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CURRICULUM VITAE

SOPHIA AWUOR OTIENO Email: advj6v@r.postjobfree.com

P.O. BOX 3796, 00200 Tel: +254-***-***-***- Kenya. NAIROBI, KENYA

Professional Achievements:

In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee Camp

Initiated, SOPs for majority of basic Clinical procedures to nurses, midwives, Medical Assistants and Medical Officers in all IOM SARI ITCs in the Rohingya Camp.

Introduced with approval Continuous Medical Education for all IOM SARI ITCs Clinical staff every week for sharing, refreshing of knowledge.

Initiated and installed quality Nursing Care for the nurses who were mostly new in the profession to handle patience with dignity and respect, as well good communication skills.

In Port Loko, Sierra Leone

Trained MOH/ZMAPP group of doctors and Nurses on IPC and Quality Control prior to commencement of Research Project in Sierra Leone, Port Loko District.

Working as the Quality Control focal person/ Mentor/ Educator/Trainer at ETC.

Facilitator Training of Trainers for MOH/WHO Kenya, on IPC practices.

Experience in report writing on issues of Training assessments, Skills check on staffs, attending meetings with other stakeholders to include WHO, MOH. In Liberia in IOM ETC, Grand Cape Mount County

Introduced daily training of all Liberian nurses and nurse aides after realizing wide knowledge gaps, as a way of narrowing down/ bridging the gaps for uniformity of standards of practice.

Participated in Health Facility Assessments in the health centers in Grand Cape Mount County and giving recommendations to IOM.

Facilitated and participated in Training of Trainers of school administrators, Principals and Head of various learning institutions in the Grand Cape County, Liberia. WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb-March 2021. Nurse IPC Specialist, Eswatini (WHO consultant).

Supporting Ministries of Health and partners to design and start up the emergency response plan for COVID.

Perform health facilities assessments.

Capacity building and training of national staff in case management, infection, prevention and control measures including referral pathways and patient flow.

Surge clinical support for case management and infection, prevention and control measures.

Adaptation of WHO clinical guidelines to context needs and resource availability.

Supporting the appropriate identification and screening of patients

Risk Communication and Community Engagement activities. 2

Optimizing facilities to create clinically appropriate patient and staff flows, training national staff in how these work and the triage and admission process for Covid-19 within the context.

Ensuring isolation and clinical care for all cases, including severe and critical patients in need of enhanced levels of care.

Implementation of infection prevention and control measures and delivery of IPC training to national staff.

Clinical training, on-the job supervision, and working alongside health staff dealing with COVID cases of all levels.

Ensuring appropriate Infection Prevention and control measures are implemented for COVID

Adaptation of clinical guidelines and development of standard operating procedures for the identified facility/ies, according to context needs and resource availability.

Supporting the surveillance system within the facilities or areas identified through the optimization of existing data collection systems.

July- Dec, 2020.

Nurse Expat Bangladesh, IOM COVID Response Rohingya Refugees(FDMRN). Provide capacity building through on-the job training and mentoring for doctors, nurses and other hospital or community staff.

Technical advice and clinical supervision for case management of COVID-19 cases

Appropriate identification and screening of patients

Ensuring isolation and clinical care for all cases

Implementation of infection prevention and control measures and delivery of IPC training to national staff.

Promote and deliver best-practice based clinical care for all patients of the IOM SARI ITC’s and other health facilities, both Covid-19 and otherwise.

Utilize effective communication and translation facilities to counsel and explain care to patients, gaining meaningful consent for all interventions and encouraging IOM and national staff in the same.

Support management of medical emergencies, including stabilization and resuscitation

Guide and assist Queue Manager/Support Staff in patient screening area and triage, maintaining proper patient flow, infection control and prevention, patient counselling and levels of hygiene.

Assist in outreach health programs as agreed between UK EMT leadership team and IOM, coordinating with Health NGO partners and volunteers and supporting them in community engagement and outreach health activities.

Ensure maintenance and stock of medical equipment and medical consumables according to facility SOP’s, reporting any issues arising appropriately Dec–Jan, 2020.Emergency Health Unit Nurse/Midwife, Samoa Measles outbreak.

Provide capacity building of key staff in the response

Assess drug availability and ensure appropriate drug/related supplies procurement working with the health logistician team

Support on data collection and management

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Support with the maintenance of cold chain

Support with supervision of vaccination sites

Contribute to daily meeting updates

Represent Save the Children to County Health team coordination meeting ensuring SCIs measles response is coordinated within this body

Regular reporting including progress reports and sitreps May-July, 2019, Health Manager mobile clinics, Cyclone Idai, Mozambique. Save the Children, UK.

