Efuwa Nambeye Mutambo
Summary
With 10 years of hands-on work experience in the health sector working in various departments, I am an adaptable, conscientious and enthusiastic and above all pragmatic clinician with vast experience in providing professional services to clients and patients as well as capacity building interventions to both health care providers and community based volunteers. I have an excellent understanding and passion for mentorship aiming at impacting knowledge in health care providers in order to promote adherence to national guidelines as well as standard operational procedures (SOPs) to achieve the set national legacy goals in health.
To be a world class-health care practitioner and mentor wherever I am at all times
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DISTRICT CLINICAL TEAM LEAD
CENTRES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA (CIDRZ)
10.2023 - 02.2025
- Key Duties & Responsibilities
- To provide capacity building to LPH/DHO to improve quality of care in all services.
- Ensure completion of activities as per work plan.
- Provide training / mentorship in Adult ART and Pediatric ART.
- Provide training/mentorship in PMTCT and in TB.
- Provide training/mentorship in HIV Prevention/ Cervical cancer.
- Achieve milestones with well documented reports and stumped attendance list.
- To support LPHO/DHO to improve Health systems.
- Ensure all facilities have a least one QI projects documented to completion.
- Ensure the district/facilities have all required SOPs, IECs, job aids and guidelines available and displayed in respective areas.
- Provide logistics management support to prevent stock out of commodities.
- Ensure all facilities in the district are accredited for ART by HPCZ.
- To ensure DHO facilities achieve set targets.
HIV/TB CLINICAL MENTOR
LUSAKA PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE(COAG)
10.2020 - 09.2023
- Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Capacity building in HIV/TB to clinical care staff in the district.
- Supervision of site level performance in order to assess the impact of HIV/TB services and implement appropriate interventions.
- Supervising and undertaking effectively the preparation of budgets to facilitate acquisition of financial resources in order to implement planned activities.
ART ClLINICIAN CONSULTANT
Pact World ZAMBIA
05.2025 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams implement strategic welcome back packages hence improving retention of Receipients of care
- Analyzed client needs and provided tailored appointment dates therefore reducing on missed appointments
- Seeing each receipient of care according to the National standard guidelines
ART FACILITY COORDINATOR
CENTRES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA (CIDRZ)
05.2017 - 09.2020
- Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervising and undertaking clinical care services.
- Manages and supervises effectively HIV/Stir and TB programs in order to facilitate quality provision of Health care services at the facility Supervising and undertaking timely updating and maintenance of patients’ records in order to facilitate efficient storage and retrieval of information.
- Collecting, maintaining and supervising timely writing of reports in order to facilitate decision making.
- Supervising timely preparation of work plans in order to monitor and evaluate performance.
- Organize effective human and other material resources in order to facilitate achievement of set targets.
- Organize other members of the clinical team in order to ensure effective and efficiency management of patients.
TB CORNER IN-CHARGE / ART CLINICIAN
CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
08.2015 - 04.2017
- Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Clinical care management of patients i.e. screening, diagnosing and treatment of various diseases according to the Zambian MOH protocols / guidelines.
- Supervision of other health care providers at the health facility.
- ART department management i.e. screening patients for opportunistic infections, initiating newly diagnosed HIV positive clients on Antiretroviral therapy (ART ), routine monitoring of patients as well as managing Adverse drug reactions (ADR).Approve and ensure quality of all data and reports issued by the facility to the district health office and other stakeholders.
- Provide technical support / capacity building/ coaching to other health care providers as well as community based volunteers.
- Complete procurement process for budgeted items according to the planned timeline.
Education
Bachelors Degree - Public Health
Texila American University
09.2024
Diploma - Clinical Medicine
Chainama College of Health Sciences
06.2014
Grade 9 and 12 Certificate - undefined
Lwitikila Girls Secondary School
01.2006
Skills
- Professional skills:
- Good public relations
- Confidentiality
- Advocacy
- Soft Skills:
- Good Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership skills
- Adaptability
LANGUAGES
English: Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Bemba: Advanced (C1)
Nyanja: Proficient (C2)
References
- Maseko, Dalitso, District ART Clinical Mentor, masekodalitso@gmail.com, +260 97 9593646, Centres for Infectious Disease Research In Zambia (CIDRZ)
- Elly, Mwewetwa Ndele, District Clinical Team Lead, Elly.Mwewetwa@cidrz.org, +260977763014, Centres for Infectious Disease Research In Zambia
- Musonda, Victor, District Paediatric Clinical Mentor, Victor.musonda@cidrz.org, +260977670170, +260961670170, Centres for Infectious Disease Research In Zambia (CIDRZ)
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Baking and reading.
Accomplishments
- Through multi-disciplinary team work managed to roll out ART services in all health facilities in the zone in line with the current national ART guidelines popularly called “test and treat strategy “.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Management of HIV infected patients both adults and pediatrics.
- Good Understanding of HIV testing logarithms and guidelines. Good understanding of the HIV treatment and prevention cascade in line with the national guidelines (both public health and clinical care approaches), such as HIV testing and treating, index testing and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP).
- Team builder and player.
- Knowledge in TB management i.e. both adults, pediatrics ( TB HIV co- infected clients).
- Knowledge in ART management i.e. both adults, pediatrics and EMTCT (Elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV).
- Knowledge in Data management as well as reporting tools.
- Experience in clinical mentorship.
- Leadership skills.
- Computer literate.
- Good interpersonal skills.
Certification
Basic ART Management
Paediatrc ART Management
TB Management
Syndromic Management of STIs
LARC (Long Acting Reversible Contaceptives)
Timeline
ART ClLINICIAN CONSULTANT
Pact World ZAMBIA
05.2025 - Current
DISTRICT CLINICAL TEAM LEAD
CENTRES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA (CIDRZ)
10.2023 - 02.2025
HIV/TB CLINICAL MENTOR
LUSAKA PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE(COAG)
10.2020 - 09.2023
ART FACILITY COORDINATOR
CENTRES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA (CIDRZ)
05.2017 - 09.2020
TB CORNER IN-CHARGE / ART CLINICIAN
CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
08.2015 - 04.2017
Bachelors Degree - Public Health
Texila American University
Diploma - Clinical Medicine
Chainama College of Health Sciences
Grade 9 and 12 Certificate - undefined
Lwitikila Girls Secondary School