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I was hired as a Recovery support specialist and also serve as case worker for my clients, supporting them. I participate in individual and group outreach and crisis intervention, psychological assessment for patient intake and referral. I participate in the documentation of changes in patient behavior and health conditions.
I participate in history documentation, psychiatric evaluations, treatment plan formulation and mental state examinations. I supervise RSS and I participate in FD 12 sessions accompanying patients to the CPEP and visiting hospitals to provide care coordination with my agency ACT team. I help document a summary of patient progress and how they progressed to achieve goals and objectives planned by the team and client.
Program Assistant / Care coordinator for ACT team - MBI Health services - Washington DC, DC
(2020-09)
I was hired as a Recovery support specialist and also serve as case worker for my clients, supporting them. I participate in individual and group outreach and crisis intervention, psychological assessment for patient intake and referral. I participate in the documentation of changes in patient behavior and health conditions.
I participate in history documentation, psychiatric evaluations, treatment plan formulation and mental state examinations. I supervise RSS and I participate in FD 12 sessions accompanying patients to the CPEP and visiting hospitals to provide care coordination with my agency ACT team. I help document a summary of patient progress and how they progressed to achieve goals and objectives planned by the team and client.
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER /HEAD OF THE TEAM - STATE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY PROGRAM - Akure, Nigeria
(2015-05 - 2020-08)
I attended to psychiatric emergencies, admitting them in the emergency room for treatment and deciding whether to send them in for longer admissions in other hospital or have them transferred to the State Psychiatry facility for long term care. I also supervised the younger doctors and taught student nurses during their rotations. I did acute examinations and on the spot management as well as ER admissions to stabilize till patient is stable enough to be referred to another hospital.
I participated in care-point with other hospitals regarding acute treatment rendered and also advocated and sensitized communities regarding the management and outcome of diagnosed cases in our facility. I served as the head of the team and coordinated team work.
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER /HEAD OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE TEAM - ONDO STATE INFECTIOUS DISEASE TEAM - Akure, Nigeria
(2015-02 - 2015-04)
During the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa, I volunteered to lead the health team from my state to help combat the epidemic. I worked in the state owned infectious disease hospital after being trained to take care of infected cases sent in for isolation and also went on sensitization tours of the rural areas to educate the population about what to do when Ebola infection is suspected or confirmed.
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER/HEAD OF THE ER TEAM - STATE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AKURE - Akure, Nigeria
(2011-10 - 2015-01)
I attended to all forms of emergencies, from road traffic accidents, medical emergencies, pediatric emergencies, mental health emergencies, public health emergencies and also ran the department administratively. Minor surgical procedures such as acute care of wounds sustained from road traffic accidents, relief of obstructive uropathy, correction of glycemic crisis, poison ingestion, septic abortion, obstetric/gynecologic emergencies and surgical emergencies to mention a few. I managed the administrative aspect of the running of the department on a day to day basis.
Senior Medical Officer - State Hospital Akure, Department of Pediatrics - Akure, Nigeria
(2009-11 - 2011-10)
I worked as a physician in the department of pediatrics, working on the wards as well as the ICU and took overnight calls on a rotatory basis. I taught the student nurses and supervised the younger doctors and interns. I carried out daily ward rounds and participated in grand rounds.
I worked in the pediatric emergency room and helped in the administrative running of the department. I rotated through the pediatric ICU on a rotatory basis and helped with the quality control checks of the department.
Senior Medical officer - State Hospital Akure - Akure, Nigeria
(2007-09 - 2009-10)
I worked as a physician, running the outpatient clinic as well as taking care of admitted patients on the wards. I took calls at night and on weekends as part of the on call team. I taught the student nurses and supervised the younger doctors and participating in daily and grand rounds as well as case presentations organized by the department on a weekly basis.
I participated in the quality control checks of the department and gave twice weekly health talks to outpatient population during their visits. I participated in the administrative running of the department.
Medical officer - Ministry of Health, Ondo state Nigeria. Psychiatric emergency services for Ondo State - Akure, Nigeria
(2002-03 - 2007-08)
I joined the Ondo State Neuro-psychiatric Hospital as a medical officer progressing to senior medical officer and later head of the hospital. I participated in daily rounds, running the clinic and sensitization programs carried out to pass knowledge to the people about mental health and the ways illnesses present. I participated in cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions, Relaxation therapy and meditation therapy as part of psychotherapy.
I lead teams on crisis intervention duties and helped my team teach groups to recovering clients as well as outpatients that desire to attend group meetings such as substance use disorder classes and group classes for medication compliance.
MEDICAL OFFICER - GENERAL HOSPITAL MINNA, NIGER STATE - Minna, Nigeria
(2000-06 - 2001-07)
Daily rounds, with outpatient department stabilization, emergency minor surgeries before triaging to the appropriate departments for continued management. Health education and promotion by sensitization and educating the populace of the undeserved community. I ran the outpatient clinic of the department, participating in quality control review of all services provided by the medical doctors. I participated in daily and grand rounds for all doctors in the hospital.
MEDICAL OFFICER - APEX MEDICAL CENTER - Ile Ife, Nigeria
(1997-08 - 2000-06)
I worked as a medical officer, attending to patients of all kinds from fever to road traffic accidents. Daily rounds, with outpatient department stabilization, emergency minor surgeries before triaging to the appropriate departments for continued management. Health education and promotion by sensitization and educating the populace of the undeserved community.
I assisted in surgeries, appendectomy, thyroidectomy, exploratory laparatomy and surgical excision of masses. I assisted with the deliveries of babies and participated in the quality control reviews of the hospital.
INTERN - OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL - Ile Ife, Nigeria
(1996-07 - 1997-06)
I was an intern rotating through the departments of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics each for 3 months to receive an evaluation and later a full license to practice medicine in Nigeria. During rotation in each department, house officers serve as the first on call, participated in daily as well as grand rounds, retrieve all blood work results carried on the clients during rounds and presented cases to attending doctors on a regular basis. As a house officer, I participate in seminar presentations, case reviews and medication presentations periodically.
I worked in the adult ER and children's emergency room of the hospital on a rotatory basis.
M.B.Ch.B. - Medicine - Obafemi Awolowo University College of Health Sciences (1990-09 - 1995-05)
