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August 2013-Presesnt: University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus; Dept. of Health Admin & Management
Lecturer
May, 2009- June, 2013: Pristine Health ltd (Health logistics & Services) Enugu and Owerri, Nigeria
Director, Projects, and head of Operations
• Initiated and directed consulting opportunities for various non-governmental and private organisations
• Consulted for various organisations systems audit
• Involved in proposal writing consultancies for clients
Feb-Apr, 2009: World Health Organisation, Health System Governance and Service Delivery (HDS) unit, Health systems and Services (HSS) Cluster Geneva, Switzerland
Technical Intern
• Produced timely reviews and summary reports on ‘availability and characteristics’ mapping of managers in the health workforce in Africa; successfully drafted reports on Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania (with Zanzibar)
• Managed the ‘Reference manager’ data base and updated with relevant literature on: healthcare systems strengthening; healthcare policy, planning and financing; healthcare governance, e.t.c
Jul, 2008-Jan, 2009: Christian Aid, Northwest Office Warrington, UK
Programme Administrative Assistant
• Planned and convened four successful fund raising events for Darfur-Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo Crises and organized local supporters
• Contributed planning and strategy advice for and collaborated on several CA northwest projects while serving as member on several project committees
Feb, 2007-Sep, 2007: Julius Memorial Hospitals Enugu, Nigeria
General Duty Clinician/Health tutor
• Provided quality clinical care in this maternal care hospital; involved in Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) practices/programmes, provided care for orphans and vulnerable children; collaborated with evaluators of HIV/AIDS intervention strategies on data collection from the hospital
• Trained over 30 auxiliary and midwife nurses including development of curricula, preparation of materials, classroom and bedside tutoring
Feb, 2006-Jan, 2007: Government Cottage Hospital, Ogugu. Kogi State, Nigeria.
Medical Director
• Maintained oversight of the clinical and administrative decisions and activities in this 9-bed rural government hospital serving a population of about 9,000 people (with two other health facilities) and responsible for its 25 staff; developed quarterly budgets and produced timely facility monthly reports for the Kogi state Health Management board
• Mobilized and built community support for, and confidence in, the health facility after many years of inactivity and neglect; initiated, coordinated and monitored a series of community development health care projects; mentored community-based health care workers to improve early referral of suspected HIV/AIDS cases in the local community; collaborated with field and community health workers in the development and adaptation of materials and protocols for training hospital health workers
Dec, 2004- Feb, 2006: University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria
House physician (medical internship)
• Provided supervised patients’ care and management in rotations in the departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medicine, General surgery, pediatrics and emergency care
• Participated in the training for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV training programmes sponsored by WHO/ Harvard Initiative and the Federal Government of Nigeria; participated in some commissioned evaluations including a pediatric antiretroviral adherence study; gave presentations at clinical meetings
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TRAINING, CONFERENCES & COURSES ATTENDED
August 2011-ongoing Project Management professional certification E-portal course, Christian Aid, UK
Mar, 2009 HIV in the Workplace & Living in a world with HIV and AIDS Human Resources Mgt
(One day training seminar) WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Feb, 2009 First Aid Training Health and Medical services,
(One day simulations and training course) WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
May, 2008 Community Health: Delivery, Serving, Engaging, Leading Global Health Council,
(A 4-day international conference) Washington D.C, US
OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS
COMPUTER: Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel, Power point, and Outlook), Windows Vista & XP and Reference Manager.
DATA ORGANISATION: Data collection, analysis and management for the purpose of research and statistical inference; critical analysis of research studies
INTERPERSONAL: Excellent communication skills- written and verbal
LANGUAGES: English, Ibo