Ramaube Maloma
Medical Officer
Pretoria
Summary
Experienced Community Service Medical Officer with experience in organization and transformation to lead change aimed at operational effectiveness and efficiency. This include, inter alia, trans-discplinary team engagement, instituting booking system for OPD and ANC, and de-bulking the emergency unit to eliminate longer patient waiting time, improve quality of patient care, and decrease patient discontent and disputes. Moreover, to improve employee effectiveness, performance and wellness in the process such that quality care can be provided to our patients.
There is special interest in continuous medical education to drive evidence based medicine and improve quality of care and patient outcome, this form the basis of my research interest and field. This included establishing CME platforms onsite and invitation of guest speakers with discipline expertise.
Hold obstetric and Gynecology experience through working in Maternity and establishing Gynecology Clinic every friday to support proper investigations and referral to the specialist hospital. Furthermore, I hold surgical skills in caesarian sections, BTL, and laparotomy for ectopic pregnancies, circumcision, amongst others.
Also hold experience of working in general ward dealing with variety of pathology and engaging with variety of specialist from various referral institutions. Amongst other function was revolutionizing evidence based medical care at rural district level in the institution. Moreover, engaged the team to envisage continuous learning environment.
Coordinated daily allocation of clinicians on the floor and provided voluntary time for unpaid overtime to continue patient care and institutional functionality.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Community Service Medical Officer
Tokollo District Hospital
Heilbron
01.2022 - Current
- Day-to-day clinical work, patient education and invoking evidence based medical practices across the team. This included birthing a continuous learning environment and sharing of guidelines with the team, and the discussion of death reviews.
- Demonstrated respect for staff, volunteers and patients from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Led the daily organization of the team. This includes, inter alia, daily allocation, stationing, theatre staffing and covers.
- Led the clinical team's continuous medical education initiatives to patient outcomes and delivery of care through improved clinical quality processes . The initiatives Continuous Medical Education platform to negotiate into evidence based medicine. This initiative included on-site topic presentation discussing latest guidelines, invitation of guest speakers from various disciplines at academic or semi-academic institutions.
- Coordinated medical care resources for underserved patients. This included visitation to the primary health care institution to establish their clinical challenges and establishing how this clinical challenges can be circumvented.
- Led trans-discplinary team initiatives to improve patient outcome. This include, inter alia, improving relations between functions involved in patient care delivery, cementing patient centered care across all the function, and introduction of a prompt referral system for trans-disciplinary referral.
- Introduced operational efficiency and effectiveness measures across clinical disciplines to improve service delivery thereby, reducing patient waiting time and discontent. This includes, inter alia, introduction of a booking system for OPD and ANC, through interrelations between management of the district hospital and the feeding primary health facilities.
- Volunteered on unpaid over-time (Calls) to fill the shortages experienced by the institution such that continued care can be achieved.
Medical Intern
Sebokeng Hospital
Vereeniging
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Led the internship subgroup to enforce discipline, drafting the call roster and submitting to the coordinator, addressed intern's concerns through liaison and engagements.
- Provided a support function and deputy function to the internship group representative throughout the two years of internship to address the issues faced by the interns, this included, inter alia, accommodation, disenfranchisement, and liaison through stakeholder engagement and negotiations.
- Completed daily rounds to check on patients and identify any reasons for concern.
- Wrote detailed and professional progress notes for each patient, outlining notable events and examinations findings.
- Collected labs and test results on patients.
- Assisted patient medication administrations using various methods such as intravenous, intramuscular, oral, subcutaneous and pulmonary.
- Engaged in providing support for students through setting up Tutorials.
- Reviewed clinical cases to gain additional understanding of disease etiology and progression.
- Shadowed emergency medical services team in emergency room setting and during field response.
- Built strong foundation in medical practice by contributing to different areas of patient care and administrative practice.
Phlebotomist
Lancet
Pretoria
06.2016 - 06.2019
- Labeled transfer tubes and followed exact directions for handling and storing specimens for transport.
- Centrifuged blood samples as outlined in clinical protocols.
- Followed physician orders to correctly administer therapeutic phlebotomy.
- Promoted mission, vision and values of organization and trained new clinical staff in phlebotomy procedures.
- Packaged and shipped specimens to central lab daily.
- Used personal protective equipment correctly to protect coworkers and patients.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating and noting times of collection.
Tutor
University of Pretoria
Pretoaria
01.2013 - 06.2018
- Collaborated with students to complete identify lagging skills and correct weaknesses.
- Planned lessons for allotted time to strengthen weak subjects and build skills during the allocated tutorial sessions.
- Conducted group tutoring sessions to help students engage active learning and critical thinking skills.
- helped students merge theory and experiments through pre-experiment lectures and demonstrations of experiments.
- Helped students prepare for tests and exams by providing guidance, motivation and encouragement.
- Marked tutorial tests and experiment answer sheet, and meeting deadlines submissions to the coordinator.
- Fostered good relationships with students, fellow tutors and the lectures.
Education
MBA - Health Care Management
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
Sandton, South Africa 01.2022 - 12.2022
Post Graduate Diploma - General Management
Gordon Institute of Business Science
Sandton, South Africa 01.2021 - 12.2021
MBChB - Medicine And Surgery
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa 01.2014 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa 01.2011 - 12.2013
Skills
Community program development
undefinedAffiliations
The Health Professions Council of South Africa
The Golden Key International Honour Society
University of Pretoria Alumni Society
Gordon Institute of Business Science Alumni Society
Timeline
Community Service Medical Officer
Tokollo District Hospital
01.2022 - Current
MBA - Health Care Management
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
01.2022 - 12.2022
Post Graduate Diploma - General Management
Gordon Institute of Business Science
01.2021 - 12.2021
Medical Intern
Sebokeng Hospital
01.2020 - 12.2021
Phlebotomist
Lancet
06.2016 - 06.2019
MBChB - Medicine And Surgery
University of Pretoria
01.2014 - 12.2019
Tutor
University of Pretoria
01.2013 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Pretoria
01.2011 - 12.2013
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