MERILYN NKOSI
Registered Nurse
Boksburg,GP
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse with specialized training in Dispensing, Quality Improvement, NIMART, and PREP. Dedicated to professional growth and passionate about providing high-quality care. Skilled in critical thinking, effective communication, and collaborating with diverse healthcare teams. Demonstrated ability to excel in fast-paced environments, make independent decisions, and implement innovative strategies for workload management and administrative efficiency. Extensive experience working in hospital settings and as a traveling nurse, supporting various clinics and healthcare facilities.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Nurse Clinician
AHF Supporting Heidelberg and Ext 23 Ratanda Clinic
06.2023 - Current
- ART initiation of new clients and retain clients.
- Clinical review for follow up consultation of HIV clients.
- Adherence clubs management (decanting of VL suppressed and controlled NICD’s clients)
- Integration of TB and HIV services (co-morbid clients) screening at every visit.
- Clinical management of communicable diseases in HIV clients.
- Comprehensive management of Virally Unsuppressed patients (VL clinic).
- Accurate interpretation of Lab results.
- Submission of monthly report to DoH and AHF.
- Phlebotomy (blood and sputum) for HIV and TB clients.
- Lab tracking for HIV and TB clinical and treatment review.
- Reproductive health – Pap smear as per facility target and contraceptives as per client’s choice.
- Prevention strategies – PICT (Provider Initiated Counselling and Testing), PrEP and PEP, screening of existing HIV and TB clients for Index Testing.
- Clinical management of HIV and TB in Key Population.
- Leading Priority Clinic which deals with managing Virally unsuppressed patients and patient with renal dysfunction.
Travelling Nurse
WHIPS Mobile Medical Service
08.2020
- Drawing bloods from clients for different required tests.
- Collecting urine specimen.
- Filling the requisition form and submitting the specimen to the laboratory.
- Completing short medical reports, like taking the clients health history including family history where required.
- Doing short medical tests like; urinalysis, measuring blood pressure, weight, height and measuring BMI.
- Submitting daily feedback to my superiors.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements by adhering to infection control protocols, medication administration procedures, and documentation standards.
ART Clinician
ANOVA PWID Programme
03.2021 - 10.2021
- Implement and manage HIV/AIDS/STI/TB comprehensive care programme at facilitate the guidelines set by provincial and national standards for NIMART/TB.
- Provide clinical care to PWID with TB & HIV.
- Counselling and Initiating ART.
- Taking blood specimen and send it to lab for testing.
- Collecting sputum for GENE expect to send to lab from clients who presents with TB symptoms and refer them to facility for further management.
- Give health education on treatment and life style modification.
- Introduce OST (Opioid Substitute Treatment) to client who want to quit drugs and refer to facility for initiation on OST.
- Running OST clinic during weekends and when there's short staff.
- Identify and Implement quality improvement projects.
- Liaise with all relevant stakeholders such as local community clinics, sub district officer Coordinators.
- Lead, train, and mentor staff within the nursing and supplementary health professional.
- Ensure compliance and relevance with legislation, standards, policies and procedure.
- Manage facility, equipment and order medication for the hospital pharmacy.
- Coordinate screening and reporting of inpatient TB suspects.
- Provide monthly and ad hoc reports on TB programme activities to relevant officials.
- Complete HR functions for staff such as performance evaluations, plans, time sheets etc.
Professional nurse
Kopanong Hospital
04.2020 - 08.2020
- Execution of treatment program or medication to the patients as prescribed by the doctor or registered person.
- Doing ward round with the doctors when seeing the patients and executing doctors’ orders.
- Prepare and assist with diagnosis procedures like LP (lumber puncher), bone marrow aspiration and bedside biopsy and also doing some of the diagnostic procedures independently like doing ECG (electrocardiogram).
- Facilitate and maintaining of nutrition to a patient by ensuring that the patients who needs assistance with feeding are fed and maintaining nasogastric feedings to those on nasogastric feeding.
- Inserting and maintaining intravenous infusion to ensure maintenance of fluids and electrolyte balance.
- Promotion of exercise, rest and sleep for healing and rehabilitation of the patient.
- Provide effective patient advocacy to obtain the health care the patient needs.
