and support.
Plan tailored approach in conjunction with Programme/project manager/project coordinator and technical experts taking into consideration needs and priorities of the area.
Develop project plan and timeline for addressing identified needs and priorities
PrEP Nurse
Maternal Adolescent and Child Health Institute NPC (MatCH)_PrEP
East London - BCM
10.2022
QI (Quality Improvement) programme implementation
Clinical Assistance
Training and skills transfer
Demand creation and layering of DREAMS services.
TB Focal Nurse
Aquity Innovations
East London - BCM
12.2021 - 06.2022
Coordinating TB program at facility level and referrals to tertiary health care services
Improve quality standards for recording, reporting of TB data in the facility
Finding TB cases, registering and treatment initiation
Supervise and monitor capturing of TB data in the information system by the data capturer
Improver completion of clinical documents and treatment outcomes
Manage early and late missed clients by linking them back to care
Compile quarterly reports for SR program manager and district TB/HAST manager
Improve TPT initiation in the facility.
NIMART NURSE
Maternal Adolescent and Child Health Institute NPC (MatCH)
East London - BCM
04.2020 - 11.2021
Day to day service delivery at ARV clinics
Clinical assessments, management and monitoring of adolescent girls and young women on PrEP
Clinical assessments, management and monitoring of adolescents and adults on ART
Provide direct service delivery and onsite mentoring to facility staff
Coordinating, implementing and reporting on clinical activities
Completing patients records in line with guidelines
Support the CCMDD programme including identifying patients for decanting, adherence support groups and seeing follow up patients
Submit progress reports
Team leader for community outreach ART programme at Reeston Dice.
Professional nurse
Eastern cape Department of health – Msobomvu clinic, Alice
Alice
02.2016 - 03.2020
Execute duties and functions with proficiency within prescripts of the applicable legislation
Provides safe and therapeutic environment
Monitor patient activities
Maintain clinical competence by ensuring that scientific principles of nursing care are implemented
Perform standard procedures in terms of policies and procedures
Adopt multidisciplinary approach to promote holistic patient and client care
Maintain accurate and complete patient record
Maintain client satisfactory through quality service innovation and professional nursing care by upholding the Bathopele principles and patient rights
Ensure efficient and effective utilisation of resources
Render quality nursing care to patient to take overall management of the unit
Management and control of schedule drugs
Ensure drugs availability through ordering and reporting on SVS for stock outs
Start and monitor client programmes such as CCMDD and Chronic Clubs