Prema Paul, Nursing Manager

Prema Paul

Nursing Manager

Aster Medical Centre

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, Nursing
Experience
25 years, 0 Months

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Nursing Manager at Aster Medical Centre
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

• Ensuring availability of adequate nursing support at all the nursing station on a day to day basis.
• Prepare and maintain nurses duty roster, entering it in V-Serve.
• Updating nursing duty changes in V-Serve..
• Ensure & monitor Infection control & waste management in the unit as per regulatory guidelines
• Indent medicines & materials, supervise proper stocking, arrangement & distribution of medicines.
• Ensure the nursing staff adhere to the safe infection control practices.
• Sending monthly quaterly and hand hygiene complaice report to quality.
• Ensure the required levels of drugs in sufficient quantity and are available for patient care
• Monitor record regularly and report the clinical quality parameters to chief quality office on daily basis
• Keep a record of Regulatory license, its renewal and expiry of each staff nurse in the unit
• Ensure completion of the required credit hours for license renewal of each staff nurse in the unit
• Responsible to conduct and coordinate the training activities in the unit.
• Conducting departmental meetings regularly.
• Conducting daily meetings with senior nurses.
• Inspection of treatment rooms in aspect of infection control, waste management and inventory checklist.
• Monitor and ensure appropriate nursing records of patients.
• Carrying out nursing record audit on a daily basis.
• Prepare SOP’s for nursing procedures carried out in the Unit.
• Enter the nurse patient record daily.
• Prepare montly information system.
• Conduct Patient satisfaction survey for X number of nurses in a month.
• Ensure that all required patients care equipments are available and functional
• Ensure that all required equipments are calibrated and undergo PMC(preventive maintenance check from time to time)
• Monitor the emergency medical equipments (defibrillator, suction apparatus, oxygen etc) on a regular basis to ensure their availability when required
• Escort special visitors, COO, Senior Managers at their visit to the medicalcentres
• Arrange and participate in professional and social functions of the staff
• Attend the emergency calls concerning nursing services
• Conduct regular physical verification of clinical stocks, i.e .drugs, equipments
• Attend official meetings
• Arrange orientation programmes for new nursing staff.
• Maintain discipline among nursing staff
• Keep the senior nursing Officials( Senior Manager - Nursing ) informed of the happenings in the clinics.
• Ensures nursing staff grievances are addressed.
• Supervise and provide guidance to all clinical and technichal training activities.
• Communication and cordination with other departments with regards to the nursing team.
• Entering the Statistical record in e source regularly.
• Allocating nursing personnel for camps and other organizational activities
• Member of the JCI core team.
• Preparing and revewing policies pertinent to Nursing department as per JCI standards.
• Providing tarinings and preparing nursing staff for the JCI survey.

Program director at MCC Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2012 to April 2014

•Developing new conference & events, and maintains, organizes and manages existing events from concept to completion, ensuring they operate smoothly, efficiently, and generate maximum revenue and exposure.
•Producing detailed proposals for events (e.g. timelines, venues, suppliers and budgets).
•Responsible for event production (program research, speaker recruitment, revenue generation, CME accreditation, securing delegates, and venue management).
•Coordinates guest lists, food service arrangements, menu planning, decorative and table set up, nametags and staffing.
•Responsible for all communications, marketing support, correspondence, and networking in support of events.
•Responds to enquiries from the delegates, sponsors, speakers, and other stakeholders about events, including assisting with media requests.
•Coordinating suppliers/partners, handling client queries and troubleshooting on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly.
•Overseeing the dismantling and removal of the event and clearing the venue efficiently.
•Post-event evaluation (including data entry and analysis and producing reports for event stakeholders).
•Website and Content Editor for Nurse.ae, in process.

