Health Services Director/Manager

HEALTHCARE SERVICES MANAGEMENT Possess advanced strategic management skills with a technical and systematic approach to healthcare services. Facilitate the enablement of multi-cultural teams to optimally function and cooperate effectively.

Healthcare Services Manager / Senior Physician

August 2005 – June 2013
Company: Safer Exploration Production Operations Company (SEPOC, Republic of
Yemen)
Healthcare Services Manager:
Responsible for the management of 2 Clinics, Pharmacy and Medical Laboratory.
Ensure healthcare service deliveries meet the company’s and standard medical care accreditation.
Co-responsible with the Safety Department for managing the “Emergency Response Plan” of the company.
Coordinate operational management activities with clinical practice.
Provided Business Intelligence to the executive management with regards to the company’s Health Services’ Strategy realisation, including manpower utilization planning, chronic disease management, emergency and disaster management and facility utilization planning.
Presented lectures and facilitated workshops on “Healthy Lifestyle Management”, First Aid and CPR.
Developing and managing the clinical governance culture to ensure patient safety.

Senior Physician:
Responsible for the “pre-employment medical” examination and accreditation of new employees health status as part of the on-boarding process.
Managing serious emergency and trauma cases, from single case incident to multi- trauma situations.
Custodian of the “Chronic Disease managing program” focussing on identifying and managing those employees with high risk health factors.
Subject Matter Expert providing consultation and advisory support services to the team of medical personnel.


Independent Healthcare Consultant / Emergency Physician and GP
February 1998 – July 2005

Emergency Physician and GP:
Regular sessional work in “Level-One” Trauma and Emergency units at Netcare
Hospitals in Johannesburg.
Medical rescue flights with SOS-International.
Locum as ER Physician and GP in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman for 10 weeks a time in
2002 and 2004.
In February 2000 volunteered on a rescue mission with the International Red Cross to flood stricken Mozambique.



Medical Director
February 1997 – January 1998
Company: QA Care – Managed Healthcare Company (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Designed, implemented and managed “Hospital Utilization Protocols”.


Manager: Primary Healthcare Clinic / GP
June 1994 – January 1997
Company: Medicross (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Developed the clinic operations from start-up towards full services.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MBChB (University of Pretoria) 1988
Master in Business Administration (MBA) (UNISA/Open University London) 2011
Diploma in Business Management (Damelin Management School) 1996
Diploma in Business Management and Administration (Institute of Commercial
Management, London) 1996
Certificates for ATLS and ACLS.

HPCSA