Beena Bhamani

Experience

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  Aga Khan University

  Sept 2002 - Dec 2004

  Registered Nurse

   Supervises daily patient care activities; schedules staff and patients to ensure full coverage of patient care needs at all times and to ensure effective patient services.  Supervises, schedules, and coordinates the day-to-day activities of an assigned team of nursing and support staff, ensuring adherence to hospital or department regulations, University policies, and nursing protocols and procedures. Coordinates services with other patient care units as required; maintains communication with allied services. Oversees quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards. Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.  Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Show less

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  Aga Khan University Hospital

  Jan 2005 - May 2007

  Clinical Nurse Instructor

   Orient and train novice staff and ensure completion of CBO checklist. Conduct daily rounds and day to day spot checks of assigned patient care areas to ensure safe and competent care to all patients by nursing staff. Guides staff nurses in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions. Supervises and monitor the clinical practices of nursing staff including documentation. Ensure staff development by identifying learning needs of the staff and conducting in-service sessions to fulfill those needs. Keep staff development and continuing education updated on staff folder and computer online system. Represents in quality assurance committees as assigned. Plan, organize and conduct different Workshops for staff and patients. Developed different modules such as Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Vaccination, etc. Developed Competency Assessment Record sheets for different categories of staffs with different specialties.  Developed Competency Based Orientation Checklists for different category staff in different specialties.  Conducting high impact performance assessment and identifying needs for unit staffs. Help Head Nurses in preparing staff Rosters and managing staff at unit level. Coordinate and conduct sessions in collaboration with Nursing Education Service. Coordinate Child Birth classes for pregnant mothers. Show less

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  Patel Hospital A Project of Patel Foundation

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

  Director Nursing Services

   Plan, organize, coordinate, direct and supervise all nursing activities in the hospital. Assist in planning different hospital programs. Show commitment to the hospital's policies, standards and procedures and supervise their implementation. Develop a quality management plan for nursing. Provide support required for quality management and improvement activities Create nursing committees and follow up their work. Participate in different hospital committees. Determine current and potential problems within nursing department, and work to prevent them and solve them according to well prepared plans. Determine and classify daily tasks priorities and work to accomplish them. Evaluate and direct nursing staff to do their jobs. Work on or supervise the annual evaluation for the subordinates. Support continuous nursing education and training and to coordinate routinely with Director NES. Attend to patient complaints unresolved at lower levels. Make periodic rounds in all hospital nursing departments to ensure nursing efficient performance. Detect and work on increasing employees satisfaction amongst hospital nurses. Prepare the annual budget for nursing department. Choose new nurses to work within the staff and to work within specific committees. Prepare reports related to nursing departments and submit them to the Medical Director according to the hospital policy. Execute other tasks assigned by Medical Director on time. Implement "code of ethics" policies and procedures adopted by concerned entities. Estimate needs for facilities, supplies and equipment. Establish and maintain an effective system of records and reports. Supervise and develop Managers, head nurses and supervisors. Hold regular meetings with nursing department managers individually and collectively. Show less

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  Aga Khan Health Services, Afghanistan

  Mar 2012 - Jun 2015

  Manager Clinical Services, Act. Hospital Director & Organizational Quality Management Representative

  -Provide overall guidance and leadership for the successful development of the AKHS, A hospitals-Develop, implement, evaluate and sustain Quality Improvement Systems in AKHS, A hospitals -Provide continual monitoring and projection of operational capabilities in terms of local and global standards of practice and lead the development/implementation of innovative, effective strategies and standards, high-performance services and rational capital investments.-Within each hospital and in-patient facility and throughout the coordinated AKDN system of facilities, develop mechanisms for cost-recovery in agreement with local regulations, improve cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency, develop cost-reduction standards, consolidate purchasing and suppliers/contracting, enhance revenue activities and appropriate institutional partnerships.-Within hospitals, in-patient and associated facilities throughout the AKDN system, advise on the introduction of appropriate improvements in management and service delivery approaches and systems Dealing with following grants for EPHS related functions:1. USAID 2. NZAID 3. CIDA 4. KFW 5. WFP Assigned additional responsibility of Organizational Management Representative for AKHS Programs in Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Ensuring that process needed for the quality management system are established, implemented and maintained. Reporting to top management on the performance of the quality management system and any need for improving. Ensuring the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organization. Liaison with external parties on matters relating to the Quality Management System.Got initial certification of Bamyan, AKHS-Afghanistan programs including in August 2012 and 1st Surveillance done in June 2013.Got Initial Certification of Badakhshan, AKHS-Afghanistan programs in June 2013.Worked from Oct 2012 to Nov 2013 on position of Acting Hospital Manager, Provincial Hospitals Show less

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  The Indus Hospital

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2019

  Head of Nursing
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  Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

  Jun 2020 - now

  • Consultant

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Intern- MESA, ISGlobal

    Jun 2020 - Jul 2020