Clinical Nurse Specialist- Emergency Services

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

The Aga Khan University Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 secondary care hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 290+ Clinical Laboratories, 30+ Pharmacies in over 120+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The Hospital provides Zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous Patient Welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

You will be responsible to:

• You will be reporting to Nurse Manager Emergency Medicine and will be responsible to involve with Nurse Instructors for identifying staff learning needs, develop and implement appropriate teaching interventions to enhance the knowledge and skills needed to meet the care needs of all categories of patients

• Responsible for supervising nurse instructor in conducting competency based orientation for newly hired or transferred staff and development and execution of speciality based courses. This includes conducting needs analyses of unit nurse instructors, preparing formal and informal teaching and evaluating the effectiveness of the learning of individuals and groups.

• You will be responsible for comprehensive patient care, serving as a role model for other level of staff. Serves as a leader and change agent to achieve quality and cost effective patient care outcome.

Requirements:

You should have:

• a BScN degree from an accredited school, preferably having a MScN or Master’s degree in relevant discipline and a valid license from Pakistan Nursing Council
• at least six years of relevant experience including 2-3 years at clinical teaching at a tertiary care hospital
• excellent exposure in teaching and learning, developing educational plans, conducting independent courses as well as implementing of in-service sessions
• certification in specialty-based competencies, including BLS, ACLS, ECG interpretation, ventilation management, NRP etc.

• strong interpersonal and leadership skills