Nurse Instructor, Department of Medicine

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.

Responsibilities

• ensure delivery of high quality and safe comprehensive nursing care to patients
  


• mentor and supervise novice nurses assigned to your unit
  


• ensure smooth induction of unit based orientation and transition to new environment
  


• oversee safe transition of patient from admission to discharge, which involves identification of patient needs to delivery of required care and education to patients and their families
  


• ensure that staff working on floor possess required credentials
  


• work on staff development that includes conducting need assessment
  


• develop plan of training; conducting formal and informal sessions and re-evaluating its effectiveness in units
  


• initiate and be part of quality improvement process that includes assess current processes, involved in delivering of quality patient care; identify areas of improvement; develop tools to improve the quality of patient care, initiate change as needed and re-evaluate.


• assist in the planning, development and instruction of nursing courses for an educational or medical program.
  


• complete professional development activities.
  


• collaborate with colleagues to revise and evaluate course content and teaching issues may also be included.
  


• maintain the sustainability of Audit results
  


• involve in patient physician rounds, facilitate staff according to them and quality project and research work
  


• enhance critical care knowledge in bed side staff
  


• emphasis to reduce infection rate as well as focus on hand hygiene and infection control practice and all QPS Audits.
  


• observe and guide staff’ learning activities with client
  


• collaborate with the unit manager and staff so that the presence of students and their activities are supportive of the unit’s goals and needs.

Requirements

• a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BScN) from an accredited school
  


• valid license from Pakistan Nursing Council
  


• AHA Certification BLS/ACLS Provider and Instructor Post-basic course(s) in at least one clinical specialty (preferred)
  


• minimum 3 years of critical care areas, clinical experience
  


• in-depth knowledge of nursing policies and processes
  


• good interpersonal skills and communication skills
  


• ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
  


• able to work on weekend and in evening shifts.

To Apply

You should send their detailed CVs to human.resou[email protected] and mention the position title in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by September 27, 2023