Miriam Chingwara Kadziyanhike

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SUMMARY

An enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician public health specialist who is seeking a new challenging career after years in pharmaceutical profession, insurance and health awareness and prevention completed health economics master’s degree.

EDUCATION

Ministry of Health with Harare Polytechnic-

Diploma in Pharmacy Technician May 2001 – May 2004

University of Lusaka – BSc in Public Health August 2019 – May 2021

Bindura University – MSc in Health Economics July 2021 – December 2022

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WHO Online Course – Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage September 2021

Institute of Zimbabwe- Certificate of insurance January2014 – May 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

Drug Claims Supervisor March 2020 – To Date

Vivat Health Solutions (BonVie & Vivat health Clinics) – Harare, Zimbabwe

Mentoring junior staff on drug claims and health economic evaluations.

Providing expertise in drug claim processing, stock management, and drug file maintenance for the fund.

Leading and directing plans to calculate various costs related to health care.

Pro-actively identifying market access opportunities for the organization through effective planning and development of financially sound business proposals.

allocating and deploying resources including people, activities, projects, and investment

Contributing to strategic discussions/market access planning processes to enhance the effectiveness of implementation of corporate strategies.

Developing and executing health economic issues and methods to reduce cost.

Performing economic analysis and model plans for health-care programs

Managing business relationships with all customers including doctors, patients, economists

Aiding in developing medical aid plans evaluating existing protocol to ensure highest quality and effectiveness.

Developing and strengthening the skills and resources that the fund needs to adapt and thrive in health insurance.

Creating solutions for managed care for clients with stakeholders

Supervising awareness raising activities with the fund clients on communicable and non-communicable diseases

Educating the public about health issues and empowering them to aid in disease prevention.

Aiding in performing research, data collection and analysis on public health issues in relation to claims

Managing Resource mobilization on client needs and fund pharmacies.

Preparing precautionary health and claims reports which includes problem explanations, analysis alternate solutions and suggestions.

Drug Claims assessor April 2011 - February 2020

First Mutual Health Fund– Harare, Zimbabwe

Identified, engaged, and negotiated on client needs and fund pharmacies on pharmaceutical products.

Trained and lead team on the skills needed to adapt and thrive in health insurance.

Created solutions for managed care for clients with stakeholders.

Educated clients on risk factors of NCDs.

Identified and defined audience for campaign

Compiling activities for claims department presentations to clients

Technical support on service delivery on internal business unit

Adjudicated claims to reduce fraudulent claims.

Technical support on knowledge of drugs to team

Trial Pharmacy Technician November 2004 - September 2009

University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre– Harare, Zimbabwe

Dispensing and maintaining records of trial drugs

Management of investigational products

Assessing status of participants health problems

Determining whether prescribed medicines are meeting participant’s needs and goals of care.

Communicating with the ministry of health on trial policies and ethics

Communicating with MCAZ on registration of trial drugs

Counselling participants on adherence and ARV side effects

Quality check of data written on prescriptions by all clinicians

Data entry

Pharmacy Technician May 2004 - October 2004

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals – Harare, Zimbabwe

Dispensing and maintaining records of dispensed drugs

Detecting potential public health hazards

Checking immunization status of patients

Health screening and surveillance programs

Counselling patients on adherence and drug side effects

Quality check of data written on prescriptions by all clinicians

Data capturing

SKILLS

●Prevention and management of NCDs

●Problem solving skills

●Teamwork skills

● Data Capture

● Research Analysis

● Data Collection

●Working well under pressure

●Report writing

●Community engagement

●Communication skills

●Data analysis

COMPUTERS AND SYSTEMS

●Microsoft Packages

●SPSS

●Stata

●Eviews

INTERESTS

Continuous Improvement

Health awareness

Social responsibility

REFEREES

Mr Shepard Mudzingwa

Research Pharmacist

UZ-Clinical Research Centre

Parirenyatwa Annexe,

Cell : +263-*********/771515948

Dr Tinashe Magumise Managing Director Vivat Health Solutions cell +263772 336302Email: ad4ayc@r.postjobfree.com

Dr Tinashe Magumise

General Manager

Vivat Health Solutions

cell +263***-******

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Mrs Sarah Putire

Medical Claims

Pioneering Health Zimbabwe

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