Instructor - Paediatrics

Entity: Aga Khan Hospital, Karimabad

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University Hospital(AKUH) 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 Off-Campus 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.

The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health is committed to providing state-of-the-art clinical services to children. It imparts high quality undergraduate and postgraduate training and subspecialty trainings and research opportunities. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a paediatric ward with two units comprising of 84 beds, a state of art Neonatal Intensive care unit with latest equipment and protocols in place and a capacity of 24 high acuity beds with one is to one staffing along with 10 bedded level 2 care monitored cots. The Neonatal section offers a 2 year Neonatal fellowship training and is one the oldest and established fellowship program with 6 fellows. In addition to care for sick babies, the section also provides services along with Pediatric consultants to the Well baby in the post-natal wards.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Senior Instructor in the Department of Paediatrics – Off Campus Hospital Karimabad.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• provide supervision in the inpatient and outpatient services along with senior faculty members
• perform daily team rounds, formulate cure plan and expedite discharges on a daily basis in consultation with senior faculty members and fellows
• develop and practice a system that is quality-based and has an academic and service model embedded in it
• teach and train undergraduates and postgraduates according to the defined standards and curriculum
• formulate quality initiatives for the units and present them at various platforms under the guidance of faculty members
• contribute to patient complaint reviews and case review system / root cause analysis
• participate in the General Paediatrics and other departmental and organizational performance improvement activities.

Requirements:

You should have:

• an MBBS degree with a valid license from Pakistan Medical Commission
• completed structured postgraduate training in Paediatrics from a reputable institution
• FCPS or MRCP in Paediatrics
• excellent interpersonal, teaching and training skills
• excellent procedural skills and an ability to provide quality and safe patient care in a diverse setting
• ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently
• willingness to work in shift duties.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.