Instructor (Pulmonology), Department of Medicine

Instructor (Pulmonology), Department of Medicine

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research and health care of international standard relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has well-equipped investigative services and provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) for practicing the highest internationally-recognized healthcare standards.

The Department of Medicine at The Aga Khan University Hospital, comprises of independent sections of Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, and Pulmonary & Critical Care. The Department has over 70+ full-time Faculty with a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate education and research. Residency Programmes are offered in Internal Medicine, Neurology, Adult Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary Medicine, Nephrology and Dermatology, as well as Fellowship Programmes in Clinical Neurophysiology & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Interventional Cardiology and Infectious Diseases.

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 Instructor in Section of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine.

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be responsible to:

• provide accessible, compassionate, ethical, evidence based and patient centered care to all patients getting into the emergency department with pulmonary /respiratory symptoms.
• achieve this the instructor is supposed to stay in ER or in close contact with ER team while on duty and will be responsible for the decision taking under supervision of on-call pulmonology faculty,
• Instructor will also be responsible to actively identify the delays in the management of acute pulmonary emergencies and provide timely critical feedback and way forward to team.
• Instructor will share in house on call duty/rota of Medicine Instructors in PZP/ICU when required
• supervision of residents/ medical officers and help them in patients care and performing procedures
• act as a liaison person between and faculty when required
• help the Year 4 pulmonology coordinator for teaching and smooth rotation of under-graduates rotating in Pulmonology
• conduct simulation sessions in CIME as per year 4 undergraduate curriculum
• help in conducting end of rotation exam of undergraduate students
• conduct teaching sessions for Pulmonology residents at least 1/week
• participate in CME activities of Section
• participate in the clinical research related to pulmonary diseases with faculty
• participate in the sectional, departmental, and organizational research activates
• facilitate PGME trainees in research.

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

You should have:

• MBBS
• FCPS 1/IMM/MRCP/American Boards in any Medicine Specialty
• 1 year house job
• completed structured Medicine/ Pulmonology Residency Program from a reputable institution.
• in addition, candidate should have demonstrated scholarship either through research and publications in peer reviewed indexed journals or by virtue of substantial contributions to education.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.