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Aga Khan University Hospital

Trainee (Paediatric Physical Therapy), Paediatrics and Child Health

Karāchi

October 1, 2024

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 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 Pediatric consultants to the Well baby in the post-natal wards.

AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all 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

This is a one-year training programme which includes classroom sessions, practical examinations and regular rounds in Inpatient and Outpatient patient care areas. You will work under supervision of consultants and specific responsibilities include to:

prepare patients for therapy sessions
closely monitor patients' development during therapy
make progress notes on how the patients are responding pre and post-therapy, and assist them
fulfill other official responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisors.

Click here to learn more about the programme.

Requirements

You should have:

At least Bachelors degree in Physiotherapy or Doctor of in Physical Therapy (DPT).
Minimum of one year's work experience in Paediatrics.
Good knowledge of Physiotherapy methodologies and techniques.
Proficiency in particularly in English language along with solid communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to effectively work in teams as well as independently.

To Apply

Please Click Here to upload your CV and fillout application form. Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
Candidates fulfilling the mentioned criteria shall be shortlisted and contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by October 15, 2024

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