Pakistan Job Openings
Paediatrics and Child Health, Medical College
Senior Instructor (Genetics)
Karāchi
November 7, 2024
Introduction
Aga Khan University chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.
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 training and research opportunities. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a Paediatric ward with two units comprising 107 beds, a state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive care unit with the 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 babies in the post-natal wards.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopting appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between the 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:
- analyse and understand the genomics data and its clinical relevance for patient care and academic work in the field
- conduct Genetics Clinics as Genetic Counsellor and be directly involved in patient care
- participate in multi-disciplinary patient-centered meetings and lead academic activities
- educate and train students, trainees and junior faculty on the basics of genomics and advances in the field that interlinks with the mainstream medicine
- serve as an interface between the investigators, clinicians, patients and the research subjects
- carry a clinical, academic and educational role centered around Genomic Medicine
- conduct genetic counselling clinics in prenatal/perinatal, paediatric and adult genetics areas
- conduct various analysis of Genomic data collected from clinical practice and various research collaborations
- develop high-quality research proposals for funding agency, conduct research and contribute to publications and manuscripts
- build academic collaborations for disease-specific Genomics and Public Health Genomics research
- engage with medical students, trainees and faculty for educational sessions and workshops focusing on the basics and emerging trends in Genomics.
Requirements
You should have:
- Masters of Science degree in Genomic Medicine or equivalent along with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biological Sciences or equivalent
- at least two years of work experience in the relevant field
- expertise in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data interpretation, in-silico analysis and basic bioinformatics
- adequate exposure in direct patient interaction and understanding of the complexities of genetics in clinical settings
- excellent command in developing high-quality research proposals for funding agencies and to contribute in publications and manuscripts for dissemination to a wider audience
- an ability to effectively work independently as well as with diverse teams.
To Apply
You should send your detailed CV by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mention the position applied in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications should be submitted latest by November 16, 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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