Medical Officer

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Sujawal and Tarparkar

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Its teaching hospital, the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.

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.

This a grant funded contractual position.

Job Roles/Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• Identification of the patient for the ongoing study and also enrolled patient for the Research study;
• follow up the research study patient and update schedule of visit;
• collect and maintain records of identified cases;
• ensure participation of community in Research project to increase case reporting;
• participation in outreach camps and undertaking assigned responsibilities related to camp activities;
• design and plan social mobilization strategies for community people to co-operate/collaborate with Research projects;
• to provide appropriate guidance to children screen positive with disability or malnourished;
• training of CHWs & Centre staff, maintaining a working environment in the health centre;
• monitoring the data collection processes in the field;
• evaluating and Validating the data collected;
• development of data collection forms;
• provide training to field workers, research assistants and other Junior Research Medical Officers;
• submit weekly and monthly progress report;

• any other task assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements:

• MBBS;
• additional qualification at clinical side would be preferred;
• at least two years of experience;
• ability to work in a team;
• ability to establish harmonious working relations at the place of work;
• flexibility in taking over additional/new responsibilities when required by project;
• mature, reliable, and responsible;
• able to understand and follow instruction;
• ability to speak and understand job-related English and Urdu;

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.