Simbarashe Bikironi
Lublin
Summary
Empathetic, caring, result-oriented, and motivated by compassion in Nursing professional, passionate about providing health care services in communities and provision of psychotherapy for psychological rehabilitation, trained in epidemiology and biostatistics, health policy development, HIV and AIDS programming including counseling and testing, community development and clinical nursing practice. Seeks to excellent coaching, administration, project management, monitoring and evaluation, organizational and active listening skills in order to help individuals and communities achieve better mental, physical, and emotional health.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
REGISTERED NURSE
Akademia WSEI
10.2021 - 06.2024
- As a registered nurse, I have diverse duties and responsibilities encompassing direct patient care, education, advocacy, and coordination of healthcare services
- Patient Assessment: I conduct comprehensive assessments of patients, including physical exams, medical histories, and evaluations of their health status
- Monitor vital signs, assess symptoms, and identify changes in patient conditions to provide timely interventions
- Care Planning and Implementation: Based on the assessments, I develop individualized care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare teams
- Administering medications, treatments, and interventions according to physician orders and established protocols, ensuring safe and effective patient care
- Patient Education: Educate patients and their families about health conditions, treatment plans, medications, and self-care strategies, and guide disease management, lifestyle modifications, and preventive measures to promote optimal health and wellness
- Coordination of Care: Liaisons between patients, healthcare providers, and support services to ensure continuity and coordination of care
- Communicate patient needs, concerns, and progress to the interdisciplinary team and facilitate referrals to other healthcare professionals as needed
- Advocacy: I advocate for patients' rights, preferences, and best interests throughout their healthcare journey
- I ensure that patients receive respectful and compassionate care, access to appropriate resources, and support in making informed decisions about their health
- Clinical Procedures and Interventions: Performs various clinical procedures and interventions, such as administering medications, inserting intravenous lines, dressing wounds, managing medical equipment, and providing emergency care in critical situations
- Documentation and Recordkeeping: Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records, including patient assessments, care plans, progress notes, and treatment outcomes
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and documentation requirements to support continuity of care and legal accountability
NURSE COUNSELLOR
Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH)
08.2020 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: The main objective is to reach out to men and children living with HIV infection in different communities hence reducing chances of new infections by implementing the treat-all protocol
- Advocating for children, women, and men against sexual gender-based violence and child marriages
- HIV and Tuberculosis Programming: Conducting HIV counseling and testing
- Eliciting sexual partners of those who test HIV positive, and following up with them for index case testing at the community level
- Tuberculosis screening of HIV positive before initiating them on long-term Antiretroviral- medicines using the treat all protocol, providing Tuberculosis preventative treatment for no presumptive patients to achieve the 95,95,95 % coverage as per UNIAIDS 2030 expectation
- Empowering the community with health education on HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis and other sexually transmitted infections through the use of focus group discussions with the thrust of reducing new HIV and Tuberculosis cases
- Designing improvement plans for indicators lagging behind so as to take corrective measures and come up with strategies and approaches to improve the program
- Compiling daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly bi-annual and annual reports, conduct data analysis and evaluation
- The main objective is to reach out to men and children living with HIV infection in different communities hence reducing chances of new infections by implementing the treat-all protocol
- Advocating for children, women, and men against sexual gender-based violence and child marriages
OI/ ART NURSE
Zimbabwe Training and Education Centre for Health (ZIMTTECH)
03.2019 - 06.2020
- Company Overview: To reduce the spread of HIV infection through strategic implementation so as to break the cycle of HIV transmission
- Providing HIV and AIDS counseling care and prevention including utilization of the screening tool for HIV eligibility assessment to achieve targeted testing
- Tuberculosis screening, and initiating identified HIV-positive clients on Anti-retroviral medicines and non-presumptive Tuberculosis clients on preventative therapy
- Cervical cancer screening and refer them for visual inspection with acetic acid
- Offering treatment care and support to patients with sexually transmitted infections, imparting them with knowledge for risk reduction, and demonstrating and distributing both male and female condoms
- Contact tracing and index case testing
- Data collection, analysis and evaluation, and timely reports to the next level of care
- To reduce the spread of HIV infection through strategic implementation so as to break the cycle of HIV transmission
NURSE IN CHARGE
Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe
08.2008 - 03.2019
- CURATIVE SERVICES: Consulting patients, conducting physical health assessments, making diagnoses and treating local endemics, active disease surveillance, making follow-ups of patients
- Dispensing prophylactic medicines such as Isoniazid for Tuberculosis prevention and ferrous sulfate
- Immunizing pregnant women against tetanus, immunization of under-five children against killer diseases, and Ordering medicines to ensure sufficient supplies
- OBSTETRIC SERVICES: Antenatal booking of pregnant women, physical examination of pregnant women, identifying abnormal lies of the fetus and making referrals to the next level of care, post-natal examination of both mothers and their babies at birth, 3, 7 days, and 6 weeks postnatal
- Testing HIV and syphilis and giving treatment accordingly
- ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: Designing leave plans that are annual, sick, and vocational leaves
- Daily duty allocation, chairing staff meetings, community meetings with other stakeholders, and attending district health team meetings
- Report writing and timely submission to the next level of care
Education
Diploma in HIV and AIDS Counselling Care and Prevention -
International Institute for Capacity Development Trust
Bachelor of Nursing Science -
Akademia WSEI
Lublin06.2024
Masters of Counselling Psychology -
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo12.2020
Certificate in Project Management - Monitoring and Evaluation
Catholic University of Zimbabwe
Hatfield, Harare12.2020
Bachelor Honours Science - Counselling
Zimbabwe Open University
Mount Pleasant, Harare12.2016
Certificate in Primary Care Nursing -
Nkayi School of Nursing
12.2008
Skills
- Medicine
- Therapy and Counselling
- Education and Training
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Driving licence
Personal Information
- Age: 42
- Date of Birth: 09/02/82
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Zimbabwean
- Marital Status: Married
Skypeid
cid.6fa2b1ee588818762
References
- Emily Gondo, Team Leader, Zimbabwe Association of Church Related Hospitals (ZACH), +263772729094, egondo@zach.org.zw
- Mrs Moudy Mkahanana, The District Community Linkages Officer, ZIMTTECH Hospital, +263772395244, moudymkahanana@mail.com
- Jacob Matsvimbo, Human Resources Officer, Darwin Hospital, +263774388387, jamatsvimbo@gmail.com
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Finnish
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
REGISTERED NURSE
Akademia WSEI
10.2021 - 06.2024
NURSE COUNSELLOR
Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH)
08.2020 - 09.2021
OI/ ART NURSE
Zimbabwe Training and Education Centre for Health (ZIMTTECH)
03.2019 - 06.2020
NURSE IN CHARGE
Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe
08.2008 - 03.2019
Diploma in HIV and AIDS Counselling Care and Prevention -
International Institute for Capacity Development Trust
Bachelor of Nursing Science -
Akademia WSEI
Masters of Counselling Psychology -
Great Zimbabwe University
Certificate in Project Management - Monitoring and Evaluation
Catholic University of Zimbabwe
Bachelor Honours Science - Counselling
Zimbabwe Open University
Certificate in Primary Care Nursing -
Nkayi School of Nursing
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