Bhairavi Khismatrao
Summary
A Public Health practitioner, internationally trained dentist, and experienced dental nurse, with master's in public health majoring in Health promotion and program evaluation at the University of Melbourne. Worked with CALD communities, children, international student communities for betterment of their health through various programs formulated by centre of culture, ethnicity, and health. Experience in patient management to work in fast paced which allowed to manage dental emergencies, assisting dentists, and providing assurance and emotional support to the patients. Worked in teams demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to relate respectfully to all staff, patients, and customers, and participants in the program. Shown critical thinking, strong administrative and organizational skills, attention to details, fast learning skills, commitment to working as an effective and productive team, and adherence to the privacy of patients and /or participants information. Passionate about enhancing global human health by contributing to the local community-based program to improve lifestyle of the communities through policies, as demonstrated through multiple volunteering roles.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Officer
Early Childhood Australia
03.2022 - Current
- Developed and implemented Child Information Sharing Scheme program statewide
- Performed outreach activities such as forums, workshops, trainings, conferences for Early Childhood professionals
- Administered state government's Early Childhood Scholarship Program
- Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation and improve overall project outcomes.
- Worked closely with organizations, individual businesses and government agencies to foster welcoming climate for ECEC sector.
Project Officer
Dental Health Services Victoria
10.2023 - Current
Research Officer
Kidney Health Australia
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Facilitated development of Research Collaborative Strategic Plan and manage its implementation
- Administered and led Kidney Health Australia research program
- Maintained strong relationships with researchers and research organisations
- Prepared externally focused material promoting kidney health
- Developed profile of Research Collaborative as single point of contact for research information
- Developed, implemented, and evaluated KHA community programs through RE-AIM evaluation framework through data analysis
- Conducted research mapping and prepared and disseminated report to kidney sector
- Developed funding proposals for Australian Kidney Research Collaborative
- Prepared ethics applications for research projects
- Managed and coordinated research volunteers.
Team Leader
Department of Health (Victoria)
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Supervised and coordinated team of staff to provide operational case and contact response to COVID 19
- Supported and managed escalated advice and information requests from case and contact tracing team and provided recommended adjustments to case and contact workflows to sector lead
- Coordinated case and contact response and maintained data and information standards in line with case and contact management guidelines
- Effectively supervised and provided leadership to team of employee by: Modelling behaviors integral to good people management and departmental values
- Supporting individuals to achieve their potential while maximizing their contributions to achieve their goals and outcomes
- Where relevant, support specific improvement objectives in annual improvement plans relating to areas of responsibility
- Building and maintaining positive relationship with peers and stakeholders across organizations organization
- Managed, interpreted, and applied policies and provided advice to others on operational and implementation issues
- Resolved operational problems and issues being experienced by team members
- Kept accurate and completed records work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and department's records, information security and privacy policies and requirements.
Public Health Officer, Authorized Officer
Department of Health (Victoria)
04.2021 - 06.2022
- Undertook disease notification follow up including investigations and implementation of public health actions according to protocols
- Applied communicable disease prevention and control policy through liaison and negotiation with health professionals, local government, community groups, regional offices, and public
- Kept accurately and complete records of work activities in TREVI with legislative requirements of departments privacy laws
- Developed and implemented appropriate prevention and control activities to key stakeholders and members of public in culturally appropriate way
- Prepared, reviewed, and presented written and verbal reports to senior management regarding disease notification and investigations
- Applying regulatory powers as authorized officer under Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 - Sect 190 where required in contact tracing
- Actively contributed to boarder communicable disease prevention and control strategies by effective key stakeholder management
- Attend team meetings to stay updated regarding COVID 19 outbreaks and outbreak management guidelines
- Communicated case to case management regularly with pod leads and operational leads.
