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Netherlands

Netherlands

Independent medical education helping physicians acquire new clinical skills, test their knowledge, and improve their practice of medicine

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

The European Hematology Association promotes excellence in patient care, research, and education in hematology.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Excerpta Medica is a medical communications agency, serving the global pharmaceutical industry with medical strategy consultancy and innovative medical communications programs. Our work is based on combining scientific insights with best practices in communications to develop programs that are engaging and impactful.

County Dublin, Ireland

INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM PROJECT – Dublin Institute of Technology/Digital Skills Academy (DSA)Department of Justice - ‘Digitalization of Child Maintenance’(Final Grade: 93.3%)• Submitted and received approval to assess potential to digitalize the child maintenance system in South Africa.• Managed team of 3 international students in different locations via online collaboration, using Agile.• Completed proof of concept document, plus a thorough customer development process including in-person interviews and 2 online surveys (including front-end applicants, and the back-end Department of Justice). • Liaised with potential partners re technical aspects and established a use case diagram and solution overview. • Developed a fully functional platform prototype based on feedback of user needs.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Managed case load of patients and clients, and consistently received positive feedback.• Recommended process improvements, based on prior managerial experience, to Practice owners.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Founded a social entrepreneurship concept to provide training and employment to disadvantaged South Africans, while meeting a gap in local textile industry for locally produced products.• Managed all day to day business functions; accounting, inventory and supply procurement, human resources, payroll, work flow, training, marketing, advertising, client relations, design and product development. • Secured consistent work producing hand-made and small machine-made products with all 7 local children’s clothing brands in South Africa, largest of which is “Naartjie” requesting orders of up to 3000 units/product.• Started with 3 part-time employees; grew to 8 full time employees.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Drove strategic planning assignments and developed reports and presentations.• Spearheaded office and personal account management, meeting planning, scheduling, and client relations.

Virgin Islands (British)

Managed various projects at the Governor's House on behalf of the Governor's Wife, including charity events, and in regard to her role as patron to the Girl Guides Association of the British Virgin Islands.

Cayman Islands

New Resident Magazine.Assisted in oversight of deadlines, and coordination of deliverables according to publication planning timeline, wrote chapters, researched and verified facts, proofread final print

Cayman Islands

Assisted with various projects including; artists exhibitions and major gallery events, reorganization of library archives, updating database of members and stakeholders, fundraising events to build a free-standing National Gallery.

Greater Chicago Area

Redesigned previous position to focus solely on major projects identified as strategic priorities of the Advocate healthcare network. These included; Magnet Nursing Certification process, and transition to a paperless clinical documentation system utilizing Cerner systems. Responsibilities included prioritizing tasks in continuum of process, managing scope, and agreeing deliverables while engaging with all major stakeholders in the process.

Oak Lawn, Illinois, Usa

Responsible for the daily clinical, operational, fiscal & HR activities of the rehabilitation division of the Children’s hospital, Hope Children's; including outpatient therapy, acute inpatient care, multi-specialty clinics & 6-bed paediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit at the main campus & outpatient services at 2 offsite facilities• Restructured division to establish a renewed sense of vision & purpose, improve efficiency & financial viability, & reduce staff turnover. • Implemented centralized scheduling system & improved overall productivity and therapy waiting lists (from 6 months in some areas, to less than 3 weeks across all disciplines).• Researched & implemented best-practice clinical pathways in all areas of department.• Improved revenue capture & reduced receivables by rebuilding charge master, enhancing billing process and developing an alternate DME (Durable Medical Supply)/supply system.• Achieved 99% associate satisfaction for both 2001 & 2002 using Pres-Ganey survey tool.• Spearheaded Cerner rehabilitation documentation design & chargeables build &, an integral member of Cerner Work Flow Utilization Taskforce.• Active member of Magnet Nursing Certification Clinical Practice Team; including development of core documentation on continuum of care, & education materials available in alternate languages.• Designed, implemented & monitored various CQI studies across all disciplines partnered with Risk Management & hospital-wide Continuous Quality Improvement team.• Facilitated new model of psychological care delivery in conjunction with Advocate Family Care Network.• Conducted needs assessment & invested in understanding the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders. Partnered with these groups to achieve successful outcomes.• Maintained “survey ready” compliance with governmental & state regulations, including participation in successful JCAHO, CARF & IDPH surveys.

Burbank, Illinois, Usa

Coordinated daily operations of offsite outpatient clinic providing physical and occupational therapy services.• Reinforced best-practice clinical pathways.• Implemented infection control procedures and safety standards according to IDPH. • Lead site preparation for successful JCAHO survey.• Implemented CQI project partnering rehabilitation services with pain management department to track and improve pain management in therapy patients, in addition to CQI documentation reviews.• Participated in Policy and Procedure revision and writing.• Revised and updated documentation to improve compliance and efficiency.

Hinsdale, Illinois, Usa

Coordinated daily operations of community hospital physical therapy department including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient services.• Controlled annual budget in excess of US$ 5 million. Initiatives resulted in reduction of expenses through staff and supply system restructuring, while increasing gross revenue and customer units.• Supervised over 60 employees, maintained human resources records, conducted recruiting and interviewing, facilitated orientations, and performance appraisals.• Maintained compliance with governmental and state regulations, including successful JCAHO and IDPH surveys.• Quality improvement initiatives included; documentation compliance, continuity of care and, billing and coding audits.• Implemented programs in response to needs assessments; including Stroke Pool class, incontinence program, PACE class, and colleague recognition.• Implemented network wide educational plan including weekly in-services and journal club• Coordinated 5 co-sponsored 2-day continuing education seminars.• 30% outpatient caseload.

Hinsdale, Illinois, Usa

Clinical specialist treating fulltime caseload of orthopedic outpatients. Site representative to network wide specialists, recognized as clinical resource and educator in clinical specialty. Spearheaded process to streamline documentation, and implemented patient informational handouts. Clinical Instructor for physical therapy students.

Hinsdale, Illinois, Usa

Fulltime physical therapist with shared caseload between outpatients and acute inpatients, including orthopaedic, medical/surgical, cardiac, and oncology units. Participated in Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic. Coordinated monthly PI review of both outpatient and inpatient documentation compliance.

Chicago, Illinois, Usa

Designed and conducted sessions with McDonald’s executives and their families preparing them for relocation to South Africa; content included local culture and customs, overview of country, lifestyle, schooling, crime and security, dialects and lingo.

Randburg, South Africa

Physiotherapist working in a sports medicine clinic treating sports injuries and orthopedic outpatients in collaboration with exercise physiologists, sports psychologists, sports dietician and podiatrist. Managed several elite national and Olympic athletes.

Stanmore, London

Bachelor Of Science (Honours): Digital Technology, Design, And Innovation, Digital Project Management, First Class

Data Analytics and Data Insights 91% Business Analysis for Digital 85% UX and Solution Design 73% Agile Development 68% Computational.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Certificate Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Top 10 Business Plan Finalist

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Physiotherapy

Activities and Societies: Student Representative Council, Muldersdrift Community Outreach Project

Matriculation

Activities and Societies: School Prefect, Johannesburg Junior Town Council