P r i s c i l l a T h a n d e k a J w a r a

P r o f e s s i o n a l N u r s e / N u r s e A d v i s o r Contact Number: 076*******

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P r o f e s s i o n a l

S ummary

A dedicated Individual with over 14 years’ experience as a Professional Nurse, with 5 years’ experience working in an NGO environment. Self- driven, excellent leadership and management skills. I pay attention to detail and a team player. As a nurse Advisor, I have been supporting and Mentoring Department Of Health facilities not only within the supported districts. I have experience in managing not only with Clinical staff, but also Students, M&E Team involved in Programmes that I have been supporting.

P E R S O N A L D E T A I L S

First Names Priscilla Thandeka Jwara

Date of Birth 24 September 1983

Nationality South African

Identity Number 830**********

Health Excellent

Marital Status Married

Gender female

Residential Address 1054 Sheleni Road, Adams Mission Home Language Zulu

Language IsiZulu (Read, write and speak)

English English (Read, write and speak)

Driver’s license Code 10

Availability Immediately

T E R T I A R Y Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

Institution : Addington Nursing College

Qualifications : Diploma in General Nursing Science (4 years) Year of Completion : 2008

Additional Certificates

Institution Course Year completed Duration

1. TB HIV CARE TB Course 2019 3 days

2. TB HIV CARE TB Management 2020 1 day

3. TB HIV CARE Quality improvement 2020 5 days

4. C.D.C Assessor Course 2020 5 days

5. E.C DOH/KTC CLINIC Adult Primary Care 2020 30 days 6. FPD NIMAART 2020 5 days

7. Sisonke District PICT 2014 3 days

8. Sisonke District Sexual Health 2014 5 days

9. Sisonke District NIMAART 2014 10 days

10. iLembe District I.M.C.I training 2013 10 days

11. Ilembe District Rapid test training 2012 5 days 12. Addington nursing campus Certificate in H.IV voluntary counselling AND testing

2007 Ten days

13. Africa centre for

Population studies.

(Global laboratories)

Phlebotomy certificate

(paeds and adults)

2016 5 days

14. Africa centre(phisa) Dispensing certificate 2015 1 day 15. Africa centre Good clinical practice 2015 3 days 16. Sisonke Cervical screening 2015 1 day

Computer Skills

- MS Office (Word, Excel, Presentation), emailing and internet

- Tier.net

- DHIS

Position Held : Nurse Advisor (supporting 16 DOH facilities) Company Name : MatCH (Maternal Adolescents & Child Health) Dates Employed : Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Improvement

Identification of issues of quality in health systems in the allocated facilities, including clinical services.

Establish a baseline needs assessment, taking into consideration the needs and priorities of the allocated area

Implement the defined QI programme within allocated area.

Monitor and review the implementation and progress of the programme. Review challenges and achievements and institute corrective action.

Timeously compile and disseminate reports to relevant stakeholders.

Integrate feedback from reports into programme implementation plan and subsequent progress reports.

Participate in regular planning sessions with relevant teams and other stakeholders. Training and skills transfer:

Liaise with the relevant stakeholders to address training needs.

Monitor the delivery and quality of training through relevant assessments.

Provide on-going training, coaching, mentoring, feedback and support.

Conduct on-site mentoring activities for health care workers at health facilities Stakeholder Management:

Act as a point of contact in assisting managers with all aspects of the programme.

Communicate with relevant stakeholders. Provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Integrate preventive health services and awareness of social determinants.

Attending of weekly Nerve Centre Meetings

Administration and staff management:

Responsible for overseeing of all staff within allocated facilities in ensuring daily functioning

Providing onsite training and Mentoring of all categories

Updating employees of any changes, new guidelines, and SOPs

E valuation of data and staff performance through daily, weekly, and monthly reports

attend meetings as required and provide feedback to the relevant parties.

Compile reports as needed by project.

Update participant records after each visit once they have been consulted. Perform ad-hoc responsibilities as requested by line managers.

W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

Position held : Nurse Clinician

Company Name : TB/HIV Care (Towergroup)

Dates Employed : Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 (3 months contract) Duties

HIV counselling and testing on clients visiting the clinic

Participate in integrating Covid 19 screening in the facility

Implementation of index testing and HIV self-screening

Ensuring youth friendly services

Adherence counselling to clients on HIV and TB medication

Conducting ARVs initiations according to UTT standards and treatment adherence monitoring

Blood collections from all patients on ARVs.

Monitoring of blood results of patients on Arvs

Tier.net management and data capturing assisting data captures.

Follow up on lost to follow up clients and clients not adherent to medication.

Giving psychological support to clients and their families in dealing with sick patients.

Organising in-service trainings for the clinic to keep on track with ARV transitioning

Supervision of facility-based team.

Monitoring performance against targets of TB/HIV care team through quality improvement plans

Ensuring complete adherence to standard operating procedures to provide best service to clients.

Giving full support to managers and clinic team and partners.

Mentoring of new team members and lay counsellors in conducting Quality assurance exercises.

Observing decanting protocols and transitioning of patients from TEE to TLD.

Switching of patients failing on regimen 1 to regimen 2

Maintaining very good relations with stakeholders

Implementation of index testing and HIV self-screening

Accurate Record keeping.

Position Held : Nurse Clinician

Company Name : Africa Health Research Institute

Dates Employed : March 2016- Sep 2018 (Contract ended due to funding) Project: Cytomegalovirus and Paediatric Studies

Key Duties

Interpretation and application of paediatric study protocol in the Hlabisa sub district clinics and postnatal ward

Creation of S.O. Ps as per study protocol

Working within my scope of practise as prescribed by the south African nursing council.

