SUSAN SIJOE
Healthcare Specialist
Kodinar, Somnath,GJ
Summary
- Healthcare industry Specialist with Administration, Quality Control, and Dialysis degrees. Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Experienced in handling different activities in an organization and assisting health care professionals. Served as Quality Coordinator as well as Dialysis In-Charge, rendering services in both departments.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Performs total patient care during dialysis, including monitoring, cannulation and connecting the patients to the dialysis machine, pre and post dialysis care.
- Starting patients with catheters, AVF, AV graft.
- Monitoring of water treatment plant including checking hardness, checking chloramines tests, taking water samples for cultures.
- Discussing patients' problems and their medications with doctors.
- Overall discussions with head of the department and also running the department without any complication.
Dialysis In-Charge/Quality Co-Coordinator
Ambujanagar Multispeciality Hospital, Ambuja Cements Ltd
Kodinar, Gujarat
09.2015 - Current
- Assisted with quality control audits.
- Executed quality improvement research and studies.
- Developed educational materials used to train staff on QA standards.
- Educated employees on specific QA standards and confirmed maintenance of standards.
Senior Dialysis Technician
Apollo Hospitals International Ltd, Ahmedabad
03.2011 - 09.2015
- Safely transported, transferred, and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.
- Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics, including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
- Followed directions when mixing dialysate and priming dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions.
- Inventoried, ordered, and restocked equipment and supplies needed for hemodialysis treatment.
- Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties.
- Cleaned and connected to access sites, including fistulas, grafts, and catheters, by following infection control protocols.
- Started and ended reverse osmosis water systems and completed water quality monitoring tests.
- Performed routine quality control and safety checks on all equipment.
- Set up and operated dialysis machines for patients receiving treatment for kidney failure.
- Conducted physical assessments of relevant body areas and performed standardized tests to check responses.
- Implemented therapeutic regiments involving medications and other interventions to mitigate symptoms and prevent reoccurrence.
- Supervised clinical students and support staff, including certified and licensed assistants, technicians and volunteers.
- Ordered and executed various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient condition.
Dialysis Technician
Mangala Hospital & Mangala Kidney Foundation, Manglore
01.2009 - 02.2011
- Safely transported, transferred, and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.
- Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics, including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
- Cleaned and connected to access sites, including fistulas, grafts, and catheters, by following infection control protocols.
- Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties.
- Taught patients how to live within limits of capabilities and celebrated successes.
- Reviewed medical testing requests to determine validity of diagnostic testing requests.
Dialysis Technician
Sterling Add Life India Limited, Ahmedabad
01.2007 - 10.2007
Dialysis Technician
Jehangir Hospital
Pune
06.2006 - 12.2006
Student Dialysis Technician
Century Hospital, FIELD SPECIALIZATIONS
Chengannur, Kerala
08.2004 - 03.2006
- Specialized in nursing care of patients with chronic renal failure.
- Effectively managed clinical oversight for 10 to 15 patients per shift.
- Chronic patient care in dialysis unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to initiation and termination of treatments to monitoring 10 to 15 patients per shift.
- Processed monthly reports for performance of clinic in anemia management and dialysis adequacy.
- Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans.
- Developed patient care plans including assessment, evaluation and nursing diagnosis.
- Followed infection control procedures.
- Ensured efficacy of treatment through monitoring of treatment regimens.
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests.
- Counseled and educated patients about fluid management, medications, and diet at home.
- Responsible for regular production of patient and staff schedules.
- CVVHD, CAVHD, HDF.
- Plasmapheresis.
- Peritoneal dialysis.
- Assisting Internal Jugular, Femoral, Subclavian and Permcath catheterizations.
- Critical care management.
- Fire and safety management.
- Active participant in Infection Control Team.
Education
Postgraduate Diploma - Dialysis Technology
Century Institute of Health Science
Certificate Course in Health Care Quality Management, Medvarsity & Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation. - undefined
B Sc Physics, Marthoma College
Skills
Dialysis Machine Operation ExpertDialysis Machine Maintenance ExpertRO Plant ExpertQuality ManagementSafety
Timeline
Dialysis In-Charge/Quality Co-Coordinator
Ambujanagar Multispeciality Hospital, Ambuja Cements Ltd
09.2015 - Current
Senior Dialysis Technician
Apollo Hospitals International Ltd, Ahmedabad
03.2011 - 09.2015
Dialysis Technician
Mangala Hospital & Mangala Kidney Foundation, Manglore
01.2009 - 02.2011
Dialysis Technician
Sterling Add Life India Limited, Ahmedabad
01.2007 - 10.2007
Dialysis Technician
Jehangir Hospital
06.2006 - 12.2006
Student Dialysis Technician
Century Hospital, FIELD SPECIALIZATIONS
08.2004 - 03.2006
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Postgraduate Diploma - Dialysis Technology
Century Institute of Health Science
Certificate Course in Health Care Quality Management, Medvarsity & Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation. - undefined
B Sc Physics, Marthoma College