Professional Summary

An enthusiastic and devoted Community Health Worker, who is faster in grasping new concepts and ideas and can cope with various duties that calls for patience, skills and knowledge application. All times willing to undertake challenging responsibilities and duties which foster career development. To be a team player in a busy and dynamic institution that offers an opportunity for greater thinking and innovation when it comes to challenging tasks. With a strong attributes in health records and information gathering, I have the ambitions to exploit my capabilities to achieve the best results for any organization that I will work for. Always ready and willing to learn and excel in my professional skills. I have over 10 years’ experience for both community and health facility interventions with focus on terminally sick HIV/AIDS infected clients. I have the capacity in community and health data management, health promotion, development of disease control strategic plans, writing project reports, project design, development of logical framework, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, management and administration of health care systems/services. I have worked in malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB projects for the last 10 years. I can write and communicate English and French effectively. My ambition is to work for organizations that have very strong interest in working for underprivileged individuals, families and community. Core Skill & Highlights of Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills, communications skills, problem solving skills, teaching and coaching skills and community networking skills

• Passionate with individuals, patients, healthcare providers and colleagues.

• Strong, trusting and confidential relationship building and collaboration skills

• Strong influencing, coaching and consultative

skills

• Demonstrate human interaction skills to

successfully engage individuals, families and

communities in acquiring needed health care

for all.

Experiences (Career Summary)

January 2019 to Present

Position: Project Coordinator

Organization: Partners for Relief and Development Organization (PARDO), Yaounde Cameroon.

• Developing Personal Health Plan based on the client’s vision for personal health and wellness

• Meet patients in the primary care clinic, home or hospital and conduct an assessment, including helping patients to set health goals and risk reduction plans.

• Make weekly follow-up calls and home visits to patients to ensure compliance to ARV uptake.

• Help patients with social issues like homelessness, substance abuse, and hunger to initiate income generating activities.

• Help patients fill out applications for Medical Assistance and other such documents as needed

• Attend a weekly group meeting with other staff, and program supervisors JOANES TOULAC JANG

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

Address: Block #7 City of Light, Mbalngong, Yaoundé Phone: +237-***-**-**-** / 654 72 60 07

Email: adxhv8@r.postjobfree.com, adxhv8@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanes-jang-2a0529177/

• Documents in a manner that is concise and relevant to the patient’s condition and plan of care and support.

• Displays nonjudgmental acceptance, maintains confidentiality and establishes a positive rapport and working relationships with patients/family/visitors/staff/community.

• Coordinates patient care with Nurses and hospital Manager and requests extra support when patients require higher levels of intervention.

• Provides social support through home visits and telephonic follow-up

• Provides basic education to patients and families about chronic disease management and leads them to create self-management goals.

• Conduct outreach calls to encourage enrollees and care givers to participate in care management programs and health plan services.

• Interact with clients in their homes, neighborhoods, and communities as necessary, to identify and resolve barriers to receiving recommended health services, adhering to treatment recommendations made by providers, and becoming effective managers of their health.

• Support Care Advisor and Care Management Team with providing in-person assistance to clients with self- care needs.

November 2014 to December 2016.

Position: Project Manager.

Organization: Child Aid Development Foundation International, Bamenda Cameroon Supported project in HIV/AIDS, treatment PMTCT, care and treatment through 10 Patient Support Health Centers in Santa Health District offering Home Based care (HBC) to HIV/AIDS infected Clients. Key Responsibilities:

• As needed: scheduled provider visits on behalf of clients, accompany clienct to visits, ensure access to other community and government-based services.

• Guided and teached care givers about symptom response plans

• Acted as an advocate and liaison between the patient/caregiver(s) and community service agencies (i.e. schools, Homeless shelters, hospitals, support groups, etc.)

• Provided ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing, and goal-setting with clients/caregivers

• Along with other members of the team, conducted patient/caregiver screenings that include the medical, behavioral, and social needs to identify gaps in care and barriers to accessing resources critical to clients’ wellbeing.

• Assisted Patients/caregiver(s) with establishing a medical home and providing instruction on the appropriate use of the medical home.

• Acted as a contact point, advocate and resource for patients, their family and their providers, building effective relationships through trust, passion, confidentiality, respect and communication.

• Assisted in ARV dispensation.

• Facilitated transportation of CD4 blood samples to major district hospital offering CD4 count test.

• Supported clients and ensured patients referred reach the referral points. Referrals and referral completion rate supported by patient escorts.

• Conducted defaulter tracing, home based care and active case detection at community level.

• Supported related activities on clinical screening for HIV, TB and referral pathways for TB/HIV

• Facilitated training / retraining of trainers (drawn from Ministry fo Health staff) on active case finding, defaulter tracing, DOTS and drug adherence.

• Faciliated Training / retraining of local community health workers on active case finding, defaulter tracing, DOTS, TB/HIV services mobilization and drug adherence.

• Facilitated easy access to IEC materials on HIV and TB in health facilities across the health districts August 2007- April 2008:

Position: Field supervisor (Volunteer)

Organization: Humana People to People (HPP) in South Africa. Key Responsibilities

• Supported the work of the Project Manager and assisted in providing training and supervision to Field Officers in HIV/AID community mobilization, prevention, and care and support interventions.

• Formed Youth Clubs, Support Groups in the community and linked them to hospitals and clinics to access youth-friendly health services.

• Prepared weekly and monthly reports, data entry, and analysis of field results collected from Field Officers.

• Collected data from community-based agents, Field Officers and volunteers, and community and rural health staff on the number of clients accessing Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing, Youth Friendly services on weekly and monthly bases.

• Coordinated with HIV/AIDS Counselors in hospitals and clinics to train and develop the capacity of Field Officers and community volunteers on care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Education

• Certificate in Community Development and Management Kwa-Zulu Natal Experimental College, South Africa 2007.

• Bachelor of Science (BSc. Hons) Geography/Geology University of Buea 1998-2001

• Advanced Level Certificate. Government High School Santa 1996-1998

• Ordinary Level Certificate Government High School Santa 1996 Additional Information

ICT Skills: Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access Affiliations: HIV and AIDS Cure Advocacy Fellow

International Aids Society Change Maker Forum

Member of the International AIDS Society

Member of the Advisory Board of the Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation Languages: English (Native). French (Fluent)

Interests

• Travelling

• Listening to News

• Sports

• Reading.

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