- Developing a teaching program for staff and students.
- Delegate tasks to the staff and ensure that the tasks are carried out.
- Prescribing, maintenance and promotion of skin integrity especially to bedridden patients.
- My duties include dependent and independent function.
Professional nurse awaiting post
Kopanong Hospital
01.2019 - 03.2020
- Re-appointed as a SHE Rep.
Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)
Kopanong Hospital
05.2015 - 12.2016
Enrolled Nurse (Female Medical ward)
Kopanong Hospital
09.2013 - 05.2015
Enrolled Nurse (Casualty)
Kopanong Hospital
02.2015 - 04.2015
Enrolled Nurse (Post-partum ward)
Kopanong Hospital
05.2013 - 08.2013
Enrolled Nurse awaiting placement
George Mukhari Hospital
12.2012 - 04.2013
Education
Mphil - HIV/AIDS Management
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa 01.2025 - Current
Post Graduate Diploma - HIV/AIDS Management
Stellenbosch University
Monitoring & Evaluation Certificate - Monitoring and Evaluation
AQuaH Training School
Dispensing Certificate - Dispensing Practitioner’s course
AQuaH Training School
Quality Improvement Certificate - Practical Improvement Science in Healthcare
AQuaH Training School
PREP Certificate - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
AQuaH Training School
NIMART Certificate - Nurse Initiation and Management of ART Therapy
AQuaH Training School
01.2021 - 01.2021
Diploma in General Nursing - Bridging Course to General Nurse
Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College
01.2017 - 12.2019
Enrolled Nurse Certificate - PEN II (Pupil Enrolled Nursing)
Garankuwa Nursing College
07.2010 - 10.2012
Matric Certificate - undefined
Masizakhe Senior Secondary School
Skills
Interests
Watching medical programs
Working with wood (carpentry)
Computing
Reading
Personal Information
- ID Number: 8111050792081
- Citizenship: South African
- Driving License: Code C1
High School Attended
Masizakhe Senior Secondary School, Matric Certificate, 1999, IsiZulu, English, Biology, Physical Science, Home Economics
Software
Microsoft office, Email, telehealth software
Reading, Travelling, Learning new skills
Reading factual stories, novel
Watching documentaries and Medical based series
Travelling, to meet new people and learning their culture.
Learning new skills and studying short courses to broaden my knowledge wider in my job and person life.
Timeline
Mphil - HIV/AIDS Management
Stellenbosch University
01.2025 - Current
Nurse Clinician
AHF Supporting Heidelberg and Ext 23 Ratanda Clinic
06.2023 - Current
ART Clinician
ANOVA PWID Programme
03.2021 - 10.2021
NIMART Certificate - Nurse Initiation and Management of ART Therapy
AQuaH Training School
01.2021 - 01.2021
Travelling Nurse
WHIPS Mobile Medical Service
08.2020
Professional nurse
Kopanong Hospital
04.2020 - 08.2020
Professional nurse awaiting post
Kopanong Hospital
01.2019 - 03.2020
Diploma in General Nursing - Bridging Course to General Nurse
Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College
01.2017 - 12.2019
Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)
Kopanong Hospital
05.2015 - 12.2016
Enrolled Nurse (Casualty)
Kopanong Hospital
02.2015 - 04.2015
Enrolled Nurse (Female Medical ward)
Kopanong Hospital
09.2013 - 05.2015
Enrolled Nurse (Post-partum ward)
Kopanong Hospital
05.2013 - 08.2013
Enrolled Nurse awaiting placement
George Mukhari Hospital
12.2012 - 04.2013
Enrolled Nurse Certificate - PEN II (Pupil Enrolled Nursing)
Garankuwa Nursing College
07.2010 - 10.2012
Post Graduate Diploma - HIV/AIDS Management
Stellenbosch University
Monitoring & Evaluation Certificate - Monitoring and Evaluation
AQuaH Training School
Dispensing Certificate - Dispensing Practitioner’s course
AQuaH Training School
Quality Improvement Certificate - Practical Improvement Science in Healthcare
AQuaH Training School
PREP Certificate - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
AQuaH Training School
Matric Certificate - undefined
Masizakhe Senior Secondary School
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