Nomusa Mdletshe
Professional Nurse
Durdan
Summary
Registered Nurse with 23 years of experience in direct patient care and nursing management positions in hospital settings. Experience spans across behavioral and mental health, ICU, CCU and med-surgical environments. Passionate about providing programs and services in support of growth and healing for patients with mental health issues. Active listener with direct communication style and compassionate, non-judgmental approach to build patient trust and rapport. Outside-the-box thinker with strong crisis resolution skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Eshowe hospital
01.2006
MANAGERIAL ROLES
01.2005
- Monitor
- Seek and acquire work related information by attending seminars and training and report writing
- Participate in conference meetings and compile report progress
- Disseminator
- Communicate and disseminate information to others within the work environment, by sending memos and reports, to inform colleagues of the decisions
- Figurehead
- Perform social and legal duties and act as a symbolic leader
- Leader
- Direct and motivate colleagues, select and train employees
- Deals with disputes or problems and takes corrective actions
- Liaison
- Establish and maintain contacts within and outside the organization
- Defends organizations interests
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- Chief professional nurse in labour ward, post natal ward ante natal clinic and ante natal ward
- Employer: Eshowe hospital
- Main Duties
- Deputise the sister in charge of the maternity unit
- Supervise and train student midwives and intern doctors
- Assist doctors in the management of complicated cases
- Conduct difficult deliveries
- Controlling stock
- Responsible for the in service training of midwives to improve their skills.
Assistant Manager Nursing
Othobothini Community Health Care Centre
01.2019 - Current
- Main activities
- Develop, implement and monitor maternity Operational Plan that will feed to the nursing operational plan
- Utilise data to identify community health risks and implement programmes that are aimed at promoting health, preventing and managing diseases
- Coordinate health promotion activities in the catchment area
- Monitor maternal and child outcomes and outputs on a monthly basis to review performance
- Develop vision, mission and objectives of the MCWH component
- Develop SOPs and protocols that will guide the activities of the unit
- Monitor the implementation of maternal and child health programmes like MBFI, EMTCT
- NEPOC,KINC and ESMOE
- Participate in perinatal meetings and monitor quality improvements derived from it thereafter
- Co- ordinate maternal and child health programmes aimed at improving life expectancy of women and children by liaising with school health team
- Participate in community health programmes like community war-room and Phila Mtwana and Phila Mama centre
- Reduce maternal complications by ensuring early ANC bookings
- Coordinate nursing care services and liaise with multi-disciplinary team for the improvement and maintenance of quality care
- Facilitate patients’ records auditing and develop QIP to improve nursing care delivery
- Conduct evidence based unit rounds
- Facilitate compliance to Norms and Standards and Ideal CHC
- Coordinate management and utilisation of data to monitor performance
- Monitor PEC through surveys reports
- Promote compliance to IPC guidelines and standards
- Conduct data verification for clinical data
Operational Manager
Eshowe district hospital
01.2012 - 01.2019
- Speciality Unit
- Unit : Neonatal Unit
- Employer, Main activities
- Making sure that nursing care is delivered safely in a specialised unit and that all patients in the unit are receiving adequate specialised care
- Responsible for staffing, budgeting and day to day operations of the unit
- Neonatal resuscitation champion and mother baby friendly activists
- Coordination of optimal, holistic specialised nursing care provided within set standards and a professional/legal framework
- Manage effectively the utilisation and supervision of resources
- Provision of active support to nursing services
- Direct nursing staff regarding appropriate clinical practice to ensure quality care.
Professional nurse
Eshowe hospital
01.2006 - 01.2012
Professional Nurse
Life Gardene Clinic
01.2006 - 01.2009
Clinical Nurse
Ward, NICU
01.2002 - 01.2005
UMphumulo Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2002
Education
Diploma - General Nursing
Masibumbane High School, Ngwelezane Nursing College
Community) and midwifery - undefined
UKZN College of nursing
Diploma - Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science
University of KwaZulu Natal
Diploma - Nursing Management
Health Science Academy
Certificate in dispensing - undefined
Innovatus FET college
MS Office computer course. - undefined
Skills
Patient Management
Patient Assessments
Staff education and training
Indirect Patient Care
Medical Records Management
Staff Management
Direct Patient Care
Recruitment
Nurse Leadership
Care Planning and Management
Electronic Charting
Unit Administration
Patient Advocacy
Clinical Quality Improvement
Accomplishments
- Dr SS Buthelezi
- Eshowe Hospital
- Contact: 0354734500
- Ms NI Mthethwa
- Othobothini CHC
- Contact: 0832043264
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Assistant Manager Nursing
Othobothini Community Health Care Centre
01.2019 - Current
Operational Manager
Eshowe district hospital
01.2012 - 01.2019
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Eshowe hospital
01.2006
Professional nurse
Eshowe hospital
01.2006 - 01.2012
Professional Nurse
Life Gardene Clinic
01.2006 - 01.2009
MANAGERIAL ROLES
01.2005
Clinical Nurse
Ward, NICU
01.2002 - 01.2005
UMphumulo Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2002
Diploma - General Nursing
Masibumbane High School, Ngwelezane Nursing College
Community) and midwifery - undefined
UKZN College of nursing
Diploma - Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science
University of KwaZulu Natal
Diploma - Nursing Management
Health Science Academy
Certificate in dispensing - undefined
Innovatus FET college