Monica 0getange
Mombasa County
Summary
A dynamic healthcare professional successful in building robust administrative and healthcare delivery systems and driving clinical quality improvement. Expertise in developing plans, collaborating with stakeholders and conducting research. Seeking to use the solid technical skills and health industry knowledge to help provide insight in the development of effective health policies and programs geared toward achievement of sustainable development goals. A team player and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospital Pharmacist
County Government of Mombasa- Port Reitz S.C Hospital
06.2018 - Current
- Ensuring availability of essential and specialist clinic medicines by engaging the clinical team and generating an appropriate medication list for the facility, ordering of enough quantities and avoiding stock outs.
- Engaging in procurement process of pharmaceuticals from KEMSA, MEDS and other prequalified suppliers from placing orders, assessment of quotations and ensuring invoiced commodities are delivered.
- Managing the medicine use cycle of USAID funded health commodities for prevention/treatment of HIV, TB and malaria and generating monthly facility drug consumption and patient summary reports (FCDRR/FMAPs) uploaded to the DHIS
- Validation of prescriptions, dispensing of medications and counseling patients on medication use, contraindications and adverse effect profile.
- Actively involved in pharmacovigilance efforts by identifying and reporting adverse drug events and poor quality pharmaceutical commodities
- Working closely with the clinical team including physicians to ensure pharmaceutical care of patients by facilitating appropriate medication use to ensure best clinical outcomes for patients
- Keeping up to date with current best treatment technologies through liaising with pharmaceutical companies for training, conducting research and attending continuous medical education (CME)
- Supervising and training pharmacist interns and pharmaceutical technologists.
Ag. Medical Superintendent
County Government of Mombasa, Port Reitz S.C Hospital
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Team leader of hospital management team, supervised clinical service delivery and all the clinical staff.
- Defined targets by which to reduce maternal mortality, infant mortality, HIV/AIDs, TB, malaria and improve case management of common diseases in the catchment area.
- Participated in developing the annual hospital work plan in line with the Mombasa county’s medical department strategic plan.
- Chaired monthly hospital management team meetings to gather status reports from each department, assess progress towards AWP and give feedback on quarterly basis.
- Chaired the hospital finance expenditure committee and participated in quarterly budget plans and allocation of Facility improvement funds (FIF)
- Identified areas of improvement in the facility such as patient flow, revenue collection, improved NHIF reimbursement process, capturing costs of waiver patients.
- Coordination with different stakeholders such as the the Mombasa county health executive committee, donors (Stawisha Pwani, USAID, Red Cross, MSF, Kenya Pipeline) and educational institutions (KMTC, TUM).
- Supervision of development projects such as building of the Newborn Unit in the facility and coordinated meetings with the sponsors
- Coordination of community outreach programs such as the launch of Mombasa Care Medical Camp
- Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.
Project Administrator
Mombasa County Government-TUM Isolation Center
05.2020 - 12.2020
- Responsible for day to day management of the isolation center by maintaining standards, resolving problems and assisting in creating and implementing systems in order to facilitate efficient administration.
- Participated in drafting of standard operating procedures to facilitate coordination of activities and reduce occupational risks at the isolation center.
- Managed, supervised and lead 70 clinical and support staff and attended meetings to build capacity for efficient execution of duties for all staff.
- Liaised with senior health professionals in management to review, investigate, develop and implement necessary systems, process improvements related to health services delivery
- Engaged with stakeholders such as Equity Group foundation, Red Cross for donations, HAKI Africa and community leaders for conflict resolution
- Ensured continuous supply and proper stock management of pharmaceuticals and other commodities.
- Developed budget plans and short term work plans goals for the isolation center.
- Ensured effective and efficient financial management and accounting for resources
- Identified and eliminated safety risks through additional training.
- Executed on-time, under-budget project management on complex financial issues for senior leadership.
- Guided and directed third-party inspectors through project construction, commissioning, and closeout.
Hospital Pharmacist
Bomu Hospital
02.2018 - 06.2018
- Ensured effective ordering, storage and distribution of general pharmaceuticals, ARV drug supplies and maintained the controlled drugs dispensing register
- Responsible for operations in pharmacy, assisted in planning daily activities, scheduled, delegated and monitored duties of pharmaceutical technologists both in the main hospital and satellite facilities.
