Hellen Furaha Ruwa is seeking a job where she can utilize her nursing skills and experience. She has over 5 years of experience working in various nursing roles in Kenya, including as a project nurse counselor at Mariakani Wellness Centre since 2015. Prior to that, she worked as a nurse/midwife at Gede Health Centre from 2013-2014 and as a nurse at Mary Immaculate Cottage Hospital in 2013. She has a diploma in community health nursing from St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing from 2009-2013. She also lists various continuous professional development trainings. References are provided.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
HELLEN FURAHA RUWA
P. O. Box 13 Postal Code,
KALOLENI, KENYA
MOBILE NO- +254716058399
Email address:ruwa.hellen@yahoo.com/hfuraha@kanco.com
CAREER OBJECTIVES:
 To share the knowledge I have acquired over time to provide preventive, curative,
rehabilitative and palliative care services.
 To develop sustainable empowerment to all clients.
 To work in an environment where my knowledge and skills add value and fosters
professional and personal growth.
 To help the organization attain its goals as set
 To care and ensure wholesome health is achieved to all clients appointed to serve.
 To provide psychological support to all clients and to show empathy and humility at
all times.
 To serve with no discrimination and to avail myself for duty whenever needed to do
so.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KENYA AIDS NGOs CONSORTIUM(KANCO)-Global FUND ROUND10
MARIAKANI WELLNESS CENTRE (MARIAKANI)
Projectnursecounselor
January 2015- to date
Responsibilities
 Ensuring excellent and quality care is provided to all clients when needed.
 Overseeing the day to day running of the Wellness center particularly counseling of clients
and wholesome nursing roles.
 Ensuring all clients right is adhered to at the center i,e right to information , right to accept
or reject services. Right to confidentiality and privacy and right to considerate, respectful
and safe care ,

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 Working closely with the in charges of the health facilities for effective linkages and
referrals of the clients to respective care places.
 Preparing regular progress management reports for the counseling department
 Advising and providing sexual & reproductive health services to the clients.
 Maintaining good quality clinic data and adequate commodities consumption records,
calculating consumption and making requisitions on time to avoid stock-outs
 Collecting client data and storing them appropriately to ensure confidentiality is
maintained and be directly responsible for ensuring that all the required national reporting
tools are correctly filled and submitted on time to the SHRIOs (Sub county Health Records
and Information Officers)
 Documenting lessons learnt and challenges to inform program decision.
GEDE HEALTH CENTRE UNDER KARIBUNI ONLUS[ITALIAN BASED NGO]
[Aug 2013- Dec 2014
POSITION; NURSE/MIDWIFE
Responsibility
 Oversee the day today management and running of wards by providing holistic nursing
care .
 Visit the elderly clients in their respective homesteads and provide them with care such
as help them ambulate and change their catheters and turning them for those who are
bed ridden
 Oversees the preparation of budgets for specific actions including procurement of
commodities where applicable under direct supervision by the position.
 Prepare regular progress management reports.
 Develop appropriate strategies for networking and collaboration with government and
non-governmental partners involved in harm reduction initiatives and enhance healthy
practices.
 Participate in administering of immunization during various immunization campaigns
organized by the Ministry of Health.
 Conducting normal deliveries, referring complicated cases that require surgical or
advanced management and follow up post natal clients to ensure safe peuperium good
care of the newborn and proper uptake of immunization to the new born .
 Participation in community based outreaches to deliver essential health services to the
community where health care areas not within reach.
 Provision of health talks every morning to all clients who visit the health centre this is
to ensure healthy practices in the community so as to attain good health.
 Provide care as per the instructions given by the doctor or the doctor’s assistants.
 Observe all procedures as per the standard operation procedure guidelines and maintain
infection prevention at all times

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MARY IMMACULATE COTTAGE HOSPITAL
[Feb 2013-July2013]
JOB TITLE ; NURSE
Responsibilities
 Attending to clients as per the direction of the physician and medical assistants
 Triaging of clients and advocating for emergency action for high risk cases
 Provision of health talks at the maternal child health department
 Monitoring of cold chain to ensure potency of vaccines.
 Established networking collaboration with other stake holders
 Coordinated HIV testing and counseling.
 Participated in the development of new initiatives and quality improvement programs.
 Monitoring labor and delivery using aseptic techniques.
 Providing nursing care for admitted clients by understanding their needs , showing
empathy and love this enhances their recovery.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ST LUKES HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING -KALOLENI
2009-2013
 Qualification: Diploma in community health nursing
KOMBENI GIRLS SOCONDARY SCHOOL
2005-2008
Qualification: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

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CONTINOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN
 Trained on focused Antenatal care in may 2014sponsered by M of Health Kilifi
County
 Trained on life skills sponsored by AMREF in April 2014
 Trained on Gender based Violence in April 2014 sponsored by AMREF
 Trained on ophthalmic emergencies sponsored by Barclays bank
 Attended an update meeting on oral rehydration therapy sponsored by Ministry of
Health
Participated in training focused antenatal care in February 2015 sponsored by
Marie stopes Kenya
 Participated in jiggers awareness campaign
 Trained in basic life skill sponsored by The AGHA KHAN university foundation.
REFEREES:
MR.CHRISNDUSTOTTY
LECTURER
ST LUKES SCHOOL OF NURSING
MOBILE NUMBER:+254720180290
EMAIL ADDRESS; christotty@yahoo.com
MR. LAWRENCE REWA
NURSING OFFICER IN CHARGE
GEDE HEALTH CENTRE.
MOBILE NUMBER:+254723819187.
EMAIL ADDRESS;lawrencerewa@yahoo.com

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MS ELINAH MWAZO
CLINICAL OFFICER
MARIAKANI WELLNESS CENTRE
MOBILE NUMBER:+254727330149
EMAIL ADDRESS:m.elinah@yahoo.com