Community Recovery Officer
Darebin City Council
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Policy development and implementationConducted background research for developing 4-year Municipal Public health and wellbeing plan for t Darebin
- Supported development of Community Safety Framework
- Supported implementation of 2017-2021 Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan
- Supported development of 2021-2025 MPHWP through collecting and analyzing local data
- Supported development of Darebin Health and Wellbeing Profile Report
- Supported implementation of Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) Policy
- Supported EGM Project Control Group (PCG)
- Stakeholders' identification and engagement
- Conducted stakeholders mapping for upcoming MPHWP and generated database for stakeholders
- Provided information through phone calls and emails to organizations regarding consultations for MPHWP
- Attended external and internal meetings for strategic planning
- Evidence based primary and secondary research
- Conducted thorough desktop research for developing community programs and Municipal public health and wellbeing plan and EGM policy for Darebin
- Extracted data sources and made recommendations based on the analysis
- Provided support for grant applications.
Practice Manager, Dental Nurse, Sterilization Nurse
High Dental, Armadale
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Planning, organizing, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring work to be performed, focusing on patient's welfare and case management
- Responsible for stock control
- Preparing surgery for Implant and extraction surgeries according to ADA infection control standards
- Aiding dentists
- Providing patients' support and reassurance
- Prioritizing and planning in care management
- Creation of computer registers for patients' records
- Managing roasters and administrative tasks
- Explaining nature of treatment prior to procedure
- Obtaining consent from patient prior to any invasive elective procedure
- Conducting Post-procedure calls to patients
- Advising patients on oral hygiene.
Intern
MGV's KBH Dental College and Hospital, India
- Underwent intensive training program that included assistance for support to ailing patients focusing on smoother life and various dental check-ups, dental surgeries, and treatment as well as oral hygiene awareness among all patients at hospital
- Counsel patients: performed detailed oral health consultations and gave a treatment plan
- Diagnosing various oral conditions and suggested treatments to patients based on x-ray reports
- Fabricating removable partial dentures and fixed partial & complete dentures in Prosthodontics department of the hospital
- Performing Root Canal treatments, restorative procedures, and aesthetic build ups
- Performing extraction procedures and assisted in several surgeries such as third molar Disimpaction, inter maxillary fixation and Alveoloplasty
- Performing biopsies and blood smears for diagnosing oral conditions.
Skills
- Highly Conversant in MS Office Suite, SharePoint which can be used as a project management tool to perform cost estimation, strategic planning and record keeping Efficient in PowerBi and Excel
- Depth Knowledge and Practical Experience in Literature search from the databases such as EMBASE, MEDLINE, Google Scholar and PubMed
- Proficient in Statistical STATA 160 to perform quantitative data analysis, intermediate knowledge of R and Nvivo
- Victorian government funded extensive training on infection prevention and control policies and procedure
- Experienced in CRM system (Salesforce), Oasis, D4W, EXACT
Academia
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Health Promotion, Health Program Evaluation, Prioritization and Planning in Public Health, Project Management, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Linear and logistic Regression, 12/2020, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, 05/2018
Projects
Impact of Genetic Kidney Diseases on Work productivity in Australia, Project collaboration with Australian Genomics, Conducted literature review. Established research question and designed the study methods. Conducted quantitative data analysis on STATA software using descriptive statistics and regression models. Created dissertation report for the research and provided recommendations for policy change.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Marathi
Native or Bilingual
Gujarati
Full Professional
Timeline
Project Officer
Dental Health Services Victoria
10.2023 - Current
Research Officer
Kidney Health Australia
05.2022 - 12.2023
Senior Project Officer
Early Childhood Australia
03.2022 - Current
Team Leader
Department of Health (Victoria)
06.2021 - 06.2022
Public Health Officer, Authorized Officer
Department of Health (Victoria)
04.2021 - 06.2022
Community Recovery Officer
Darebin City Council
01.2021 - 04.2021
Practice Manager, Dental Nurse, Sterilization Nurse
High Dental, Armadale
02.2019 - 12.2020
Intern
MGV's KBH Dental College and Hospital, India
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