MZUYANDA SELANA
Professional Nurse
Mthatha
Summary
My objectives are to provide high-quality patient care, promote health and wellness, and ensure patient safety by identifying and mitigating risks. Collaborate with healthcare teams, stay current with best practices, support patient autonomy, participate in quality improvement initiatives and advocate for patients.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Facility Team Leader
TB HIV CARE
10.2023 - Current
- Supervision of facility-based staff to ensure all program deliverables are fully achieved
- Conducts skills audit exercise to identify training gaps.
- Market CCMDD external pick-up points in communities
- QI, Case Management, general CLI, viral monitoring through eLabs and suppressions, RTCQI
- Works collaboratively with Outreach Team Lead to ensure bidirectional referral, linkage and retention in care
- Tracks facility and outreach performance against set TB and HIV clinical cascade indicators and advise accordingly on improvement strategies
- Leads the development of QIPs working collaboratively with Facility Manager and Team to introduce change ideas followed by close monitoring of such intervention
- Ensure staff understands the contents of SOPs and implements accordingly
- Ensures synergy between facility and outreach teams through sharing of daily activities
- Support and monitor the implementation of patient-tracking and referral systems
- Supports mentoring facility and outreach team in data analytics, use and decision making as informed by their own performance
Nurse Clinician
TB HIV CARE
01.2021 - 09.2023
- Supervise community HIV screening and testing, STI screening and treat and TB screening and testing.
- Initiation of PrEP, ART and TB in the community and refer them for continuation of care to the nearest health care facility.
- Develop Quality improvement plans in order to improve the quality of client services rendered by my team.
- Attending meetings in communities, LSAs, clinics and THC office and disseminate feedback to my team.
- Index elicitation and testing for both TB and HIV.
- Provision of in-service trainings to THC and DoH staff.
- Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
Professional Nurse
Nelson Mandela Central Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2020
- Assessment of patients overall health, identify their needs and connect them with doctors for further management.
- Family counselling about diagnosis and prognosis of the patients.
- Part of MDT and ward rounds in order to carry the orders and discuss the clients with the team.
- Proper documentation of Nursing care plans and management.
- Ordering of stock and medication
- Administrative duties and staff supervision
Professional Nurse
Ampath Laboratory
02.2017 - 01.2018
- Staff supervision and stock ordering
- Collection of bloods and other specimens from the clients including mantoux TB testing
- Doing DNA test and interprete results
- Ensuring that the specimens are at the desirable temperatures and urgent ones are labelled and done immediately
- Infection control and prevention
Professional Nurse
Tower Psychiatric Hospital
02.2014 - 01.2017
- Assessment and admission of psychiatric patients and develop their care plans
- Attending meetings and discuss staff and patient related issues and disseminate the feedback
- Identify and mitigate risks, prevent errors, and maintain a safe environment for patients, families, and healthcare staff.
- Being part of multidisciplinary team to discuss patient progress
- Ordering of supplies including medication and patient toiletries
- Being part of outreach programs for educating the communities about mental health issues
- Administrative duties including reports on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Assessment of clients that are rehabilitated and are eligible for leave of absence.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Public Health
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa01.2023
Advanced University Diploma - Health Service Management
North-West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa01.2020
4 Year Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Lilitha College of Nursing
Mthatha, South Africa01.2013
Grade 12 - Grade 12
Manzana Senior Secondary School
Ngcobo01.2007
Skills
Problem solving
Certification
Adult Primary Care (APC)
References
- S., Nohe, Acting Facility Manager, Sakhumzi.Nohe@echealth.gov.za, 082 439 8241, DoH- Qumbu CHC
- L., Ndlebe, Community Coordinator, Luthando.Ndlebe@tbhivcare.org, 078 277 7352, TB HIV CARE
- D., Joni, Health Service Manager, dumezweni.joni@yahoo.com, 0837190201, Walter Sisulu University
Timeline
Facility Team Leader
TB HIV CARE
10.2023 - Current
Nurse Clinician
TB HIV CARE
01.2021 - 09.2023
Professional Nurse
Nelson Mandela Central Hospital
02.2018 - 12.2020
Professional Nurse
Ampath Laboratory
02.2017 - 01.2018
Professional Nurse
Tower Psychiatric Hospital
02.2014 - 01.2017
Post Graduate Diploma - Public Health
University of Pretoria
Advanced University Diploma - Health Service Management
North-West University
4 Year Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Lilitha College of Nursing
Grade 12 - Grade 12
Manzana Senior Secondary School