Health Specialist Project Officer/medical laboratory technologist.

NIZA REAN SIMWANZA

Public Health Specialist Laboratory Technologist

Email: ***********@*****.*** Cell: +260********* +260********* Professional Summary

Effective Public Health specialist and Laboratory Technologist with 4 years of laboratory, lecturing and course material development experience. I am capable of designing, implementing, and evaluating social and behavioral interventions and social policies aimed at improving individual and public health. I am looking for opportunities in diverse laboratory settings and in the public health fields where I will leverage my competencies to achieve results for impact.

Key Competencies

Strong program planning, implementation and assessment of public health programs.

Ability to develop and provide critical analysis of Health Promotion programs

Ability to develop, analyze and influence health policy

Community mobilization and organisation skills

Ability to conduct laboratory experiments and analyze laboratory samples

A team player and capable of working alone with little or no supervision

I have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in English

I am able to write and compile comprehensive reports

Able to coordinate, partner with and build consensus among a diverse group of people

Excellent research and problem-solving skills

Proficient in the use of excel, DHIS2 for data analysis and data presentation

Innovative, embrace change, able to manage ambiguity and complexity

Ability to perform phlebotomy

Ability to work in microbiology, hematology, bio-immuno assay, parasitology, blood transfusion and biochemistry sections plus many more efficiently.

General understanding of laboratory equipment

Working knowledge of specimen collection, preparation and testing

Ability to maintain appropriate record for specimens, tests and data Work Experience

Laboratory Technologist Northrise University - School of Nursing 2021- March 2022

Conducted laboratory experiments for biology, chemistry and biochemistry for the nursing students.

Developed from scratch the laboratory experiments

Marked, graded and compiled laboratory results.

Lecturer- Part Time Northrise University 2019-2020

Lectured biology, chemistry, biochemistry and Nutrition and Health courses.

Developed course materials for the said subjects

Prepared, marked, graded and compiled results of quizzes, test, mid-semester and final examination

Project Officer – Part Time CITAMPLUS 2018-2020 Two projects namely eradicate TB (ETB) and TB in the mining sector in Southern Africa (TIMS)

Trained community volunteers on what TB is

Collected sputum, stored and transported sputum

Collected data using DHIS data tool and wrote report

Followed up TB cases in the community and encouraged the patients to finish treatment Laboratory Technologist Intern Hilltop Hospital - Ndola, Zambia July – October 2015

Conducted tests on all collected specimen. The specimens included blood, stool, sputum, plural fluid, semen and urine.

Laboratory Technologist Intern KCM hospital - Chililabombwe July – October 2014

Running tests on all collected specimen including blood, stool, sputum, plural fluid, semen and urine.

I worked in microbiology, hematology, bio-immuno assay, parasitology, blood transfusion and biochemistry sections carrying out various tests and recording and reporting the results.

Education

Master’s in Public Health and Health promotion (MPH) Copperbelt University 2022

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical and Biological Sciences University of Zambia 2016

Grade 12 Certificate Kalonga Secondary School - Kabwe, Zambia 2009 Professional Membership

Medical Laboratory Technologist License – Health Professional Council of Zambia Referees

Name Position Company Contact

Ms Thamary

Karonga

Head of School of

Nursing

Northrise

University

*******.*******@*********.***

Cell; +260*********

Ndola

Dr. Kasongo J J Chief Medical

Doctor

Hilltop Hospital

Ndola

Cell: +260*********

Sanana Mwemba

Wamulima

Acting Chief

Biomedical

Scientist

Nkonkola Mine

Hospital

Private bag KCM (K) 2000

Mrs Carol

Kachenga

CEO

CITAMPLUS

Lusaka

***********@*****.***

Cell; +260*********

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