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Priscilla Thandeka Danisa

Priscilla Thandeka Danisa

Professional Nurse / Nurse Advisor/HIV Study Coordinator
Amanzimtoti

Summary

A resolute Individual with over 14 years experience as a Professional Nurse, 5 years experience working in an NGO environment, and 9 years in Primary Health. Self-driven, excellent leadership and management skills. I pay diligence and am a collaborator. As a nurse Advisor, I have been supporting and Mentoring Department of Health facilities not only within the supported districts. I have experience in managing not only Clinical staff but also Students, and the M&E Team involved in the Programme that I have been helping. I have also managed a clinical research study with 15 mobile clinics and 40 clinical staff.

Experienced with coordinating clinical research studies, ensuring compliance with protocols and regulatory standards, and maintaining meticulous records. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to facilitate smooth study operations and collaboration among stakeholders. Knowledge of clinical trial management, project coordination, and regulatory adherence.

A clinical research professional prepared to excel in coordinating study activities and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Skilled in maintaining meticulous records and collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary teams to drive successful study outcomes. Reliable team player with strong focus on achieving results and adapting to changing study needs.

Professional coordinator with comprehensive experience in managing study protocols and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Skilled in data collection, analysis, and reporting, with strong ability to adapt to evolving project needs. Known for fostering team collaboration and consistently achieving project milestones. Reliable and results-driven, with keen focus on maintaining quality and efficiency in all tasks.

Diligent HIV/STI/AYFS/TB coordinator with solid background in managing clinical research studies and coordinating between multiple stakeholders. Proven track record in ensuring adherence to study protocols and regulatory requirements while facilitating smooth operations. Demonstrated skills in project management and effective communication.

Versatile clinical research professional knowledgeable about coordinating patient information, laboratory samples and compliance documents for diverse clinical trials. Highly organized and thorough with good planning and problem-solving abilities. Certified in study and HIV Prevention and treatment coordination of activities.

Knowledgeable Study coordinator adept at recognizing clinical values and abstract data from source documents. Uses analytical skills to identify data or patient safety issues.

Professional with experience in clinical research coordination, equipped to make significant impact in this field. Demonstrated ability to manage clinical trials, ensure compliance with protocols, and maintain accurate documentation. Strong emphasis on team collaboration, reliability, and adaptability to evolving project requirements. Proficient in patient recruitment, data collection, and regulatory submissions, with results-driven approach that ensures successful study outcomes.

Results-driven research professional prepared for challenges of overseeing clinical studies. Proven track record of managing complex projects and ensuring compliance with research protocols. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to evolving project needs, while excelling in data management and regulatory adherence.

Experienced with coordinating clinical trials and managing study logistics. Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of research protocols to ensure compliance and accuracy. Track record of fostering effective team collaboration and maintaining precise documentation throughout research process.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
2008
2008
years of post-secondary education
27
27
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Clinical Study Coordinator (HIV Prevention Studies)

AHRI
09.2022 - Current
  • Project coordination
  • Supervision and support to fifteen mobile clinic teams
  • Supporting the multi-level HIV prevention programs at AHRI with day-to-day coordination
  • Worked with the study PI and the study managers to develop documents required to conduct the study as per the Protocol.
  • Organizing and holding clinical meetings
  • Training of the clinic team and Peer navigators.
  • Supporting 98 peer navigators & Peer supervisors in managing their daily activities
  • Writing of study SOPs and other clinic job aids.
  • Implement core research protocol and associated research studies.
  • Creation of Quality Improvement plans
  • Implement the intervention as per the protocol and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Implementation of HIV Prevention campaigns and introduction of AYFS services
  • Provide appropriate care and referral to study participants.
  • Ensure that daily targets are met and maintained.
  • Arrange referrals for study participants with them.
  • Ensuring Adherence to the study protocol by monitoring compliance.
  • Training of DOH staff on the new injectable PrEP and Vaginal Ring
  • Ensure SAPRA, BREC, AND ETHICS approvals are submitted on time and adhered to at the operational level.
  • Consult with the relevant stakeholders to address training needs.
  • Attending conferences on HIV Prevention
  • Presentations to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Delegates (The funders)
  • Dissemination of the study Data and study information materials on several platforms (TV and Radio)
  • Monitor the delivery and quality of training through relevant assessments.
  • Provide ongoing training, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and support.
  • Conducting Safe spaces and youth zones in the uMkhanyakude District.
  • Conduct on-site mentoring activities for healthcare workers at health facilities.
  • Ensure good and smooth communication between DOH and other stakeholders.
  • Update DOH on new study developments and findings.
  • Attending DOH workshops on the current guidelines and new developments.
  • Monitor patent safety by ensuring safety bloods are collected at correct intervals
  • Ensuring participants are initiated on the correct Regimen post if they seroconverted
  • Ensure Viral load suppression is monitored and reported to the Study Principal Investigator
  • Checking availability of data for statutory reporting
  • Compile reports and follow up on BrEC and Sahpra periodic reporting
  • Ensuring availability of work equipment and adequate staff
  • Following up on procurement orders
  • Checking on the availability of cars used by team members.
  • Assisting the team with daily clinic orders
  • Training of inexperienced staff and ongoing training
  • Roving from site to site to provide on-the-job support to staff.
  • Meeting organizations and minutes capturing.
  • Safe keeping of Study Drugs
  • Data analysis with Data management Team.
  • Keeping study Data for analysis
  • Drafting of Reports and Presentations at weekly PMG meetings.
  • Keeping of Protocol Deviations reports for Monitoring purposes.