Application of good clinical governance as per company protocol.

Obtaining of informed consent from study participants in the clinics and in the postnatal ward in Hlabisa hospital as per study protocol.

Handling and reporting on adverse events to enable teaching and learning in the workplace.

Management of the ART and cytomegalovirus study clinic as per study guidelines.

Ensuring achievement of 90/90/90 targets as per department of health strategy, by ensuring that children are on treatment, adherent and virally suppressed.

Practise of Batho Pele principles and ensuring conformity to patients’ rights charter.

Ensuring the clinic is safe and compliant to infection control policies.

Performance of quality control on all study material and documentation completed by study clinical research assistants, to ensure quality of work.

Monitoring and evaluation within the team in the paediatric study.

Record keeping of all source documents, study protocols, SOP’s and all study data material to ensure future reference, and availability of records as required by ethics board. Communication

Rendering counselling sessions and adherence classes for children and mothers of children on antiretroviral treatment.

Advocating for participants to ensuring that they receive equality care all the time.

Liaising with the multidisciplinary team members to achieve participants’ satisfaction, and smooth running of processes within the team.

Giving disclosure education nutritional and sexual health advice on children to optimise treatment adherence, thus achieving viral suppression

Ensuring good communication and harmony between the study team members and department of health staff in the clinics and Hlabisa hospital.

Attendance of Local radio station interviews regarding the studies at AHRI and responding to questions by the community.

Clinical procedures

Ensuring participant’s safety by correct identification of specimens using specified barcoding system.

Taking saliva and urine specimens as per study guidelines and protocols.

Collection of blood from new-borns and older children prior to initiation and during treatment for monitoring and study purposes.

Arranging shipping of specimens to the laboratory.

Giving of results to the study participants as required.

Assisting the medical officer and the audiologist on clinic days.

Interpretation between doctors and study participants, ensuring that information is given correctly and efficiently to the participants.

Administration

Ordering of clinic supplies

Ordering of laboratory supplies

Safe keeping of study documents

Quality control of all study and clinic stock.

Management of study funds

Name of Employer : Ixopo Health Centre

Position : School Health Nurse (Team Leader)

Dates Employed : March 2014- Feb 2016

Key Responsibilities

Organising of school vaccination campaigns.

Obtaining of informed consents from parents.

Physical examination and other skills assessments.

Ordering of supplies for campaigns and daily running of the school heath team office

Health school talks on relevant topics per school’s needs.

Ensuring good multi-disciplinary team engagement.

Problem solving within the team.

Conflict resolution in the schools.

Health awareness campaigns and formation of school help desks and support for learners with learning difficulties and social problems.

Referring of school children with social, medical, and psychological problems to the relevant departments.

Engagement with the schoolteachers, school governing bodies and parents when needed to intervene on certain matters arising in the schools.

Monitoring and evaluation of the whole team.

Name of Employer : Nkweletsheni health

Position : Acting OM

Dates Employed : June 2013- Feb 2014

Key Responsibilities

Policies and procedures

Interpretation and application of dept. Of health policies and procedures in the clinic.

Creation of SOPs as per dept. Of health guidelines and programme.

Application of good clinical governance as per dept. Of health protocol.

Obtaining of informed consent from patients for VCT as per protocol.

Handling and reporting on adverse events to enable teaching and learning in the workplace.

Management of the ARTs clinic.

Ensuring achievement of millennium development goals as per department of health strategy, by ensuring that patients are on treatment, adherent and virally suppressed.

Practise of Batho Pele principles and ensuring conformity to patients’ rights charter.

Ensuring the clinic is safe and compliant to infection control policies. Clinical Procedures

Physical examination of patients.

Diagnosis and treatment as per findings.

Dispensing of treatment as per scope of practise and the nursing act 50 of 1975.

Referral of serious injuries and illnesses to the next level of care as per primary health care protocol

Management of geriatric patients on chronic medication/rendering health education and home visits with the roving doctors.

Administration

Ordering of clinic supplies

Supervision of community care givers.

Record keeping.

Management of minor ailments and treatment of minor injuries.

Referral of serious illnesses and injuries.

Management of geriatric patients on chronic medication/rendering health education and home visits with the roving doctors.

Name of Employer : Isithebe clinic

Position : Professional Nurse

Dates Employed : Feb 2012- May 2013

Key Responsibilities

Physical examination of patients.

Carrying out of orders as directed by the nursing manager.

Diagnosis and treatment as per findings.

Dispensing of treatment as per scope of practise.

Referral of serious injuries and illnesses to the next level of care as per primary health care protocol.

Working in the antenatal clinic.

Management of patients in labour and postnatal phase.

Management of the emergency room.

Supervision of junior staff.

Name of Employer : Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital Position : Comm Serv./ Junior Professional Nurse

Dates Employed : 2008-2012

Key responsibilities : (outpatient’s dept. surgical and medical)

Triaging of patients

Wound care and suturing.

Assisting doctors during resuscitations

Emergency care management

Conflict management

1. Mrs Hlengiwe Maphanga Match Institute- Line Manager: HIV &TB Care & Treatment Contact Number 060*******

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3. Mrs Neliswa Marhubelana TB HIV Care- Project Manager Contact Number 074*******/ 076*******

email: adxatj@r.postjobfree.com

4. Mrs Thobile Rachel Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital - OM Contact Number 082-***-****

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