Lucy Jepkoskei Seronei
173, Ballarat -Carngham Road, Ballarat
Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Aiming to commence the RACGP training program in 2026, August.
Currently a Resident Medical Officer (transitioned from permanent to casual role since February 2026) in Ballarat Base Hospital
Started working in an Australian healthcare setting in February 2023 and attained General Registration with AHPRA after completing core rotations in Surgery, Paediatrics, General Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.
Graduated from Lugansk State University, Ukraine, with a bachelor’s degree in Doctor of Medicine in June 2013. Completed internship training in Kenya and thereafter, worked in a County Referral Hospital as a Medical Officer, where I gained valuable clinical skills and experience in primary health care services.
Results-oriented Medical Practitioner keen on effective and efficient delivery of quality health services, with keen interest in general practice, children's health and public health.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICER – (FULL TIME)
GRAMPIANS HEALTH
BALLARAT, VICTORIA
02.2023 - Current
- Escalating care of deteriorating patients
- Conducting ward rounds in the inpatient wards.
- Night cover duties in the inpatient wards.
- History taking and physical examination of patients.
- Triaging and stabilising patients in the emergency department.
- Collecting blood samples.
- Cannulation.
- Suturing.
- Inserting nasogastric tubes and catheters.
- Participating in case presentations and handovers.
- Participating in monthly mortality meetings.
- Participated in drafting the HMO rover/guideline for night duty cover, which ensured a smooth transition of new interns into that position.
- Attending weekly JMO/BPT teachings.
- Communicating with the patient’s family and providing updates, including organising for family meetings.
- Organising for patient discharge planning and follow-up in the community setting by GPs.
- Hours per week: 38
- Mentoring new IMG interns
DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER – (CASUAL)
OC CONNECTIONS
OAKLEIGH, VICTORIA
07.2017 - 03.2023
- Coordinate clients’ health care needs assessments: nutrition, podiatry, swallowing assessments, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and GP appointments. Assisted a client to drop 30% of her weight, and she was able to mobilise without a wheelchair, and she was able to transition from living with family to being independent.
- Writing monthly key worker reports for clients.
- Conduct weekly fire safety audits and workplace safety audits.
- Document incidents as per the procedures and protocols in place
- Giving first aid in case of emergency, following the client’s health care plan and calling for an ambulance.
- Supporting clients with peg feeding and tracheostomy care.
- Conduct monthly financial audits for clients.
- Leave: 2ND JUNE 2022 -26TH SEPTEMBER 2022.
RESIDENT DOCTOR – (PART TIME)
ST. LUKE ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA HOSPITAL
ELDORET, KENYA
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Conducting ward rounds in the inpatient ward.
- History taking and physical examination of patients.
- Triaging and stabilising patients in the emergency department.
- Follow-up of patients in the outpatient clinic.
- Collecting blood samples.
- Cannulation.
- Fixing nasogastric tubes and catheters.
- Doing case presentations.
- Participating in mortality meetings.
- Conducted education to ED staff, and 50% of them in a survey reported being more confident in managing pain effectively in acute settings.
- Participating in mortality meetings.
- Hours per week: 40
HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICER – (FULL TIME)
ITEN REFERRAL HOSPITAL
ITEN, KENYA
03.2015 - 12.2016
- Presented during monthly continuous medical education and word-rounds.
- History taking, physical examination, ordering investigations and managing patients under supervision.
- Preparing patients for procedure- explaining procedure and signing consent.
- Reviewing patients care plans at the clinic.
- Renewing scripts for patients and managing chronic illnesses in clinics.
- Attended to emergency cases and stabilised seriously ill patients before admitting them in the hospital.
- Teaching interns and overseeing them.
- Attend CME’s and mortality meetings.
- Represent the hospital for medico-legal issues.
- Attending the post-mortem at the supervisor’s request.
- Participated as one of the team members overseeing the infection and control practices and protocols of the hospital. After infection control training in the wards, the hand-washing audit indicated that compliance had increased by 90%.
- Hours per week: 38-40
INTERN DOCTOR
ITEN COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL
ITEN, KENYA
03.2014 - 03.2015
- History taking and physical examination of patients.
- Collecting samples for investigations is required.
- Presented during monthly continuous medical education and word-rounds.
- Attended CMEs every month.
- History taking, physical examination, ordering investigations and managing patients under supervision.
- Preparing the surgical list.
- Assisting in procedures- suturing and draining abscesses.
- Calculating fluids.
- Rotations: INTERNAL MEDICINE, PAEDIATRICS, OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY AND SURGERY.
- Hours per week: 38-40 (FULL TIME)
Education
Diploma in Child Health -
LUGANSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
UKRAINE06-2013
Master of Science - Masters in Public Health And Health Management
La Trobe University
Melbourne, VIC06-2019
Doctor of Medicine (M.D) -
LUGANSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
UKRAINE06-2013
Skills
- Basic life support skills, CPR and stabilising and escalating care of a deteriorating patient
- Observed: Central venous catheterization, Bone marrow aspiration, Spinal anaesthesia, Endotracheal intubation
- Obstetrics and gynaecology: Cervical Screening test, Normal delivery, Caesarean section, Marsupialization, Repair of vaginal and cervical tears, Manual vacuum aspiration, attending clinics
- Observed: Myomectomy, Total abdominal hysterectomy with/without salpingo-oophorectomy, Exploratory laparotomy with salpingectomy or cystectomy, MacDonald stitch, Dilatation and curettage, Bilateral tubal ligation
- Surgery: Incision and drainage of abscesses, Surgical debridement and primary wound closure, Biopsy of skin lesions, Lymph node biopsy, Subcutaneous mass excisions, Supra-pubic catheterization and attending clinics
- Observed: Thyroidectomy, Chest tube insertion, Exploratory laparotomy with hemicolectomy, sigmoid colectomy, resection and anastomosis and intra-abdominal mass biopsies, Skin grafting, Umbilical herniotomy, Inguinal and femoral herniorrhaphy and hernioplasty, Below and above knee amputations, Various open reduction and internal fixation procedures, Appendectomy, Haemorrhoidectomy, Application of Plaster of Paris (POP)
Accomplishments
1. Attained general registration with AHPRA, after passing AMC examinations and completing a year of supervision in an Australian healthcare setting.
