Project Manager
Current– Start PinkDrive project nationally:– Involved since inception of medical mobile units (launched 2009)– Select medical team to start Johannesburg mobile breast check and mammography units– Move specialist mobile mammography unit to Western Cape; select specialist medical team to start project in Cape Town and increase national footprint; whilst still managing the team of clinical examiners in Johannesburg– Currently in 2 provinces (Gauteng & Western Cape) – Spokesperson for PinkDrive (received R16 million free media in 2010):– Public appearances on TV: numerous national & international– Radio: numerous regional & national– Publications: numerous regional & national– Projects involved in:• Sporting events:– Comrades Marathon– Cape Argus – Two Oceans Marathon – Discovery Cape Times Big Walk – Cape Town– Discovery 702 Radio Big Walk – Johannesburg• Fundraisers:– Pink High Coffees – Protea Flagship Hotels – National activation– Voice of Cancer Conference – Mayor’s Chambers Cape Town (speaker at this event)• Corporate Wellness Days:– Offer mobile medical clinics on daily basis to various large corporate / blue chip companies – employee wellness:– From quotation to implementation phase• Government negotiation:– Meetings with special advisor to Minister of Health Western Cape (Minister Theuns Botha) to implement mobile medical clinic at Tertiary Hospitals– Negotiate future funding • Tertiary Hospital and Community Health Clinic negotiations:– Initial negotiations and quarterly feedback meetings with CEO’s and head of departments (Radiology; Surgery; Administration) of Tertiary Hospitals on pilot project: Groote Schuur Hospital Tygerberg Hospital– Managing process from patient mammography straight through to patient disease management and further referrals – Recommendations for future implementation of medical mobile units
