Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Medicine

Entity

Aga Khan University Hospital

Location

Pakistan, Karachi

Introduction

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.

The Department of Medicine is recognised for the scope and quality of the clinical services it provides, its research activities and excellent scholarly productivity and by the size and success of its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for teaching and training medical students, residents and fellows. It has nine specialities in which faculty with diverse experience is serving the patients, educating students, tranining residents and conducting high quality research.

Responsibilities

You will be expected to act as an expert clinical staff responsible to provide guidance, assist the health care team in maintaining optimum processes of nursing care. You will report to the Nurse Manager and collaborate with nursing staff and clinicians in providing educational opportunities for the healthcare providers, participate in collaboration with NES and Department of Medicine in teaching and staff development activities including orientation and training programmes and specialty-based courses.

You will be responsible to:

• conduct clinical reviews of all patients with staff and acts as a resource person to develop strategies for staff management, learning and develop competency for better patient care outcomes

• carry out teaching activities related to clinical care, staff development, and providing assistance in patient care management on a daily-basis and staff performance evaluations

• assure competency development and evaluation of the nursing staff performance

• monitor nursing staff’s skills to identify gaps in theory and its integration in practice

• ensure timely updating of credentials, participate in establishing standards of care with unit staff and monitor delivery of care according to set standards

• monitor and facilitate clinical outcomes of patients, develop and monitor clinical indicators

• review clinical care processes of assigned areas and clinical care guidelines.

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 clinical experience

• 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, Hemodialysis etc.

• strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• willingness to work in shift duties.