2. Completed a diploma in Child Health by Western Sydney University in March 2026.
3. Participated in drafting the medical night rover, which ensured a smooth transition of night cover duties by new medical team interns.
4. Completed NeoRhesus training in 2025, which improved my knowledge and skills in managing paediatric cases.
Affiliations
- RACGP MEMBER- RACGP ID: 682482
- November 2021- to date: PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA
- Feb 2023 -to date: MEDICAL BOARD OF AUSTRALIA
- March 2023- to date: MIPS-MEDICAL INDEMNITY PROTECTION SOCIETY
Certification
- 01/12/2019: ARIGMSAS-Alan Roberts International Medical Graduates Support and Advisory. 8-week MCQ preparation course certificate– covered courses in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Public health and Ethics
- 31/05/2020: ARIGMSAS- 8-week Clinical preparation course certificate- covered physical examination, Internal medicine, Surgery, paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and women’s health.
- 11/09/2021: EM course covering 20 common topics in Emergency Medicine. Obtained certificate of achievement EDGE.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Swahili
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Russian
Elementary
Timeline
HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICER – (FULL TIME)
GRAMPIANS HEALTH
02.2023 - Current
RESIDENT DOCTOR – (PART TIME)
ST. LUKE ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA HOSPITAL
06.2022 - 09.2022
DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER – (CASUAL)
OC CONNECTIONS
07.2017 - 03.2023
HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICER – (FULL TIME)
ITEN REFERRAL HOSPITAL
03.2015 - 12.2016
INTERN DOCTOR
ITEN COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL
03.2014 - 03.2015
Diploma in Child Health -
LUGANSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Master of Science - Masters in Public Health And Health Management
La Trobe University
Doctor of Medicine (M.D) -
LUGANSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
GAPS IN WORK/PRACTICE HISTORY
- Date started: December 2016
- Date ended: December 2019
- Reason: Studies-Masters in Public health and Health administration
- Date started: January 2020
- Date ended: May 2022
- Reason: Studies- preparing for Australian Medical Council Exams while working in the disability sector. COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne.
- Date started: 2nd June 2022
- Date ended: 5th June 2022
- Reason: Travelling to Kenya
- Date started: 14th September 2022
- Date ended: 25th September 2022
- Reason: Spending time with family and travelling to Australia
ALL CURRENT AND ALL PREVIOUS MEDICAL LICENSING
- Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentistry Board. Registration No. 9388
- Date (from/to): 13th May 2015- to date.
- Registering authority: Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentistry Board.
- List restrictions, conditions or undertakings: Nil
- Medical Board of Australia – General Registration. Registration Number: MED0002704251
- Date (from/to): 19th February 2023 to date.
- Registering authority: Medical Board of Australia.
- Medical Indemnity Protections Society. MIPS-Member Number:900127860
- Date (from/to): 28th February 2023-to date.
- Registering authority: Medical Indemnity Protections Society.
VERIFICATION STATEMENT
I verify that the information contained within this Curriculum Vitae is true and correct as at 26th February 2026.
Lucy Jepkoskei Seronei
Continuing Professional Development activities
- 02/3/2020: ECG Interpretation workshop
- 11/09/2020: Bullying, discrimination & sexual harassment course
- 28/09/2020: Bed side blood gas interpretation
- 03/10/2020: ALS certificate
- 27/10/2020: COVID19 Acute Care
- 26/10/2020: Recognising and managing Acute Anaphylaxis
- 13/11/2020: Approach to seriously ill patient
- 13/11/2020: Management of the severely agitated patient
- 02/03/2021: Paediatric emergencies in Primary care
- 26/03/2021: First Aid and CPR
- 24/08/2021: Assessment and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress
- 19/08/2021: Emergency management of Acute Poisoning
- 20/08/2021: Assessment and management of acute severe headache
- 21/08/2021: Assessment and management of acute chest pain
- 22/08/2021: Introduction to ECG interpretation-part 1
- 23/08/2021: Introduction to ECG interpretation part 2
- 02/09/2021: Management of acute abdominal pain in the elderly
- 07/09/2021: Inductions to principles of managing acute pain
- 03/09/2021: Management of first trimester bleed
- 06/09/2021: Introduction to the emergency management of Major Trauma
- January - September 2021: The Seriously Ill Patient, Acute Anaphylaxis, Acute Chest Pain, ECG Interpretation 1: Arrhythmias, ECG Interpretation 2: Ischemia, Acute Headache, Acute Respiratory Distress, Introduction to Blood Gases, Severely Agitated
- December 2021- January 2022: Successfully completed the following 63 courses in mental health.
- 13/01/2022: Advanced Life Support Level 1
- 15/01/2022: Basic CPR and Basic Life Support
- 02/09/2023: HeathEd Medical Update seminar
- 30/01/2024: ALS Training
- March /2026: Diploma in Child Health
- 13/03/2026: First Aid and CPR Training