Staff Medical Officer - Anaesthesiology

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.

The Anaesthesia Department at Aga Khan University Hospital is dedicated to delivering comprehensive perioperative care, operating room services for surgical procedures, intensive care for critically ill surgical patients in our surgical intensive care unit, and expert pain management for acute and chronic conditions. Our department comprises skilled anesthesiologists, qualified nurses, and highly trained surgical and anesthesia technicians. We are firmly dedicated to providing compassionate, ethical, accessible, and top-tier healthcare to all patients in need of surgical, anesthesia, intensive care, and pain management services.

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.

You will be responsible to:

• →perform preoperative anaesthesia assessment of patients
• →provide perioperative anaesthesia care to patients undergoing surgery
• →provide anaesthesia care to patients undergoing procedures outside the operating room (Radiology, Radiotherapy and endoscopy suites, etc)
• →perform related procedures under the supervision of a consultant
• →follow the hospital’s quality and patient safety policies in the provision of patient care
• →take part in department quality improvement initiatives.

You should have:

• MBBS degree from HEC recognized university, however, an additional diploma or MCPS in a relevant field will be preferred
• at least seven years post MBBS experience in related areas
• ability to maintain continuous open and consistent communication with faculty, staff, patients, and their families.
• strong decision-making sense by weighing several factors and developing solutions that address the root cause of the problem and prevent recurrence.
• ability to act quickly to address a crisis situation drawing on appropriate resources
• command over counselling patients and their families.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.