Nursing Lecturer at Legenda Education Group
  • Malaysia
  • July 2010 to June 2012

•Conducting classes using various teaching methodologies.
•Preparing and vetting checklist for OSCE (observed structured clinical examination).
•Demonstrating nursing procedures to the students and supervising return demonstration.
•Module leader for cardio - respiratory nursing, neuro - endocrine nursing, anatomy - physiology and psychology for Nursing,
•Performing formative and summative evaluation of students.
•Implementing standards of Malaysian Quality Assurance in the teaching program.
•Mentoring of students.
•Group coordinator for a batch of 89 students.
•Member of Exam questions review committee

Head of the Department at Christian Medical Training Centre
  • India
  • February 2007 to June 2010

Formed the educational objectives & the administrative policies for the college.
Recruitment & selection of teaching faculty.
Initiated & conducted seminars, workshops.
Plan & co -ordinate schedules for various teaching activities.
Plan & co -ordinate schedules for student’s clinical posting.
Developed proforma for evaluation of various student activities.
Developed proforma for evaluation of teaching faculty.
Plans & co -ordinates various social, cultural & sports activities for student’s welfare.
Prepared a brochure for the college along with the marketing & advertising department.
Coordinates with the financial department & the fee fixation committee in planning the budget.
Counseling of students.
Conducts various teaching activities for nursing students using different audio - visual aids.
Co-ordinates with the affiliated university (Dr. Harising Gour Vishvavidyalaya Sagar) regarding affiliation, licenses, up gradations, and examinations.
Co-ordinated with the Indian Nursing Council, Ministry of health & increased the number of seat allocation from 25 to 40.
Planning and forecasting to keep the standard of the institute up to date.
Examiner for Devi Ahilya Vishvavidyalaya Indore, Dr. Harising Gour Vishvavidyalaya Sagar, Giwaji university Gwalior & Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Vadodhara.
Guiding research projects of graduate nursing students.
Initiated & developed transcript record, health record & personal records for students.
Teaching administration, Medical surgical Nursing, Nursing foundations & English.

Lecturer at Choithram College of Nursing
  • India - Indore
  • June 2005 to February 2007

Co-coordinating the postgraduate Nursing program.
Supervising the Post graduate & graduate nurses in their clinical areas.
Conducting classes for graduate & post graduate nurses using various teaching methods & AV aids.
Guiding research projects of graduate & postgraduate nursing students.
Internal & External Examiner for graduate & post graduate nurses.
Taught Medical surgical nursing & education to Post Graduate nursing students.
Taught Administration to graduate nursing students.
A Guide to 4 Postgraduate nursing students in their thesis

Assistant Lecturer at Choithram College of Nursing
  • India - Indore
  • April 2002 to July 2003

Taught Anatomy & physiology to 1st year Nursing students. Increased the % of pass students from 66% to 85 % in anatomy & physiology in the university exam. Supervised nursing students in nephrology ward. Developed a teaching programme for drugs used in nephrology unit.

Scrub nurse /Circulating Nurse at Armed Forces Hospital
  • Kuwait
  • October 1996 to October 2000

Scrubbed & circulated for laproscopic surgeries as cholecystectomy, appendectomy, hernia repair, gastric banding.
Scrubbed & circulated for general surgeries such as Thyroidectomy, intestinal resection & anastomosis, hernial repair, appendectomy, vein stripping, haemorroidectomy.
Scrubbed & circulated for ophthalmic surgeries as cataract, iridectomy, chalazion & foreign body removal.
Assisted & circulated for ENT surgeries a FESS, rhinoplasty, mastoidectomy, tymphanoplasty, tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy.
Assisted & circulated in urologic procedures as pyelolithotomy, nephrolithotomy, cystoscopy, uretroscopy & prostratectomy.
Assisted & circulated in orthopedic surgeries like open reduction, plating & nailing, arthroscopy & laminectomy

Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center
  • India - Delhi
  • February 1996 to October 1996

Nursed children suffering from various heart disorders. Provided immediate post operative care to children who had undergone ASD, VSD & valve repairs.

Education

Master's degree, Nursing
  • at Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune
  • April 2005
Bachelor's degree, Nursing
  • at Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore
  • June 1994

Specialties & Skills

University Teaching
Nursing
Education
Nursing Education

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Intermediate

Memberships

Trained Nurses association of India
  • Member
  • July 1994

Training and Certifications

BLS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
June 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading, Travelling