Instructor (Locum) Paediatrics, Aga Khan Hospital, Karimabad

10 hours ago


Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Aga Khan University Full time

The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) 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 Off-Campus 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 Paediatrics and Child Health is committed to providing state-of-the-art clinical services to children. It imparts high quality undergraduate and postgraduate training and subspecialty trainings and research opportunities. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a paediatric ward with two units comprising of 84 beds, a state of art Neonatal Intensive care unit with latest equipment and protocols in place and a capacity of 24 high acuity beds with one is to one staffing along with 10 bedded level 2 care monitored cots. The Neonatal section offers a 2 year Neonatal fellowship training and is one the oldest and established fellowship program with 6 fellows. In addition to care for sick babies, the section also provides services along with paediatric consultants to the well baby in the post-natal wards.

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.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:

  • dispense drugs in the inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory pharmacies
  • review and process physician orders for accurate therapeutic doses
  • monitor laboratory reports for proper indication of antibiotics, drug to drug interactions, duplication of same class etc
  • ensure timely delivery of medication to nursing units and patients
  • ensure accuracy of the labels before dispensing
  • complete expiry of drug list accurately and on timely-basis
  • assist in patient counseling for outpatient prescription and maintenance of cash
  • prepare cytotoxic drug, TPN solution, IVPB mixtures, sterile injection, bulk compounding and monitor chemo critical list.
Requirements

You should have:

  • a Doctorate / Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university
  • current registration with pharmacy council Pakistan
  • at least one year experience in a reputable organization
  • familiarity with hospital pharmacy functioning and processes
  • sound knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and pharmaceutical concepts
  • knowledge of locally available drugs, pharmaceutical drugs and their indications
  • excellent communication skills, particularly with medical professionals and patients
  • willingness to work in shift duties
  • comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
To Apply

Please send your detailed CV to human.resources@aku.edu and mention position number "10022825" in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by January 10, 2025

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