Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Working over-time at Harmony Mines Emergency Unit
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TUMELO JOSEPH THEKO

Phuthaditjhaba

Summary


Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Adept at medication and IV administration, I leveraged my expertise in patient assessments and data management to enhance patient care outcomes at Right To Care. My leadership in developing an electronic reporting tool significantly improved TB and HIV management, showcasing my ability to blend clinical skills with effective data utilization.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Department of Health
06.2020 - Current

Nursing care for injuries, administer medications, conduct frequent medical examinations, record detailed medical histories, monitor heart rate and blood pressure, perform diagnostic tests, issue medication according to physician order, operate medical equipment, draw blood, and admit/discharge patients according to physician orders. Attending to Emergency cases in Casualty and worked at Outpatient department where need arises.

District Information Officer

Department of Health
05.2019 - 05.2020
  • Monitor Facility and Non- facility data captured on systems, School Health, WBOT, EMS & Environmental, Primary Health Care Facilities Hospitals, Mines, Correctional Centers, Private sectors (Pharmacy,Hospitals, Universities, Clinic)
  • Monitor data quality in the District for reliability, completeness and timeliness.
  • Compile data reports for District Director, Executive Members, Primary Health Care Manager, Local Area Managers and Program Managers and communicate discrepancies for intervention.
  • Conduct District Information management meetings supported by Partners.
  • Prepares Facilities for Audit Readiness by AGSA.
  • Generate Pivot tables for Program Mangers and use analyzed data to generate reports for facility.
  • Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly data reports to Provincial Information Management
  • Capacitate and develop staff on information Management.
  • Provide District Data with Monthly Data to Sign off for AGSA and DHMIS Policy compliance
  • Monitor Quality and Reporting of Data on Web-DHIS system, ART Cohort DHIS System, RIPDA DHIS System, HPRS, Tier.Net, TB/HIV information System, ETR.Net, Go-Data System,DATCOV Systems, Share-Point System, and E-Lab system.
  • Competencies

Competency Level

Computer Literacy

Excellent

- Microsoft (Word, Excel, Power-point)

· Data Management

Skilled

- DHIS (Analyses, validate, quality assurance)

- Tier.Net (Capturing, Analyses, Reports, Exports and Dispatch)

- HPRS (Capturing, Reports)

· Leadership

Excellent

- Monitoring and Evaluation HIV and TB Program's at District Level

· Driving

Excellent (C1 – Non-endorsed)

Program Coordinator

Right To Care
07.2017 - 04.2019
  • Supervision of Clinical Technical Officers, Clinical System Technical Officers and Data Quality Mentors. : PCR specimen collection for Early Infant Diagnosis, viral load monitoring for eMTCTt, Paeds, Adult cases, advanced HIV clinical care and TB
  • Work with Facility Managers and Multidisciplinary staff to improve facility HIV care processes to improve uptake, quality of care and outcomes
  • Work with the Right To Care Paeds Department (Paediatric Specialist Doctors) and sub-districts in setting up the centres of excellence for the district to provide training in onsite paediatric HIV care.
  • Managing Teams from Sub-District in terms of reporting data, Human Resource Management and Control.
  • Performance management and appraisal according to job-descriptions.
  • Mentoring on the implementation and monitoring Clinical Technical Officers job-descriptions (Data analysis, DHIS policy and Tier.Net)
  • Mentoring Facility Managers on Data Management (Tier.Net, DHIS policy, ETR, HPRS)
  • Conduct and Facility Sub-District and District internal and external stakeholder’s meetings
  • Work with District/Sub-district management to facilitate the conceptualization, development and implementation of annual operational plans.
  • Provide clinical technical expertise in the development and implementation of interventions and strategies at site, sub-district, district and provincial level to improve patient HIV and TB outcomes.
  • Achievements: Developed, implement, monitor and evaluate daily electronic reporting tool focusing on TB, HIV, Mother and Child health indicators.
  • Developed and mentored clinicians on the implementation of ART Initiation.

Clinical Technical Officer

Right To Care
02.2016 - 06.2017
  • Providing clinical expertise in the development and implementation of interventions and strategies at sit, sub-district level to improve patient HIV/TB outcomes in the various program areas. Providing Direct Delivery support to the facility.

Donor Care Officer

South African Blood Service
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Phlebotomy, donor care, donor interviews, medical

assessment based on medical grounds to donate blood and supervisory duties.

Registered Nurse

Department of Health
07.2009 - 12.2013
  • Direct Service delivery on Minor ailments, patients on chronic medication, initiation of ART both Adult and Paeds, initiation on TB treatment as well as follow-up management, MDR-TB management, and Antenatal care.

Education

High School Diploma -

Mmathabo
Witsieshoek, South Africa

Associate of Arts - Nursing

Free State School of Nursing
Qwaqwa, South Africa
06-2010

Skills

  • Medication and IV administration
  • Medication administration
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient assessments
  • Data Management

Working over-time at Harmony Mines Emergency Unit

Works at Primary Health Care Unit consulting Miners for Minor ailments and management of chronic Diseases.  Works  at Emergency Unit for management of underground injuries and Heat related  illness.

Additional Information

REFERENCES

  • Dr Matubatuba

Clinical Manager

District Office

0670455991

  • Mr Mokete Maselo

Primary Health Care Manager

Department of Health

083 260 4083

  • Mr Tseliso Shale

Acting District Director

Department of Health

060 978 6150


Timeline

Registered Nurse

Department of Health
06.2020 - Current

District Information Officer

Department of Health
05.2019 - 05.2020

Program Coordinator

Right To Care
07.2017 - 04.2019

Clinical Technical Officer

Right To Care
02.2016 - 06.2017

Donor Care Officer

South African Blood Service
01.2014 - 01.2016

Registered Nurse

Department of Health
07.2009 - 12.2013

High School Diploma -

Mmathabo

Associate of Arts - Nursing

Free State School of Nursing
TUMELO JOSEPH THEKO