- Counterchecked dispensed drugs to ensure that the prescriptions were filled accurately.
- Counseled patients on proper drug use, possible side effects and checked for possible contraindications with other medications that the patients were taking.
- Conducted regular ward rounds along with the medical team to ensure effective clinical management of patients
- Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
- Stayed up-to-date on pharmacy regulations, treatments and developments in industry research.
Community Pharmacist
Malibu Pharmaceutical Limited
12.2017 - 02.2018
- Assisted patients with over-the-counter medication recommendations and responded to questions concerning drug interactions.
- Dispensed and verified patient prescription orders, conducting necessary utilization reviews.
- Advised patients on proper drug use, possible interactions, contraindications and possible side effects
- Inventory management through regular stock takes and ordered drugs to ensure that the pharmacy is well stocked
- Superintendent of the pharmacy branch, supervised 2 pharmaceutical technicians and closely monitored the performance metrics.
- Compounded topical preparations for patients with prescriptions from dermatologists.
- Achieved and maintained top customer satisfaction and retention by cultivating productive relationships with patients.
PHARMACIST INTERN
Ministry of Health
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Hospital rotation at Kangundo Level IV Hospital (September 2016 - May 2017).
- Manufacturing rotation at Lab, Allied Pharmaceutical Limited (June, 2016-August,2016).
- Retail rotation at Kileleshwa Pharmaceutical Limited (March, 2016-May,2016)
Education
Master of Science - Public Health
05.2023
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
12.2015
Skills
- Hospital management
- Implementing systems
- Commodity management
- Pharmaceutical care
- Financial management
- Operational Oversight
- Stakeholder engagement
Accomplishments
- Participated in the development of Mombasa health department’s County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) 2023/2027.
- Participated in the data collection and final report writing of the Forecasting and Quantification exercise for Healthcare Products and Technologies for Mombasa County(2022/2023).
- Lead and coordinated the Port Reitz hospital team to host a presidential launch for the upscale of Universal Health Care in February 2022.
- Developed SOPs and coordinated public health activities for a novel field hospital set up in the efforts to manage Covid-19 in the wake of the pandemic in the country.
- Initiated tracking and quantification of cost of expired drugs hence helping to strengthen measures to reduce expiries which resulted in a 17% reduction in losses.
- Improved revenue collection in the hospital from 8m to 10million by identifying gaps in commodity and service costing and reviewing hospital charges as per the Finance Act 2021 guidelines.
- Conducted a survey on antibiotic prescription patterns, appropriateness and presented a report that helped to review the antibiotic use in the Bomu Hospital.
Affiliations
- Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK)
- Hospital Pharmacists Association of Kenya (HOPAK)
- Toastmasters
Certification
- Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health University of Washington, December 2020
- Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health, University of Washington, April 2020
- Global Health project management, University of Washington, September 2019.
- Introduction to Procurement Supply Chain for pharmaceutical products; UNDP, December 2018.
- Universal Health Coverage Certificate; WHO, November 2018
- Internal Audit Certificate, 18th – 19th June 2018
- Certificate of course completion in Global Health: Antimicrobial resistance, 25th September 2017.
Languages
Kiswahili
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Ag. Medical Superintendent - County Government of Mombasa, Port Reitz S.C Hospital
10.2021 - 02.2022
Project Administrator - Mombasa County Government-TUM Isolation Center
05.2020 - 12.2020
Hospital Pharmacist - County Government of Mombasa- Port Reitz S.C Hospital
06.2018 - Current
Hospital Pharmacist - Bomu Hospital
02.2018 - 06.2018
Community Pharmacist - Malibu Pharmaceutical Limited
12.2017 - 02.2018
PHARMACIST INTERN - Ministry of Health
03.2016 - 05.2017
University of Suffolk - Master of Science, Public Health
University of Nairobi - Bachelor of Pharmacy,
- Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health University of Washington, December 2020
- Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health, University of Washington, April 2020
- Global Health project management, University of Washington, September 2019.
- Introduction to Procurement Supply Chain for pharmaceutical products; UNDP, December 2018.
- Universal Health Coverage Certificate; WHO, November 2018
- Internal Audit Certificate, 18th – 19th June 2018
- Certificate of course completion in Global Health: Antimicrobial resistance, 25th September 2017.
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