Medical Officer, Paediatrics & Child Health - MC

Medical Officer, Paediatrics & Child Health - MC

Department: Paediatrics and Child Health

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Pakistan

Introduction

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

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 is a grant-funded contractual position.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• identification of the patient for the ongoing study and also enrolled patient for the Research study.
• yo 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.
• design and plan social mobilization strategies for community people to co-operate/collaborate with Researchprojects.
• 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
• weekly and Progress Report writing for each month.
• any other task assigned by the Supervisor

Requirements: 

You should have:

• MBBS degree from a recognized institution
• One Year house Job/internship having one year of work experience will be preferred.
• 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.
• Skills in data collection, management, analysis, and interpretation.