Anaesthetist

Anaesthetist

Department: Anaesthesia

Entity: Aga Khan Hospital, Hyderabad

Location: Hyderabad, Pakistan

Introduction:

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 300+ Clinical Laboratories, 50+ Pharmacies in more than 120 cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicine. 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.

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:

• perform preoperative anaesthesia assessment of patients
• provide perioperative anaesthesia care to patients undergoing surgery
• deliver of anaesthesia care in one or more areas
• participate in maintaining quality of care
• coordinate with other departments in delivery efficient patient care
• perform night on-call sessions
• follow hospital’s quality and patient safety policies in the provision of patient care
• carry out orientation of staff and conduct teaching sessions as a measure for capacity building of existing team
• take part in department quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

You should have:

• an MBBS degree with a valid PM&DC license and completed house job
• completed structured postgraduate training program and possess FCPS
• at least 5-6 years experience in Anaesthesiology
• excellent interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills and ability to handle work pressure
• ability to understand issues from patient’s perspective
• command over counselling patients and their families and to adapt content, style, tone and medium of communication to suit the target audience's language, cultural background and level of understanding.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.