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Head of Environmental Department in
Tawam Hospital
General Authority for Health Services for the Emirates of Abu Dhabi
The only Medical Environmentalist in the Region
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth: 14 January 1972
Nationality: Jordanian
Languages: Arabic- Native
English-Fluent
Russian- Fair
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STUDIES
The year of 1994, Bachelor Degree in: -
* Major: Earth and Environmental Sciences – Yarmouk University (Jordan)
* Minor: Environmental Sciences- Yarmouk University (Jordan)
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CAREER OBJECTIVE
* Leading a group of experts: - Environmental Health staff, Services staff including Hospital Staff and 440 contractor staff.
* Key personnel in the committees (Safety & Infection Control) who work to get Tawam Hospital accredited by JCIA.
* Environmental Impact Assessment.
* In-service Education: - Training, Lecturing, new staff orientation.
* Community Education: Participating in out side lectures, Stands methods of education inside the Hospital, using all available Educational tools.
* In coordination with international and National Environmental Agencies: -Establishing Environmental Policies & Procedures: - Waste Segregation, Handling, and disposal, Energy Saving, Purchasing Preferable policies…etc. (the Joint Commission safety committee assigned me to prepare the national Hazardous material management plan and program).
* Auditing, I have conducted 4 audits about Hazardous Wastes, Medical Wastes Rules & Regulations awareness, Medical Environmental practices, Medical Wastes Reduction.
* Waste Classification; Rules and Exclusions, I established a committee to up date and exclude materials from the Waste management rules every year.
* Pollution Control: - Mercury cases Training, Xylene, Glutraldehyde Sodium sulfide, Formaldehyde's disposal or reusing issues,
* Hazardous waste regulations and monitoring the compliance with international standards. (issuing non compliances reports).
* Waste Management (Medical waste, Household waste): Reduction, Reuse, Recycling).
* In/Out door Air Quality: - sampling, coordinating with lab, use the available technology to improve the air quality.
* Water Quality, in Dialysis, and water sampling for the accommodation, poolside.
* Pest Control: - I have the honor of solving Cockroaches problem in Tawam Hospital, which was hopeless case before I join, I solved the problem of Termite, I have report a bout Environmental friendly Engineering for effective Pest Control.
* Infection Control: an active Member in Infection Control Committee; I established a sub committee in regard of Tawam Hospital Staff Awareness of Medical Waste Rules Exclusions in order to reduce the volume of the medical waste.
* Establishing and improving the Recycling Program: - I have started Paper, Plastic, Aluminum Cans recycling program, it is the biggest in UAE's Hospitals. In addition, hospital does silver Recycling for Film Developers.
* Perform Public Health Inspection activities, health education, and advice to public and other organizations on environmental health matters as required.
* I support private schools to be environmental friendly schools; I take them as a study sample for my dream research about teaching Environment in the schools.
* Public Health Protection to prevent the occurrence of reportable disease and the exposure to environmental health hazards within the Health Unit, by indicating the hazard sources and the storage specifications, and disposal matters, like the case of improper storage and disposal of Xylene, which I corrected and helped the authorities to take the right decision and building a disposal facility for hazardous waste rather than Regulated Medical wastes.
* Saving the natural resources like water and electricity by using the available technology and Education.
* Analysis, Studies (I have two studies in medical waste management).
* I have authored the Environmental Housekeeping Manual for the Hospital, including all the related Policies & Procedures.
* I have a report about updating law#4 which regulated the Medical waste in The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Law#24 the Federal one.
* I have changed the wrong practices in Abu Dhabi Emirate regarding Disposal of body parts, this happened when I submitted a report about including the body parts in the law, and I suggested to the Authority and the Ministry of interior to coordinate with the Hospitals in order to burry the parts according the Religion the patient, and this started to happen, and the mortuary started to be more organized place.
* Mortuary reorganization: Established a PPGs for receiving and exporting the parts or the bodies, also the temperature of the chiller as a preventive maintenance action.
* Head of three Departments: Environmental Health, Housekeeping & Pest Control.
COMPUTER SCIENCES:
25.07.1997 to 02.11.1997 Comprehensive Computer course in Al Fareed Center – Jordan including the following:
MS Word, Excel, Ms Doss, internet, and Power Point (Level: excellent)
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COURSES:
10.09.1994 to 05.10.1994: Advance course in English Conversation/University of Jordan, which consists 40 Contact Hours.
1997: Telephone Manners Course- Hilton Al Ain
05.04.1997: Dealing with Customer Complaints Course – Hilton Al Ain
April 1997: Product Knowledge Course- Hilton Al Ain
2003 WE CARE Course- Tawam Hospital
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 1998 till now:
- Environmental Health and Services Officer – Tawam Hospital – Al Ain- UAE.
Work Duties
* Managing Waste Management process: Waste minimizing, segregation in the source, collection, and disposal.
* Environmental Impact Assessments, Risk Assessment.
* Pest Control: Cockroaches, Ants, Termite and rodents.
* In-service Education
* Recycling Programs: out of patient areas ( Paper, Plastic, Aluminum, Glass, Metals, Wood, used Oil)
* Community Teaching: through Stands Method. out side lectures
* Pollution Control: emissions, mercury cases, infectious waste, radioactive waste, other hazards.
* Occupational health HAZARDS assessment, including water sampling, noise level measurements, indoor air quality measurements, air change rate in high risky areas.
Services officer duties: -
* Developing computerized work force monitoring systems.
* Directing the Housekeeping and Pest Control contractors, including training the new senior staff on how to train the staff the international Safe Housekeeping methods including how to clean Isolation Rooms.
* Directing Environmental Health Department including Incinerator issues, Water sampling, Pest Control For Staff Accommodation and hospital out side area
* Day-to-day housekeeping & Pest Control Environmental Health operations.
* I have authored the Environmental Housekeeping Manual for the Hospital, including all the related Policies & Procedures.
* Follow up the urgent matters with the Services contractor.
* Coordinating with the Infection Control Department, Preventive Medicine Department, and Engineering Department for the waste segregation and disposal matters.
February 96- July 98
- Front Desk Receptionist- Al Ain Hilton- UAE
Job Duties:
* Assisting the guest while check in and check out
* Reserving rooms for the guest over the phone/walking people
* Airline reservation and confirmation
* Switch board assistance
* Dealing with guest complaints
* Cashiering transactions
Membership:
Member in the following committees in and out of Tawam Hospital:
 JCIA Committees including: - Joint Commission's Infection Control, and Facility Safety Sub Committees.
 Medical Executive Committee (Not started yet).
 Patient Satisfaction Committee
 Infection Control Committee
 Quality Management Committee
 Jordanian Geologists Association
Conferences
I have attended last five Environmental Conferences in, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Studies and Publications
* I have prepared many Audits about Hazardous Wastes, Medical Wastes Rules & Regulations awareness, Medical Environmental practices, Medical Wastes Reduction.
* Two Studies by the name of:
- Waste Management Audit report & the Proposal of Waste Reduction, Environmental Protection & Waste Management Program. (32 Page)
- Medical Waste Reduction. (16 pages).
* Authored the Environmental Housekeeping Manual for Tawam Hospital, including all the Isolation procedures according to the best available sources available in the world.
* Seeking UN Support in preparing Medical Environmental Manual for Health Institutes.
Other Qualifications:
- Holding a valid UAE, Saudi, Jordanian, and International Driving Licenses.
- Field Geology.
- Hydrological Applications.
- Geophysics Applications.
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