Phindulo Nemakonde
Registered Nurse
Mbombela
Summary
Highly qualified Registered Nurse with 12 years of experience, including 8 years with a Donor-funded organization. Strong background in the healthcare industry. Served as a TB Focal Nurse at AQUITY INNOVATIONS from February 2020 to July 2023, specializing in DR TB treatment. Primary responsibility was to ensure prompt initiation of appropriate treatment for diagnosed patients. I worked as a TB Quality Improvement Officer at AQUITY INNOVATIONS, dedicated to implementing QI Projects at the Sub-district level. Extensive expertise and experience in TB management.I have Confident in ability to effectively execute duties and contribute to healthcare team success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Quality Improvement officer
AQUITY INNOVATIONS
08.2023 - 03.2025
- Assist with baseline data collection, Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) and analysis for district and facilities
- Work with the facilities to conduct baseline assessments to determine the TB Care cascade gaps
- Develop a joint workplan with the sub district/ district team
- Building capability on QI methodology and facilitation of learning sessions
- Ensure that facilities have all the necessary documents for quality improvement
- Coordinate training of facility personnel data capturers where skills gaps have been identified
- Provide clinical training for facility personnel to address skills gaps
- Provide onsite mentorship to facility QI teams through joint facility visits with the sub district TB managers using the standardized supervisory tools
- Provide support in spreading best practices between facilities in the sub district
- Monitor progress through data reviews at facility level and assist facilities to refine change ideas, PDSAs, process measures and data analysis
- Facilitate presentation on TB-QI progress in monthly cluster and district meetings to share experiences, successes, and challenges of implementation
- Submit monthly activity report assigned to district supervisor and SR supervisor
TB Focal Nurse
AQUITY INNOVATIONS
02.2020 - 07.2023
- Coordinate TB activities in health facility and in close collaboration with TB coordinators
- Coordinate DRTB activities at DR TB decentralized hospital and ensure that all the patients are captured in the EDR Web
- Implementing TB Quality Improvement (QI) activities, including establishing QI teams and facilitating QI meetings
- Support data collection and data management activities by working closely with data capturers and data management teams
- Promote high quality data collation and data management
- Support in-hospital TB and HIV care and prevention activities, including screening, patient education, sputum collection and HIV testing
- Provide mentorship to facility based staff
Clinical Technical officer
Mothers2Mothers
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Ensure that patients diagnosed within the community are linked to care and commenced on ART as applicable
- Ensure that clients who have been referred to other services are linked with the services
- Follow up with facility staff to ascertain if client has been received at the facility
- For clients who have not been received at the facility (post-telephonic communication)-hand over client details back to Family Mentor
- Conduct community profiling and map referral systems of individuals between health facilities, communities, and social service providers
- Work with operational managers in health facilities and social service providers to ensure that the services provided meet the demand created
- Strengthen linkages between the community and the facility and improve linkage to the care system with a stronger focus on case finding and client indexing
- Assist facilities and social service providers to develop systems to enhance the linkage into care of clients referred from community
- Facilitate the tracing of defaulters in conjunction with Community Health Workers at testing events
- Engage communities to improve the quality of care, retention in care and adherence to treatment
Professional Nurse
Department of health
03.2013 - 11.2016
- Providing comprehensive healthcare
- Initiating of HAART
- Prevention and treatment of HIV, TB & STI’s
- Providing EMCTCT & IMCI
- Attending to emergencies & maternity cases
- Ordering & Stock taking monthly
- Performing any other duties per supervisor’s instruction
- HIV Management in pediatrics
Education
Grade 12 - Matric
Tondalushaka secondary schoo
Thohoyandou12.2006
Bcur Nursing Science - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
Thohoyandou 01.2008 - 05.2011
Post Graduate Diploma in Public health - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Pretoria 01.2018 - 05.2018
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 07/10/88
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: South African
Certification
NIMART trained
Timeline
Quality Improvement officer
AQUITY INNOVATIONS
08.2023 - 03.2025
TB Focal Nurse
AQUITY INNOVATIONS
02.2020 - 07.2023
Clinical Technical officer
Mothers2Mothers
01.2019 - 01.2020
Post Graduate Diploma in Public health - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
01.2018 - 05.2018
Dispensing course
09-2017
NIMART trained
03-2017
ESMOE trained
03-2013
Professional Nurse
Department of health
03.2013 - 11.2016
IMCI
02-2013
Bcur Nursing Science - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
01.2008 - 05.2011
Grade 12 - Matric
Tondalushaka secondary schoo
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