Medical Officer, Histopathology Section, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Medical Officer, Histopathology Section, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Entity: Medical College

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

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 standard relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has well-equipped investigative services and provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) for practicing the highest internationally recognized healthcare standards.

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The Aga Khan University is a dynamic academic centre which serves the diagnostic needs of the country through its clinical laboratory services that spreads across Pakistan. AKUH’s Clinical Laboratory is College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited and caters to the need of the entire country through its tertiary lab at the main campus and 300+ specimen collection units and 13 stat labs across Pakistan.

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine consists of five major sections namely Chemical Pathology, Haematology, Histopathology, Microbiology, and Molecular Pathology. Each section is academically driven and is highly engaged in research and undergraduate, postgraduate teaching and training.

Aga Khan University invites application for the position of Medical Officer, Histopathology a section of Clinical Laboratory in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

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 for:

• Primary responsibility is to perform gross examination of small and large Pathology specimen under supervision of Program director, Histopathology
• Strictly adheres to the safety regulations and quality control procedures.
• Communicate with staff and within the laboratory about patients’ procedures.

Requirements:

You must have:

• MBBS, additional diploma in relevant field will be preferred. 
• one-year house job / Internship OR
• PMDC Registration (Mandatory)
• strong interpersonal and communication skills
• an ability to work under pressure
• motivation and consistency.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.