Belinda Van Rooyen-Briggs Email & Phone Number

Previously Chief Professional nurse in the South African National Defense Force (Level 8) - Rank of Captain. Was the Infection Control Officer for the largest military hospital in South Africa (1 Military Hospital). Was deployed on peace keeping missions to The Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi where I got training and valuable experience in Aviation Nursing Care, Chemical and Biological Warfare and running of a Field Hospital.Moved into the private sector for 3 years where I worked as an Infection Control Practitioner, Nursing Educator and Wound care / Skin Integrity consultant for the largest private hospital group in South Africa.Was employed at a large military hospital in the North West of Saudi Arabia as Infection Control Practitioner from 2009 to 2021.Now working as Research Nurse / Coordinator at TASK Eden Clinical Research Centre in George, Western Cape, South Africa.Specialties: General Nursing,Psychiatric nursing,Community Care nursing,Midwife,Aviation Nursing,Chemical and Biological Warfare instructor,Battlefield Advanced Trauma and Life Support,Battlefield Advanced Resusitation Techniques,Field Hospital Nursing,Wound care especially problematic wounds and pressure ulcer / skin integrity management,Infection Control management and coordination,Nursing Administration (BA Cur),Nursing EducationOutstanding research poster presentation award at the 49th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) 2017 (South Korea): Nursing behaviours, knowledge, attitudes and barriers towards implementation of infection Control standards and guidelines in KSAFHCertification in Infection Control (CIC), Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (CBIC) - May 2018

Listed skills include Staff Training, Development Of Policies, Surveillance, Data Analysis, and 31 others.