Nurse Clinician

TB/HIV Care (Tower Group)
09.2019 - 12.2021
  • HIV counseling and testing on clients visiting the clinic.
  • Participate in integrating COVID-19 screening in the facility.
  • Implementation of index testing and HIV self-screening.
  • Ensuring youth-friendly services.
  • Adherence counseling to clients on HIV and TB medication.
  • Conducting ARV initiations according to UTT standards and treatment adherence monitoring.
  • Blood collections from all patients on ARVs.
  • Monitoring of blood results of patients on ARVs.
  • Tier.net management and data capturing assisting data capture.
  • Follow up on lost to follow up clients and clients not adherent to medication.
  • Giving psychological support to clients and their families in dealing with sick patients.
  • Organizing in-service training for the clinic to keep on track with ARV transitioning.
  • Supervision of facility-based team.
  • Monitoring performance against targets of TB/HIV care team through quality improvement plans.
  • Ensuring complete adherence to standard operating procedures to provide the best service to clients.
  • Giving full support to managers and clinic team and partners.
  • Mentoring new team members and lay counselors in conducting Quality assurance exercises.
  • Observing decanting protocols and transitioning patients from TEE to TLD.
  • Switching of patients failing on regimen 1 to regimen 2.
  • Maintaining particularly good relations with stakeholders.
  • Implementation of index testing and HIV self-screening.
  • Accurate Record keeping.

Nurse Advisor (supporting Bizana DOH facilities)

Match (Maternal Adolescents & Child Health)
03.2021 - 11.2021
  • Quality Improvement
  • Identification of issues of quality in health systems in the allocated facilities, including clinical services.
  • Establish a baseline needs assessment, taking into consideration the needs and priorities of the allocated area.
  • Implement the defined QI program within the allocated area.
  • Monitor and review the implementation and progress of the program.
  • Review challenges and achievements and institute corrective action.
  • Timeously compile and disseminate reports to relevant stakeholders.
  • Integrate feedback from reports into the program implementation plan and subsequent progress reports.
  • Participate in regular planning sessions with relevant teams and other stakeholders.
  • Consult with the relevant stakeholders to address training needs.
  • Monitor the delivery and quality of training through relevant assessments.
  • Provide ongoing training, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and support.
  • Conduct on-site mentoring activities for healthcare workers at health facilities.
  • Function as a point of contact in assisting managers with all aspects of the program.
  • Communicate with relevant stakeholders.
  • Provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
  • Integrate preventive health services and awareness of social determinants.
  • Attending of weekly Nerve Centre Meetings.
  • Oversaw all staff within allocated facilities to ensure daily functioning.
  • Providing onsite training and Mentoring of all categories.
  • Updating employees of any changes, new guidelines, and SOPs.
  • Evaluation of data and staff performance through daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
  • Attend meetings as required and provide feedback to the relevant parties.
  • Compile reports as needed by the project.
  • Update participant records after each visit once they have been consulted.
  • Perform ad-hoc responsibilities as requested by line managers.

