Simbongile Buyambo-Nkunzi
Professional Nurse
Summary
I am an organized and dependable professional nurse successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Professional Nurse - Maternity/Midwife Supervisor
12.2022
- Provide administrative functions of admissions and discharge
- Ensure effective administration of medication and insertion of IV lines and taking bloods and other laboratory specimens
- Conduct HIV testing and initiation of ART (Anti-retroviral treatment)
- Evaluation of patient's basic vital signs
- Provide pre, post, labour, and ante-natal care to Maternity patients and newborns
- Provide assessment and monitoring of gynecological patients of all mild and serious conditions including outpatients and post-surgery
- Provide health education, advice, precautions on AIDS, HIV, sexual transmitted diseases, prevention of pregnancies, hysterectomy etc
- Assist with the escorting of patients to district and tertiary hospitals
- Provide emergency care to all patients as a result of MVA's, violence, medical, fire, hazardous chemical release, impact of natural disasters etc
- Provide resuscitation of a new-borns and adults according to medical standards and protocols
- Provide effective dispensing of medication
- Ensure the effective and efficient ordering of medication and drugs and other clinic supplies
- Supervisory Management Duties
- Allocation of nursing duties and drawing up of staff work, shift, overtime, leave schedules
- Provide training, guidance, and support to nursing staff
- Ensure staff performance and take disciplinary action where necessary.
Professional Nurse - Midwife
Aliwal North Hospital
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Ante-natal ward
- Provide medical assistance in Ante-natal ward for high-risk pregnancy in-patients and pregnancies with complications
- Monitor and evaluate of pregnant women
- CTG
- Management of patients with chronic and acute health conditions
- Assessment of latent phase of labour, Induction of labour
- Provide medical assistance to women with gynaecological problems that are admitted to the ward
- Provide care and assistance to women following surgery
- Provide assistance with doctors in theatre for caesarean sections occasionally
- Labour ward
- Assessment and CTG monitoring of patients in the process of labour
- Assist doctors with normal vaginal deliveries, Caesars, artificial rupture of membranes, induction of labour, and augmentation of labour
- Conduct cutting and suturing episiotomy
- Provide immediate care of new-born - including resuscitation
- Screening and testing for HIV/TB and STD's and initiation of ART for both mother and new-born
- Provide medical attention to patients in cases of labour emergencies.
Professional Nurse - Community Service
Aliwal North Hospital
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Primary Health Care Ante-natal clinic, Hast Clinic, Chronic Clinic, Paediatric Clinic
- Provide timeous assessment, evaluation, and treatment of all patients
- Provide guidance, advice, and counselling on healthy life choices
- Ensure referrals to higher institutions are processed according to regulations
- Provide assessment and medical attention in monitoring patients with chronic diseases and conditions
- Provide emergency treatment of accidents and incidents
- Conduct administrative functions timeously viz: Allocation of nursing duties and drawing up work schedules and conduct drug checks and drug orders
- Compiling orders, receiving, and checking medical and surgical orders supplies
- Maintaining adequate records all patients and recording relevant information adequately on follow-up visits.
Education
Secondary -
Malcomess Senior Secondary School
Diploma in General Nursing Science, Tertiary - Health And Wellness
Lilitha College of Nursing
Queenstown 04.2001 - 04.2021
Skills
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Other
- NIMART & Mentorship, 2022
- Adult Primary Care, 2020
- Basic HIV
- Advanced Clinical Care
Medical Equipment
- Cardiotocography machine
- Ultrasound machine, Doppler ultrasound
- BP machine
- Forceps and Vacuums (used in assisted delivery)
Personal Information
- Relocation: Open to relocation
- Notice Period: 1 month
Competencies
Patient Care, Work ethic, Professionalism, Reliability, Communication, Critical Observation, Teamwork, Compassion, Emotional intelligence, Optimistic attitude, Interpersonal Skills, Decision-Making, Leadership - Supervisor, Patients Assessment & Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management, Examinations, CPR/Medical/Surgical Wards, Charting Clinical Documentation, Maternity, Ante-Natal, Post Natal, CSSD
Salary Expectations
Negotiable
References
- Nozipho Simelane, Aliwal North hospital, Advanced midwife -084 993 0109
- Phuma Petse-Matroos, Aliwal North hospital, Paediatric Nurse -061 5228319
- Siphesihle Mtitshana, Richmond chc -068 152 8842
Certification
NIMART AND MENTORSHIP
Timeline
Professional Nurse - Maternity/Midwife Supervisor
12.2022
Professional Nurse - Midwife
Aliwal North Hospital
06.2022 - 11.2022
Professional Nurse - Community Service
Aliwal North Hospital
04.2021 - 03.2022
Diploma in General Nursing Science, Tertiary - Health And Wellness
Lilitha College of Nursing
04.2001 - 04.2021
Secondary -
Malcomess Senior Secondary School
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