Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Languages
Timeline

WUKA DENYEFA

Summary

Dedicated health service management professional with extensive experience in Health care. Skilled in healthcare planning and coordination, achieving productive, profitable business operations. Passionate in delivering safe, quality clinical support to achieve first-class service user ratings.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work history

Health officer II

Bayelsa state government Community, Heartland Alliance
01.2022 - Current
  • Nigeria, Bayelsa state office
  • Oversee programme development, staff development, project management, implementation, and daily activities
  • Project and programme budgets
  • Develop, maintain, and monitor budgets and grant proposals with other managers, vendors, and financial backers
  • Build and sustain connections with non-profits, federal agencies, and community organisations to develop resources, raise funds, and educate the public
  • Weekly, monthly, or quarterly report development.

Program Officer

Bayelsa State Ministry of Health
03.2020 - Current
  • Posted to Family Health International [FHI] 360 Bayelsa State
  • Oversee the development of an organization's programs, staff development, project management, implementation and daily management of activities
  • Budgets for project costs and program expenditures
  • Work closely with other managers, vendors and financial supporters in developing, maintaining and ensuring adherence to budgets, reviewing grant proposals
  • Build and maintain partnerships and relationships with other organizations, such as nonprofits, federal agencies and community organizations, in order to expand resources, raise funding and educate the public about the work of a particular foundation
  • Development and supplying reports; generated weekly, monthly or quarterly.

COVID, Bayelsa State Ministry, posted Heartland Alliance LTD
09.2022 - 10.2022
  • LGA service Optimizer: Program Support staff, Develop and implement local policies and guidelines in alignment with national and international health regulations to control the spread of COVID-19
  • Optimize the allocation of resources, including medical supplies, personnel, and funds, to ensure an efficient response to COVID-19 within the local community
  • Collaborate with local health authorities, community leaders, businesses, and non-profit organizations to create a unified response strategy
  • Collect and analyze COVID-19 data at the local level to understand the impact and adjust strategies accordingly
  • Provide regular reports to higher authorities
  • Develop and implement communication strategies to inform and educate the public about COVID-19 prevention measures, vaccination campaigns, and other relevant information
  • Develop and update emergency response plans to address potential outbreaks or changes in the local COVID-19 situation
  • Engage with the community to understand their concerns, address misinformation, and foster a sense of collective responsibility in adhering to public health guidelines
  • Monitor and enforce compliance with COVID-19 regulations, including quarantine measures, mask mandates, and vaccination campaigns
  • Build the capacity of local healthcare facilities, emergency services, and other relevant entities to handle a surge in COVID-19 cases
  • Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and adapt them based on the evolving nature of the pandemic and the needs of the local community., )
  • Contact tracing of confirmed cases and linkage to quarantine facilities
  • Case follow ups and liaison with relevant external agencies
  • Hotspot mapping of vulnerable populations
  • Strengthen home based isolation and care
  • Support facility to community referral and linkages
  • Prepare and submit daily and weekly surveillance report

Program Support staff

Bayelsa State Ministry of
03.2020 - 01.2022
  • Health posted to Family Health International [FHI] 360 Bayelsa State
  • Oversee the development of an organization's programs, staff development, project management, implementation and daily management of activities
  • Budgets for project costs and program expenditures
  • Work closely with other managers, vendors and financial supporters in developing, maintaining and ensuring adherence to budgets, reviewing grant proposals
  • Build and maintain partnerships and relationships with other organizations, such as non-profits, federal agencies and community organizations, in order to expand resources, raise funding and educate the public about the work of a particular foundation
  • Development and supplying reports; generated weekly, monthly or quarterly.

