Zuzana Fabianova
Social care provider
Zuzana Fabianova
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Present
Vice-President of the Association of Social Services in the Slovak Republic
Chair of the Nursing Section of the Association of Social Services Providers of the Slovak Republic (APSS SR)
Main activities and responsibilities: Enhancing and improving conditions for nursing care in social services facilities in Slovakia, negotiating with ministry representatives, preparing arguments, conducting surveys for data collection, actively participating in inter-ministerial comment processes, legislative change proposals, and organizing and participating in APSS SR conferences and educational events.
From 2018 – 2023
Employment: Senior Process Analyst
Main activities and responsibilities: Project management expertise – OP EVS by Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
Quality development of long-term care for seriously and chronically ill in Slovakia, Establishing support networks for nurses in Slovakia to stabilize and improve professional conditions (national-level).
Employer: Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
From 2017 – Present
Position: Chair of the Expert Working Groups of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (MZ SR) for creating Standard Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures (SDTP) in Nursing and Long-term Care (from 2020)
Main activities and responsibilities: Leading expert groups, developing national diagnostic and therapeutic standards, organizing and participating in workshops, presenting standards to the MZ SR commission, and preparing media materials.
Employer: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
From: 2011 – Present
Position: General Manager of a Complex of Facilities and Services for long term care, Quality Management Representative, Chair of the Board
Main Activities and Responsibilities:
- Implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) in the newly established organization and successfully obtaining ISO certification, building an model of excellence
- Managing professional activities and human resources
- Coordinating the organization’s participation in the National Quality Award 2014, (winner in category C3)
- Initiating and coordinating the implementation of proprietary accredited caregiving courses
- Initiating and coordinating the “Senior Boxes” project
- Initiating and coordinating the “Malina Portal” project – a National Navigator of Accessible Services in Cases of Disability (aiming to prevent helpless situations and worsening conditions due to delayed necessary services)
- Developing the concept of “Slnečný dom – TOP Nursing Care” with membership in the Slovak Franchise Association (SFA)
Employer: Ošetrovateľské centrum, s.r.o., Lipová 32, 066 01 Humenné; ZSS Slnečný dom, n.o., Starinská 6189/164, 066 01 Humenné
Type of Work: Own Business
From: 2006 – 2010
Position: Chair of a Civic Association Focused on Improving the Quality of Life for the Severely Disabled and Chronically Ill (still ongoing)
Main Activities and Responsibilities:
- Coordinating volunteers within the Regional Operational Program (ROP)
- Head of Professional Activities and Human Resources
- Coordinating projects for implementing elements of basal stimulation and individualized nursing care
- Establishing and operating a Specialized Facility in Humenné
- Project management of the “Social Services Facility Slnečný dom” , funded by the Non-repayable financial contribution from 2010 – present, including comprehensive preparation for the construction and operation of the new facility
- Coordinating and delivering lectures in a series of caregiving courses in collaboration with the staffing agency VAV Prešov
Employer: Ošetrovateľské centrum, Civic Association, Lipová 32, 066 83 Humenné
Type of Work: Own Business
From: 2005 – 2010
Position: Company Director and Professional Representative of the First Nursing Home in Slovakia – an Inpatient Healthcare Facility with a Capacity of 30 Beds (still ongoing)
Main Activities and Responsibilities:
- Actively assisting in the development and review of legislation concerning nursing homes, creating nursing documentation, internal procedures, and organizing and managing nursing care within the facility
- Coordinating and managing nursing care within the Home Nursing Agency (ADOS)
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- Successfully implementing a project from 2005 – 2010 linking nursing and educational care for severely disabled children in specialized kindergarten classes in Humenné, and since 2008 in Michalovce (first time in Slovakia)
- Establishing and implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) in 2009 in accordance with ISO standards, resulting in the certification of Ošetrovateľské centrum s.r.o.
Employer: Ošetrovateľské centrum, s.r.o., Lipová 32, 066 83 Humenné
Type of Work: Own Company
From: 2000 – 2005
Position: ADOS Zdravie, Provider and Manager of Home Nursing Care
Main Activities and Responsibilities: Providing caregiving services
Employer: Own Agency, ADOS
Type of Work: Freelance
From: 1995-2007
Position: Teacher of Specialized Subjects
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Slovenia; |
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| Topics | Access to care; Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Care Homes; Care innovations; Community-based LTC; End-of-life care and LTC; Ethics and care; Quality of care; Risk in Long-Term Care; |
| Methods | Causal inference in Long-Term Care; Data science and LTC research; Document analysis; Guidelines development; Knowledge-exchange; Political decisions analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Integrated Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Technology and Long-Term Care; Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care; |
| Website | http://www.osetrovatelskecentrumhe.sk |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuzana-fabianov%C3%A1-b1015391/ | |
| Research interests | Long-term care in residential facilities, improving the quality of care in LTC, nursing care, digitalisation of nursing care, social care policy, workforce retention, and quality standards in elderly care. |
| Key publications | PUBLICATIONS Various articles on long-term care (LTC), nursing care, and social care legislation in the Slovak Republic, published in Šanca, the professional journal of the Association of Social Services in the Slovak Republic (APSS v SR) Creation and Revision of Standard Procedures (authorship or co-authorship) in Nursing (published at https://www.standardnepostupy.sk/standardy-osetrovatelstvo/)
Long-term Care (published at https://www.standardnepostupy.sk/standardy-dlhodoba-starostlivost/)
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