Work Experience

  • 2020 – Present

    ARN Board of Director –Association Rehabilitation Nurses (USA)

  • 25/08/2019

    Adjunct Professor – Faculty of Health Science
    • Adjunct Professor – Faculty of Health Science

  • 2018

    Consultant at Angels Program – World Stroke Program from Boehringer Ingelheim
    • Stroke Simulation MENA Region

  • 25/03/2018

    Rehabilitation Nurse Manager
    • Czech Rehabilitation Hospital – Royal Health Group, AlAin (United Arab Emirates)
    • 40-bed capacity + 8 outpatient clinics
    • Responsible for a team with 40 nurses
    • Leader of multidisciplinary team rehab program
    • Hospital set up project – participation in the design decisions, procurement, staff recruitment, elaboration of policies, procedures and nursing scope of service.
    • Implementation of Stroke/SCI/TBI/Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
    • Implementation of Pelvic Floor Program (Multidisciplinary approach and Pelvic Floor Muscle classes).

  • 25/03/2018

    Stroke Coordinator

    Amana Healthcare Medical and Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

    • Set up of Stroke Rehabilitation Program (Gap Analysis, Evidence-based guidelines, Pathway, KPI’s, Marketing, monitoring)
    • Stroke Support Group leader
    • Stroke Awareness campaign leader
    Rehabilitation Training Workshop – Speaker
    • Stroke: Washing & Dressing;
    • Swallowing disorders;
    • Continence management;
    • Discharge planning
    Continence project – development of continence pathway with a multidisciplinary team approach
    • Nursing training
    • Rehab training

  • 21/01/2014–31/05/2015

    Staff Nurse I

    National Guard HealthAffairs - King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Acute Stroke Unit

    • Charge Nurse Acting Clinical Resource Nurse

  • 16/08/2006–18/01/2014

    Staff Nurse

    Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital Pulido Valente, Lisbon (Portugal) Acute Medical Ward with Stroke Unit

Committees

European Stroke Organization Simulation and Education Committee

Active member in the simulation workshops

  • META STROKE Academy – Dubai, May 2018
  • European Stroke Organization Conference, Gothenburg, May 2018
  • European Stroke Organization Conference, Milan, May 2019
  • META STROKE Academy – Dubai, April 2019
Secretary of Emirates Stroke Chapter (under Emirates Neurology Society with Dr. Suhail Al Rukn)
  • World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation – active member
  • UAE Healthy Future Study – volunteer/ambassador
Association of Nursing Rehabilitation (U.S.A.) – active member
  • REACH 17&18 –ARN annual conference – abstracts reviewer and session moderator
  • Practical Rehab Nurse Course – Online teaching – chapter author & reviewer
  • REACH 19 –ARN annual conference – abstract reviewer, session moderator, poster judge and Speaker with 2 sessions
  • (Stroke Pathway and Nursing rehab – UAE model of care)
  • Content Reviewer 8th THE SPECIALTY PRACTICE OF REHABILITATION NURSING: A CORE CURRICULUM (Nov 2019 released)
  • Examines in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (EPMR) – Reviewer & Editor-in-Chief
  • Advances in Neurology Neuroscience – Editorial Board member
  • Advances in Neurology Neuroscience – Peer revieweri>
  • Co-author for AANN Comprehensive Review for Stroke Nursing 2nd Edition – Chapter 7 “Post-acute stroke care”
  • Continence Network – United Arab Emirates –Active member
  • National Back Exchange –Active member
  • Emirates Nursing Association Rehabilitation Society – chairman and founder
  • ARN UAE Chapter – president and founder
  • CGFNS Global Certification for Rehabilitation Nursing Task Force
  • Taskforce member

Conferences Participation:

  • 2016

    April 2nd International Conference on Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Dubai

    • Poster ”Rehabilitation after Trauma Brain Injury”

    October MENA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Congress, Dubai

    • Free oral presentation “One more step...” – Stroke recovery Case study

  • 2017

    April 3rd International Conference on Neurological Disorders & Stroke, Dubai

    • Speaker “Stroke Rehabilitation

    November REACH 17 –Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Conference (USA)

    • Session moderato

  • 2018

    May, 16-18th – 4th ESOC – European Stroke Organisation Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden

    • Faculty member: Workshop “Simulation Workshop on Stroke Treatment Logistics (Focused on logistic of IV tPA Application)

    Nov, 29th Neurosciences updates (Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi) – Managing the Neurogenic bladder

    • Speaker “ Neurogenic Bladder – Nursing management.”

  • 2019

    3rd International Nursing & Midwifery Conference, 25th Jan, Dubai

    • Speaker – Nursing intervention in stroke patient – across the continuum of care

    Mediterranean Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Society – Educational Course – 29&30 March, Abu Dhabi

    • How to prevent pelvic floor dysfunction in women – Speaker
    • Rehabilitation and electrical stimulation in LUTS, Obstructive Defecation and Pelvic Pain – Speaker

    NeRDiM – Neurological Rehabilitation and Disability Management Congress – March

    • Organizing committee member and speaker
    • Neuro rehab workshop

    SINMAC Conference – Speaker – September

    • Stroke Nurse – The impact in the continuum of care
    • Nursing rehabilitation model – UAE approach

    Angels Consultant for Stroke Simulation and Stroke Nurses Training (Boehringer Ingelheim) Workshop Speaker – multidisciplinary education - Stroke Simulation in Healthcare – Improving Door-to-Needle time

    • Iran 31/08/18
    • UAE –Abu Dhabi - 06/10/18
    • Kuwait 01/12/18
    • Al Kuwaiti Hospital (Sharjah) 19/03/2019
    • SKMC (Abu Dhabi) Project – Stroke pathway inpatient setting – Simulation for early detection of stroke and nursing competencies –April 2019
    • Kuwait (Sept 2019) – Kuwait Stroke Forum – Speaker “Hyper acute stroke care and door to needle simulation”
    • Kenya (Oct 2019) –Angels Consultant visit to The Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Mombasa and Kimusu), Coptic Hospital
    • Al Ain Stroke Symposium (Dec 2019)
    • Saudi German Hospital –Ajman – Integrated Stroke Care Pathway (Jan 2020)

Personal Skills

Mother tongue(s) Portuguese

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
Enlish C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
Spanish C1 C1 C1 C1 C1
Arabic A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
French B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills
  • Good Listening capacity
  • Non Verbal communication
  • Open-Mindedness
  • Respect for the others opinion
Organisational / managerial skills
  • Leadership
  • Time management
  • Decision making
  • Priorities set up
  • Self-motivation
Job-related skills
  • Mentoring skills
  • Organisational skills
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptability
  • Conflict resolution
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