Assess and improve/maintain quality of health services provided to the patience.

Provide line management and professional leadership for all the mobile staff.

Attend cluster meetings appropriately.

Participate in programme management issues

Actively get involved with policy and advocacy issues in the communities.

Enhance and train on importance of IPC in clinical practices and patient safety

Participate in recruiting, selecting, orienting and training nurses and auxiliary staff.

Ensure patient/client/caregiver involvement in development of services and environmental standards

Ensure compliance with, and develops policies, procedures and guidelines

Identify and deal with issues of poor performance, risks and complaints.

Provide leadership to clinical and direct care to staff within their unit, to ensure high standards of care.

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, 2019, Clinical Supervisor PHCC, Bangladesh-Cat 1 emergency Rohingya Refugee Response, Save The Children International.

To supervise all clinical staff to monitor and ensure minimum standards of quality of care are adhered to.

Ensure all consultations with patients are in a dignified and appropriate manner in keeping with the standards and principles set out.

Ensure systems are in place to maintain patient confidentiality and respect cultural and religious believes and practices.

Support the recruitment of nursing midwifery, vaccination and outreach staff with HR and ensure their clinical orientation and training.

Comply with policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures. Mar- Aug, 2017. (Uganda –South Sudan) EHU roster Nurse Midwife, Save the Children.

To deploy with the EHU and or country office team for rapid assessment and site selection.

To assist the clinical lead as requested, with coordination assessments and programme activities.

To oversee nursing activities for specific health activities – primary health care clinics, immunization, stabilization center management and potentially cholera response. To 4

ensure nursing consultations, treatment, referral and follow up activities follow SC/WHO/MoH diagnosis and treatment guidelines.

To lead a two person primary health clinic as part of the RRM working with a local partner and health HST, planning the programme, ensuring sufficient supplies and treatment systems, deploying clinic set up, recruiting community staff to assist, conducting primary diagnosis and clinic management, ensuring accurate documentation, sharing lessons learnt and preparing for ongoing regular clinic activities.

As a member of the RRM and in support of other mobile services to conduct ante-natal and postnatal consultations and to distribute safe delivery kits.

To support IYCF as context permits.

To support management of SGBV as context permits.

Ensure the delivery of health education and promotion activities. May- Nov, 2016. Nairobi, Clinical Matron - Nairobi West Hospital.

Provide line management and professional leadership for ward managers and specialist nurses/midwives.

Participate in recruiting, selecting, orienting and training nurses and auxiliary staff.

Ensure patient/client/caregiver involvement in development of services and environmental standards

Provide visible, accessible and authoritative presence in wards for patients and their families.

Ensure compliance with, and develops policies, procedures and guidelines

Identify and deal with issues of poor performance, risks and complaints. March, 2016. EHU Nurse Midwife, Save the Children, UK. South Sudan- Measles Vaccination Campaign, Mayom County.

Provide capacity building of key staff in the response

Assess drug availability and ensure appropriate drug/related supplies procurement working with the health logistician team

Support on data collection and management

Support with the maintenance of cold chain

Support with supervision of vaccination sites

Contribute to daily meeting updates

Represent Save the Children to County Health team coordination meeting ensuring SCIs measles response is coordinated within this body

Regular reporting including progress reports and sitreps

Recommendations on additional staff needs as the situation evolve Nov-Dec 2016. South Sudan- Juba Teaching and Referral Hospital. Save The Children, UK. Surgical and Operating Room Nurse.

Oversight of all burn wound assessment, dressings and care in the surgical wards.

Implement and follow-up the hygiene, sterilization, asepsis and disinfection protocols and procedures at all times, in pre, during and post-operative activities, in order to ensure the 5

patient and staff’s safety conditions. I.e. waste containers availability, sharps container, waste disposal etc.

Ensure high standards of hygiene in his/her working environment

Ensures medication IV, Oral and IM is given safely as prescribed

Monitor vital parameters of the patients together with the national nurses Jun-Oct, 2015. Nurse Trainer/Educator, Sierra Leone, GOAL International, Port Loko ETC, Sierra Leone.

