Hadeel Hajar, Business Improvement and Innovation Manager

Hadeel Hajar

Business Improvement and Innovation Manager

Valiant Clinic & Hospital

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Health Systems Management- Executive Management
Experience
13 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 10 Months

Business Improvement and Innovation Manager at Valiant Clinic & Hospital
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2022
Manager Licensing at Dubai Healthcare City Authority
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2018 to January 2022

- Oversaw daily operations of over 170 customer accounts and over 4000 Professional accounts.
- Responsible for managing 7 team members including schedules, leaves, roles and responsibilities, projects in assigning workload to ensure seamless delivery of operations.
- Responsible for managing, supervising, and implementing processes and procedures related to Professional Licensing and Clinical Facility Licensing; including; overseeing credentialing, primary source verification, assessment and issuance of professional licenses, reviewing Business plans, issuing, modifying, and renewing operating permits.
- Created and reviewed the business process management system.
- Developed and manage 16 operational KPI measures.
- Digitalized paper/manual services as document attestation and Card printing and delivery.

Senior Executive- Professional Licensing at Dubai Healthcare City Authority
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2014 to September 2018

- Provide inputs to the licensing processes and procedures in order to capitalize new licensing opportunities in markets and achieve the overall objectives of the department.
- Implement policies, plans and systems as stipulated to ensure the consistent and systematic application of licensing practices and ensure the adherence to defined policies/guidelines as per DHCR norms.
- Update and maintain the database/record for licensure; prepare letters/ certificates to licensees and other regulatory authorities.
- Assess and review license applications in compliance with regulatory guidelines set by licensing board; escalate complex and undefined cases.
- Implement Primary Source Verification (PSV) process in a timely and accurate manner and maintain record keeping of the process.
- Prepare and document all professional licensure certificated upon approval.
- Ensure systematic data entry into the licensing electronic database as per ISO requirements for recordkeeping.
- Act as a primary point of contact for business partners- issue and renew professional licenses and permits and provide efficient customer service.
- Prepare documentation for the licensing board approvals.
- Manage advertisement reviews, approval process & ongoing collaboration with MOH in order to ensure that all outreach communication is in line with regulatory stipulations.
- Ensure preparation of timely Management reports for professional licensing statistics.
- Keep abreast of latest trends, best practices etc; continuously improve and evolve systems and processes to adapt to market dynamics
- Initiate, create, and review healthcare professionals licensure standards to be up to date with the markets best practice, business partners demand, and patients’ needs.

Quality Assurance Specialist at Focus Medical Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2013 to July 2014

Maintains quality compliance by identifying quality requirements; disseminating standards, policies, and procedures; conducting audits; recommending improvement plans.

Staff Assistant for the Middle East and North Africa Team at Johns Hopkins Medicine International
  • United States
  • August 2012 to January 2013

Managed communications and scheduling for over 40 Hospital Coordinators and Translators on non-fixed schedules. Worked directly with department Supervisor to analyze and resolve Coordinator and patient appointment conflicts, and was appointed to Supervisory Assistant after only 2 months. Received nomination for Employee of the Quarter for performing duties beyond those required by assigned role.

Human Resources Assistant at Five Star Home Health Care
  • United States
  • May 2011 to December 2011

Designed and conducted a comprehensive Human Resources (HR) compliance study that spanned over 3 months and included over 500 employee records. The study, “Assuring Compliance in HR Processes”, compared and aligned employee files with compliance processes from three different U.S. Government programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and The Joint Commission. The study served as a framework for ensuring compliance, and generated HR processes and documents that Five Star Home Health Care still uses to date. Throughout the study, continued to perform HR duties in the areas of recruiting, hiring, new staff orientation, applications processing, and HR document and file maintenance.

Registrar/ Student Affairs Department at Saudi German Hospital Group - BAB Medical Education Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2006 to April 2008

Performed duties across three separate roles that included Registrar, IT Coordinator, and Assistant Secretary to the CEO.
As Registrar - Registered and recruited students via phone, walk-in consultations, and job fairs. Organized and maintained files, and trained three new team members.
As IT Coordinator - Performed issues analysis and troubleshooting for local IT system, and provided authentication and access privileges for staff. Successfully trained and on-boarded three new hires.
As Asst. Secretary to the CEO - Interacted directly with the CEO to assist with editing and distributing organization messaging and content. Coordinated information among senior staff members and supported corporate operations.

Labratory Trainee at GNP Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2004 to August 2004

Collected and registered samples from patients and other hospital personal. Followed analysis processes in the laboratory.

Telemarketing at DMS
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2002 to October 2002

Telemarketing..and data entry
Conducted phone surveys with clients and with customers on specific products for marketing projects.

Education

Master's degree, Health Systems Management- Executive Management
  • at George Mason University
  • January 2012

A member of Upsilon Phi Delta honor sociaty

Diploma, Graduate Certificate - Quality Improvement and Outcomes Management
  • at George Mason University
  • December 2011

post graduate continuing education certificate

Bachelor's degree, BioChemistry
  • at King AbdulAziz University
  • May 2006

- bachelor in science with a GPA 3.74 - graduation project about addiction of Alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants. - good communication skills - computer skills: MS office + Internet explorer - typing both Arabic and English - quick learner

Specialties & Skills

Team Leadership
Innovative Problem Solver
Managing Processes
Healthcare Industry
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert, MS Word, Excel and Power Point, Creative Skills
Typing skills: English, Arabic
Very organized and classified person
creative and a problem solver
Team Player
Leadership Skills
Healthcare management
operation
problem solving
negotiation
key account management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

National Committee for Organ Transplant - UAE
  • Member
  • September 2018
Supreme Committee for Cord Blood and Stem Cells - UAE
  • Member
  • January 2021

Training and Certifications

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
IHM Certificate in Healthcare Quality and Performance Improvement (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2014
Valid Until:
March 2014
Graduate Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
January 2012
Training Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010

Hobbies

  • IT innovation