PASKAL ALTO HYERA
DAR ES SALAAM
Summary
Knowledgeable Nurse Manager with excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving abilities demonstrated across 7-year career history. Keeps units running at peak efficiency, quality and performance. Excellent communication and coordination skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Activity Manager
Medecins Sans Frontieres
07.2018 - Current
- Manage 5 Nurse team supervisors and 110 nurses and nursing activities in 160-bed hospital by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
- Coordinated and implemented in-service educational programs focusing on safety and adherence to protocols.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training and standards of patient care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Collaboration with the Pharmacist and Medical team leader, supervising the distribution (according to medical prescriptions) and pharmacy activity, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point.
- coordination with the HR department, planning and supervising the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nursing staff of the project to improve staff capabilities and ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
Nursing Activity Manager
MSF
04.2022 - 05.2022
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Training to the team of Nurse, Nurse assistant, Medical doctors, Lab Technicians and hygienist on general IPC and addition precaution in covid-19 setting.
- Technical support to logistic team on the rehabilitation of unit intended for covid-19 patients
- Support the IPC focal person of Ukerewe district hospital on improving the IPC of the hospital.
Nurse Manager
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
08.2020 - 11.2020
- Managed nurses and nursing activities in Covid -19 unit by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
- Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training and standards of patient care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
Nurse Team Supervisor
Medecins Sans Frontieres
09.2017 - 06.2018
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Managed infection control and critical incidents and made procedural changes and improvements.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Ordered supplies to maintain effective inventory levels.
- Assisted with caring for specific patients by utilizing excellent clinical skills and judgment.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
- Manage 18 nurses and Nurse Aid and nursing activities in 43-bed hospital by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
Nurse
Medecins Sans Frontiere
11.2016 - 08.2017
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Performed routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule.
- Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Documented nursing services provided and uploaded to comprehensive tracking systems for health records and billing.
- Educated patients and families on diagnosis, neurological conditions and processes, treatments and expected outcomes.
- Helped patients eat and drink when necessary for safe consumption of food consistent with recovery guidelines.
- Assisted patients in performance of routine recovery and mobility exercises, providing support when getting in and out of bed as well as walking and stretching.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
Nurse
TANZANIA RED CROSS SOCIETY
01.2016 - 10.2016
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Performed routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule.
- Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Documented nursing services provided and uploaded to comprehensive tracking systems for health records and billing.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients and families on diagnosis, neurological conditions and processes, treatments and expected outcomes.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Assisted patients in performance of routine recovery and mobility exercises, providing support when getting in and out of bed as well as walking and stretching.
- Evaluated charting procedures for adherence to best practices.
- Came up with treatment plans and communicated with patients about options, medications and self-management.
- Met with and patients to discuss and distribute information on health maintenance and disease prevention.
Education
PRIMARY EDUCATION
MIKOLOLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
RUVUMA, TANZANIASecondary Education
KIAMILI SECONDARY SCHOOL
RUVUMA, TANZANIABachelor of Science - Food, Nutrition And Dietetics
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA11.2022
No Degree - DIPLOMA IN NURSING AND MIDWIFE
BUGANDO SCHOOL OF NURSING
MWANZA, TANZANIA10.2015
Associate of Science - Nursing Science
JöNKöPING UNIVERSITY
JöNKöPING, SWEDEN 11.2014
Skills
- Employee Work Scheduling
- Patient Care
- Patient Care Oversight
- Immunizations and Vaccinations
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Diet and Nutrition
- Staff Supervision
- Emergency Response
- Patient Counseling
- Staff Mentoring
- Critical Thinking
- Treatment Recommendations
- Infection Control Procedures
- Active Listening
- Delegation and Motivation
- Time Management
- Needs Assessment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CPR
- Nursing Performance Assessment
Accomplishments
- Training - A trained team of staff nurses in medical office procedures to ensure consistent quality of care.
- Implementation - Assisted in implementation of new tracking system that resulted in improved patient care.
- Perinatal Care - Assisted physicians in focus studies in prenatal care. Performed basic physical assessments of newborns and infants.
- Patient Care - Delivered compassionate care that exceeded hospital requirements.
- Patient Advocacy - Explained treatment procedures, medication risks, special diets and physician instructions to patients.
- Intensive Care - Responsible for unit of 10 patients, providing daily functions.
- Supervision - Headed onboarding process for new nursing staff.
- Supervised team of more than 90 staff members.
Trainings and workshops
- Training of facilitators (TOF), organized by MSF OCG, and OCP at Amman- Jordan, November 2022
- Eprep workshop organized by MSF OCG, in Dar es salaam - Tanzania, October 2022
- Newborn care, Organized by MSF OCG at Nduta project May 2022
- IPC measures in covid-19 setting and patients management, organized by MSF at Nduta project, March 2020.
- Health promotion and communication engagement & newborn care through MSF Tembo App October 2021
- Pediatric nursing care, organized by MSF at Nduta project, December 2017 and January 2020.
- Quality improvement, organized by MSF at Nduta project, April 2019
- Emergency response (ERT) organized by MSF at Nairobi - Kenya, March 2019
- DHIS2 (district health information system) by MSF at Nduta project, January 2019
- Sanou MSF organized by MSF at Nduta project, November 2018
- Team management training (TMT) organized by MSF at Nduta project, December 2017
- Drug management, organized by Tanzania Red cross society at Nyarugusu Camp, April 2016
- Emergency medical responder, By Tanzania Rural Health Movement, June 2015.
Timeline
Nursing Activity Manager
MSF
04.2022 - 05.2022
Nurse Manager
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
08.2020 - 11.2020
Nurse Activity Manager
Medecins Sans Frontieres
07.2018 - Current
Nurse Team Supervisor
Medecins Sans Frontieres
09.2017 - 06.2018
Nurse
Medecins Sans Frontiere
11.2016 - 08.2017
Nurse
TANZANIA RED CROSS SOCIETY
01.2016 - 10.2016
PRIMARY EDUCATION
MIKOLOLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Secondary Education
KIAMILI SECONDARY SCHOOL
Bachelor of Science - Food, Nutrition And Dietetics
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA
No Degree - DIPLOMA IN NURSING AND MIDWIFE
BUGANDO SCHOOL OF NURSING
Associate of Science - Nursing Science
JöNKöPING UNIVERSITY