Locum Nurse

Seanda Health Care Agency
01.2018 - 08.2019
  • Reporting and managing minor ailments.
  • Managing injuries (IODs).
  • Assisting Dr with appointments and bookings.
  • Managing patient files.
  • Liaising with Department managers regarding staff illness and injuries and plans.
  • Giving health education on health-related matters.
  • Suturing and dressings of injuries.
  • First Aid administration to patients/staff.
  • Recording and safe file keeping.
  • Reason for leaving: Got a permanent Job

Nurse Clinician

Africa Health Research Institute
03.2016 - 09.2018
  • Interpretation and application of pediatric study protocol in the Hlabisa sub-district clinics and postnatal ward.
  • Creation of S.O.Ps as per study protocol.
  • Working within my scope of practice as prescribed by the South African Nursing Council.
  • Application of good clinical governance as per company protocol.
  • Obtaining informed consent from study participants in the clinics and in the postnatal ward in Hlabisa Hospital as per study protocol.
  • Handling and reporting on adverse events to enable teaching and learning in the workplace.
  • Management of the ART and cytomegalovirus study clinic as per study guidelines.
  • Ensuring achievement of 90/90/90 targets as per the Department of Health strategy, by ensuring that children are on treatment, adherent and virally suppressed.
  • Practice of Batho Pele principles and ensure conformity to patients’ rights charter.
  • Ensuring the clinic is safe and compliant with infection control policies.
  • Performance of quality control on all study material and documentation completed by study clinical research assistants, to ensure quality of work.
  • Monitoring and evaluation within the team in the pediatric study.
  • Record keeping of all source documents, study protocols, SOP and all study data material to ensure future reference, and availability of records as required by ethics board.
  • Rendering counselling sessions and adherence classes for children and mothers of children on antiretroviral treatment.
  • Advocating for participants to ensure that they receive equal care all the time.
  • Consulting with the multidisciplinary team members to achieve participants’ satisfaction, and smooth running of processes within the team.
  • Giving disclosure education nutritional and sexual health advice on children to optimize treatment adherence, thus achieving viral suppression.
  • Ensuring honest communication and harmony between the study team members and department of health staff in the clinics and Hlabisa hospital.
  • Attendance of Local radio station interviews regarding the studies at AHRI and responding to questions by the community.
  • Ensuring participant’s safety by correct identification of specimens using specified barcoding system.
  • Taking saliva and urine specimens as per study guidelines and protocols.
  • Collection of blood from new-born and older children prior to initiation and during treatment for monitoring and study purposes.
  • Arranging shipping of specimens to the laboratory.
  • Giving of results to the study participants as required.
  • Assisting the medical officer and the audiologist on clinic days.
  • Interpretation between doctors and study participants, ensuring that information is given correctly and efficiently to the participants.
  • Ordering of clinic supplies.
  • Ordering of laboratory supplies.
  • Safe keeping of study documents.
  • Quality control of all study and clinic stock.
  • Management of study funds.

School Health Nurse (Team Leader)

Ixopo Health Centre
03.2014 - 02.2016
  • Organizing of school vaccination campaigns.
  • Obtaining informed consents from parents.
  • Physical examination and other skills assessments.
  • Ordering of supplies for campaigns and daily running of the school health team office.
  • Health school talks on relevant topics per school’s needs.
  • Ensuring good multi-disciplinary team engagement.
  • Problem-solving within the team.
  • Conflict resolution in the schools.
  • Health awareness campaigns and the formation of school help desks and support for learners with learning difficulties and social problems.
  • Referring school children with social, medical, and psychological problems to the relevant departments.
  • Engagement with the schoolteachers, school governing bodies and parents when needed to intervene on certain matters arising in the schools.
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the whole team.

Acting OM

Nkweletsheni Health Centre
06.2013 - 02.2014
  • Interpretation and application of dept. Of health policies and procedures in the clinic.
  • Creation of SOPs as per dept. Of health guidelines and programs.
  • Application of good clinical governance as per dept. Of health protocol.
  • Obtaining informed consent from patients for VCT as per protocol.
  • Handling and reporting on adverse events to enable teaching and learning in the workplace.
  • Management of the ARTs clinic.
  • Ensuring achievement of millennium development goals as per the Department of Health strategy, by ensuring that patients are on treatment, adherent, and virally suppressed.
  • Practice of Batho Pele principles and ensure conformity to the patient’s rights charter.
  • Ensuring the clinic is safe and compliant with infection control policies.
  • Physical examination of patients.
  • Diagnosis and treatment as per findings.
  • Dispensing of treatment as per scope of practice and the Nursing Act 50 of 1975.
  • Referral of serious injuries and illnesses to the next level of care as per primary health care protocol.
  • Management of geriatric patients on chronic medication/rendering health education and home visits with the roving doctors.
  • Ordering of clinic supplies.
  • Supervision of community caregivers.
  • Record keeping.
  • Management of minor ailments and treatment of minor injuries.
  • Referral of serious illnesses and injuries.