1. Anticipating continuing educational needs of the national nurses and creating and facilitating training programs that meet these needs; 2. Organizing regular training sessions on topics unrelated to Ebola in order to improve knowledge base for future healthcare delivery in Sierra Leone 3. Assisting the IPC Lead with ongoing infection control education; Mentorship

4. Working together with the Head Nurse to identify national nurses with strong potential training abilities and skills and help to develop those capacities; 5. Ensure the initial mentorship, orientation and skill sign-off for new nurses, in collaboration with the Training Coordinator;

Quality Control

6. Continually assess the standard of care delivery within the ETC, identify areas for improvement, and work together with the Head Nurse to implement measures for change; 7. Ensure that the GOAL ETC is following up-to-date recommendations for patient care from the WHO and international standards;

LIBERIA MISSION, November, 2014-March, 2015. (IOM- LIBERIA). Chief Nurse in Ebola Treatment Unit, LIBERIA

Supervise and coordinate the ETU nursing care services in all sections of the ETU: reception, triage and admission areas, in-patient care wards and patient discharge sections

Ensure that staff assigned to triage, patient care, and case management adhere to standard operating procedures, including the respect of staff turn-over and shifts

Ensure that appropriate infection prevention and control practices are being adhered at all steps of the ETUs activities, as advised by the Infection Control Practitioner and Physician.

Supervise nursing staff, assess their performances, advise on turn-over, dismissal or re- training, assist in the proper implementation of shifts, review and advise on protocols, refer staff, patients and relatives to psycho-social support and other support services, supervise and direct the role of care givers.

Maintain age and sex-disaggregated record of patient’s case-management. (age ranges: 0-5 years; 6-17 years; 18-59 years; over 60 years) Jan-Nov, 2014. Kenyatta National Hospital- Kenya. Senior Nursing Officer.

Administration of all nursing procedures.

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Implementation of Hospital and Nursing guidelines.

Maintaining a safe and healthy environment conducive to patience’s care.

Co-ordination of patients care in liaison with other relevant departments.

Keeping safe custody/documents and submit reports as required.

Facilitating ward rounds and patient conferences. The Nairobi Hospital, February, 2008- January 2014 Senior Nurse -Major Operating Theatres

Running the shift to include staff allocation to specific responsibilities and skill mix.

Coordinating the smooth running of the theatres including obstetric theatres.

Handle surgical emergencies and avail theatres promptly.

Problem solving skills and negotiation skills.

Perform duty allocation for all the theatre staffs and attaching new staffs to their mentors throughout.

2008- 2009 : Clinical Instructor

Conducting of Continuous Medical Education in the department.

Orientation of new nurses in the theatre and students in the department.

Formulation of standards of practice, procedure documents in the department.

Conducting continuous departmental audits to confirm practices are followed as per the hospital expectations to maintain quality nursing care.

Continuous education to subordinates to also update them on current measures of infection control measures and practices especially theatre technicians and attendants.

Senior Staff Nurse

Supervisory of shift and ensure smooth running of the department.

Delivering a professional and high standard of nursing care within the section while leading a team of nurses in delivering projects and team targets.

Maintaining good communication within the section and other sections to provide unified approach to patient care.

2002-2005 Staff Nurse

Participate competently for minor and major surgeries in the operating room.

Actively assist surgeons perform general operation.

Ensure patient is attended at all times.

Safely assist anesthesiogists perform induction and reversal of anesthesia.

Ensure patients privacy and confidentiality is upheld at all times. 1999 Attached at the Gertrude’s Children Hospital for 2 months. EDUCATION

2013 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT training in November.

Currently MASTERS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (MCHD). 7

2012-2013 BACHELORS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT Great Lakes University

2007-2008 HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN THEATRE NURSING The Nairobi Hospital School of Nursing.

Kenya Registered Perioperative Room Nurse (KRPON)

2001-2002 Kenya Registered Midwife (Diploma)

Pumwani Maternity Hospital

1997-2000 Kenya Registered Nurses (Diploma)

The Nairobi Hospital School of Nursing

1992-1995 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Nyakach Girls’ High School

1983-1991 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Moi Girls’ Boarding Primary School.

REFEREES

1. Alice Oyuko

HEALTH MANAGER,

SAVE THE CHILDREN, UK.

Email: advj6v@r.postjobfree.com

Tel:+254*********/073*******

2. Willem Sools

Team Lead,

Save the Children, US

advj6v@r.postjobfree.com.

Tel: +316********

3. Jenipher Onyango

Area Program Coordinator, Port Loko and Kambia Districts GOAL International, Sierra Leone.

Email:advj6v@r.postjobfree.com

Tel: +254-*********- Kenya

I certify that all the information stated in this resume is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Signed.

Sophia Awuor Otieno

Date: March, 2021

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