Technical Support Officer

Bayelsa State Ministry of Health
01.2019 - 02.2020
  • Posted to Family Health International [FHI] 360 Bayelsa State
  • Cluster management and scale up community ART services
  • Coordinate and facilitate trainings and orientations of Health care providers and other stakeholders in the ART program
  • Coordinating of all Case Managers in the SIDHAS project to ensure optimized ART service delivery
  • Routine data collation and review from all thematic areas
  • ICT service scale up and ensure proper documentation Offer PNS to all index clients
  • Identification of all clients eligible for various services (VL, TPT/IPT, ICT, TLD) through continuous folder audit and ensuring they receive appropriate services
  • Ensuring appropriate documentation of all service uptake in appropriate registers, LAMIS and daily uptake trackers
  • Ensure the use of chronic care screening tool for all patients who present to the facilities
  • Developing research objectives, proposals, and funding bids, analyzing data, applying knowledge, and presenting findings for publication
  • Ensure appropriate referrals and linkages of services., posted to Family Health International [FHI] 360 Bayelsa State
  • Cluster management and scale up community ART services
  • Coordinate and facilitate trainings and orientations of Health care providers and other stakeholders in the ART program
  • Bsgr1rv +SIDHAS project to ensure optimized ART service delivery
  • Routine data collation and review from all thematic areas
  • ICT service scale up and ensure proper documentation Offer PNS to all index clients
  • Identification of all clients eligible for various services (VL, TPT/IPT, ICT, TLD) through continuous folder audit and ensuring they receive appropriate services
  • Ensuring appropriate documentation of all service uptake in appropriate registers, LAMIS and daily uptake trackers
  • Ensure the use of chronic care screening tool for all patients who present to the facilities
  • Ensure appropriate referrals and linkages of services.

Coordinating Case Manager

Family Health International, FHI
05.2017 - 10.2018
  • In line with the current national ART guideline, ensure that at least 90% of client tested HIV positive in the facility are enrolled into care and started on ART
  • Compare number started with no enrolled and ensure that number enrolled match number started
  • Provide support and coordiantate other case managers to support PLHIV through case management approach to navigate the cascade of HIV comprehensive care, and be retained in care.

Volunteer

Family Health International, FHI
05.2017 - 10.2018
  • In line with the current national ART guideline, ensure that at least 90% of client tested HIV positive in the facility are enrolled into care and started on ART
  • Compare number started with no enrolled and ensure that number enrolled match number started
  • Report writing.

Education

Masters - Health and Community Care

leeds Beckett University

Masters - Public Health

Madonna University Nigeria
2021

B.Sc - Public Health

Madonna University Nigeria
2014
Class Honour's

Senior School Certificate - undefined

Secondary School Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
2010

Skills

  • Personnel management
  • Performance metrics
  • Policies and procedures
  • Patient relations
  • Programme development
  • Public relations
  • Leadership
  • Team building
  • Time management
  • Problem-solving

Accomplishments

  • I am a Public Health professional with progressive experience in Health programming,management and planning including
  • Extensive experience managing in Public Health Management, Ant-Retro Viral Therapy, COVID 19 and TB care
  • Experienced in integrated health service delivery and humanitarian relief management
  • Member of the Surveillance Pillar in Bayelsa State COVID - 19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
  • Experienced in stakeholder engagement, development of scale up health plans, work plan development, training for health workers and have attended several trainings on ART service delivery and optimization
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Public Health (Second Class Honor's, Upper division), Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Madonna University and a Masters in Health and Community Care (in view) at Leeds Beckett University
  • I have a good knowledge of research, data anaylysis and data interpretation
  • Community Health Officer (II) with the Bayelsa State Ministry of health to support program management, and service optimization in the Public Health department
  • I have also worked as a program support staff for the Strategic HIV and AIDS Response Program(s) SHARP TO2, SIDHAS, ACE 6 for USAID lead projects in the Public/Community health sector.

Additional Information

  • Finance and administration (Aug 2019), FHI360 Bayelsa State Office. Program Management (Aug 2019), FHI360 Bayelsa State Office. Orientation on the New ART National guideline for HIV prevention, care and treatment. April 2017. FHI360/SASCP/BYSHMB Office. PMCT standard of care for PLHIV (July, 2019) Federal Medical Center Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Adherence counselling orientation for Case Managers on PLHIV retention strategies andbarriers to Adherence. June 2017, FHI360 Bayelsa State Office. Orientation on Partner Notification Services (PNS). March 2018, FHI360 Bayelsa State Page | 6

Languages

English
Native

Timeline

- COVID, Bayelsa State Ministry, posted Heartland Alliance LTD
09.2022 - 10.2022
Health officer II - Bayelsa state government Community, Heartland Alliance
01.2022 - Current
Program Officer - Bayelsa State Ministry of Health
03.2020 - Current
Program Support staff - Bayelsa State Ministry of
03.2020 - 01.2022
Technical Support Officer - Bayelsa State Ministry of Health
01.2019 - 02.2020
Coordinating Case Manager - Family Health International, FHI
05.2017 - 10.2018
Volunteer - Family Health International, FHI
05.2017 - 10.2018
leeds Beckett University - Masters, Health and Community Care
Madonna University Nigeria - Masters, Public Health
Madonna University Nigeria - B.Sc, Public Health
Secondary School Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University - Senior School Certificate,
WUKA DENYEFA