Professional Nurse

Isithebe clinic
02.2012 - 05.2013
  • Physical examination of patients.
  • Carrying out orders as directed by the nursing manager.
  • Diagnosis and treatment as per findings.
  • Dispensing of treatment as per scope of practice.
  • Referral of serious injuries and illnesses to the next level of care as per primary health care protocol.
  • Working in the antenatal clinic.
  • Management of patients in labor and postnatal phase.
  • Management of the emergency room.
  • Supervision of junior staff.

Comm Serv./ Junior Professional Nurse

Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Triaging of patients.
  • Wound care and suturing.
  • Assisting doctors during resuscitations.
  • Emergency care management.
  • Conflict management.

Education

Diploma - General Nursing Science, Midwifery, psychiatry, and community nursing science

Addington Nursing College

PgD Diploma - HIV management

Stellenbosch University

Academic Advanced - undefined

Study coordinator course

Skills

  • MS Office (Word, Excel, Presentation)
  • emailing
  • Internet
  • Tiernet
  • DHIS
  • REDCap
  • Mobenzi
  • Study design

    Data collection

    Pharmacovigilance

    Medical writing

    Documentation management

    Site monitoring

    Study progress tracking

    IRB submissions

    Subject retention strategies

    Study closeout

    Clinical research

    Protocol development

    Patient recruitment

    Adverse event reporting

    Informed consent process

    Clinical data management

    Ethics committee liaison

    Clinical trial administration

    Good clinical practice

    Research experience

    Data analysis

    Participant screening

    Medication dispensing

    Documentation requirements

    Research sops understanding

    Good clinical practices

    Site management

    Trial management

    Data collection techniques

    Specimen handling

    Study protocols

    Informed consent

    Report preparation

    Phlebotomy

    Meeting coordination

    Records maintenance

    Schedule coordination

    Specimen collections

    Database organization

    Adverse event tracking

    Laboratory results management

    Case report management

    Study monitoring

    Test environment establishment

    Dispensing oversight

    Trial oversight

    Investigator coordination

    Participant recruitment

    Protocol review

    Continuous improvement

    Teamwork

    Patient education

    Teamwork and collaboration

    Problem-solving

    Time management

    Problem-solving abilities

    Leadership skills

    Multitasking

    Multitasking Abilities

    Patient care coordination

    Excellent communication

    Research planning

    Decision-making

    Scientific writing

    Research design

    Self motivation

    Time management abilities

    Safety reporting

    Adaptability and flexibility

    Critical thinking

    Effective communication

    Team collaboration

    Active listening

    Organizational skills

    Detailed documentation

    Team building

Certification

Stellenbosch University, PgD Diploma in HIV management, 2024, 12 months

Personal Information

  • Available: Immediately
  • ID Number: 8309240888088
  • Health Status: Excellent
  • Date of Birth: 09/24/83
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: South African
  • Driving License: Code 10
  • Marital Status: Married

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of [80] staff members
  • Achieved 90/90/90 by ensuring robust testing in the communities,treatment initiation and adherence through clubs and decanting of patients.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets to upsacale tracking of missing participants.
  • Achieved full compliance with traditional leaders to roll out community testing through effectively helping with Public engagement unit.
  • Collaborated with team of Principal investigators in the development of LAPIS and Mobile Men studies
  • i worked as a Nurse Advisor at Bizana subdistrict for a Non Government organization-we achieved roll-out of self testing kits/Taxi rank testing/ and also established outreach projects in the deep rural areas.
  • We established support groups and outreach treatment clubs to upscale compliance and adherence to ART and NCDs.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Timeline

Clinical Study Coordinator (HIV Prevention Studies)

AHRI
09.2022 - Current

Nurse Advisor (supporting Bizana DOH facilities)

Match (Maternal Adolescents & Child Health)
03.2021 - 11.2021

Nurse Clinician

TB/HIV Care (Tower Group)
09.2019 - 12.2021

Locum Nurse

Seanda Health Care Agency
01.2018 - 08.2019

Nurse Clinician

Africa Health Research Institute
03.2016 - 09.2018

School Health Nurse (Team Leader)

Ixopo Health Centre
03.2014 - 02.2016

Acting OM

Nkweletsheni Health Centre
06.2013 - 02.2014

Professional Nurse

Isithebe clinic
02.2012 - 05.2013

Comm Serv./ Junior Professional Nurse

Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2012

PgD Diploma - HIV management

Stellenbosch University

Academic Advanced - undefined

Study coordinator course

Diploma - General Nursing Science, Midwifery, psychiatry, and community nursing science

Addington Nursing College
Priscilla Thandeka DanisaProfessional Nurse / Nurse Advisor/HIV Study Coordinator