Senior Medical Officer, Provost Office COE

Senior Medical Officer

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous, and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programs and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

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

Job Roles / Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• Identification of the patient for the ongoing study and enrolled patient for the Research study;
• to follow up the research study patient and update schedule of visit;
• collect and maintain records of identified cases;
• 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;
• ensure participation of community in Research project to increase case reporting;
• training of junior staff working in the health centre;
• monitoring the data collection processes in the field;
• evaluating and validating the data collected;
• development of data collection forms;
• preparation and submission of study reports;
• present the study results as per the requirement.

Requirements:

You must have:

• MBBS with relevant experience in paediatrics;
• at least 3-4 years of related 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;
• willingness to work at peri-urban research settings;
• 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.