Zohra Mhamdi

Deputy CEO at Amen Hospital of Beja

• Tunisia
• May 2011 to October 2014

Month/Year-Month/Year May 2011- October 2014

Management of the hospital ( technical and finacial)

Chief Medical Officer at Amen Hospital of Beja at Amen Hospital of Beja

• Tunisia
• May 2011 to March 2013

Company Amen Health Group Position Chief Medical Officer at Amen Hospital of Beja
Description: Lead 4 core projects within the facility
* Purchasing: Advisor for the technical needs, requirements and specifications at tertiary hospital; and multiple locations outside of the main facility. Developed a protocol and supervised the acquisition of technical equipment for a state of the art facility.
* Human Resources: Responsible all phases staffing - requirements, departments, work flow, procedures, career development, job descriptions, and recruitment of the employees; in preparation for JCI accreditation.
* Information Technologies: Chief of the HIS (Health Information System)
* Communications: Company liaison for both internal and external flow of information in relation to the JCI accreditation. Communication with physicians', communities and organizations, stakeholders throughout the accreditation process and implementation

Chief Medical Officer at Amen Hospital of Beja at Amen Health Group

• Tunisia
• May 2011 to January 2013

Chief medical officer at Saint Augustine Hospital

• Tunisia
• February 2007 to March 2011

Month/Year-Month/Year February 2007-March 2011 Location Tunis, Tunisia
Company Saint Augustine Hospital Position Chief medical officer Coordinator of emergency department
* Description: Management of healthcare quality provided to patients consulting the hospital; recruitment and management of Nurse; referral doctor to national/international patients consulting the hospital; controlling the application of the legal,
* Responsible for the quality of equipment; medicines and blood used for the health care within the hospital recruitment of nurses and their training, work flow both physicians' and medical support staff. Responsible for the medical files what it contains and how it is preserved, coding an overall accuracy, billing and related charges for in and outpatient care.
* Acted as the referral doctor for national and international health insurance providers for their insured persons that consult the hospital as patients.
* Responsible for internal and external communication including consistent dialogue with physicians; government and other stakeholders dealing with the hospital, the website of the hospital as the official representative local and international events.

Consultant at the medical center at African Development Bank

• Tunisia
• February 2010 to December 2010

Month/Year-Month/Year December-February 2010 Location Tunis, Tunisia
Company African Development Bank Position Consultant at the medical center
* Description: Consulting the employees of the bank within their medical center; advisor for the precautions and vaccinations according to their destinations ( missions, holidays); referring the patients to the different specialists/hospitals according to * their needs. Created knowledge based (seminars, lectures' literature, field experience) on general and country specific travel health topics, air to inform families before assignment on the risks and dangers of the particular location for relocation. Distributed medical kits to individuals and families moving abroad. Individual consultations - advised on pre-existing healthcare problems, prevention, wellness and life style issues in relation to their overseas assignment balancing work l life challenges while working abroad.

Coordinator of emergency department at Saint Augustine Hospital

• Tunisia
• February 2002 to January 2007

Month/Year-Month/Year 2004-2007 Location Tunis, Tunisia
Company
Saint Augustine Hospital

Position
Coordinator of emergency department
Advisor for expatriated patients; national and international health insurances

* Description: Served as the responsible doctor for emergency unit at Saint Augustine hospital: consultations diagnosis and treatment, referring the complicated cases to the appropriate specialists; managing the emergency medications, medical equipment for the emergency unit

* Provided health services for clients of Saint Augustine Hospital from different international organizations such as Embassies, CFE, Henner Consulting, African Development Bank through VANBREDA then GMC, BUPA international health insurance located in London, CNPS of Abidjan; WELCARE pre Oil companies; MPH international health insurance Dubai, MSH Dubai and Libya.

* Performed pre-employment and periodic health assessments for employees of international companies; vaccination and immunization according to the needs of their different destinies (Africa, Asia, Middle East etc. Advised on precautions to prevent tropical diseases
Acted as the primary referral doctor for national and international health insurances for their insured persons that consult the hospital; patients; insurance providers, staffing the required physicians.
* Sending detailed medical reports; cost of the healthcare provided, all the necessary details, tests, diagnostic and explorative testing required, medicine, length days of stay at the hospital but also out of the hospital before the patient travels back home.
* Evaluate the possibility of and necessity of repatriation and evacuating the patient: the right time, means and if needed what should be done before, during and after evacuating the patient.
* Supervising the process of care provided for the patient when arrived, preparing the evacuation back home, writing reports for the patient and the insurance; make sure that the needed file is sent, at time and with all needed pieces to insurance office; also evacuating the body of the person if the patient dies at the hospital and return of moral remains.