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 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 carries out community-oriented research of public health importance. The Department consists of a group of dedicated full-time and part-time Faculties. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a Paediatric Ward with two units comprising of 84 beds, a dedicated 5-bed area for Paediatric Neurology, a Neonatal Section comprising of a state of art neonatal unit of 24 beds with provision of level 4 care. In addition a 10 bed level 2 care along with 2 postnatal nurseys for level1 care . We also have 08 beds in PICU and 04 beds CICU for providing services to children who need critical care management.

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.

Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Fellow Medical Officer (Infectious Diseases) in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.

The incumbents will be responsible to:

• provide clinical service in in-patient and out-patient settings with the senior faculty members
• perform daily team rounds, formulate management plans in consultation with senior faculty members
• practice a system that is quality based and has an academic and service model imbibed in it.
• participate in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates according to the defined standards and curriculum
• conduct clinical/basic research related to Paediatric infectious diseases
• participates in departmental and organizational performance improvement activities
• perform procedural skills based on competency levels
• provide consultations under supervision of seniors in different clinical areas of Paediatric including critical care and surgery departments.

Please send your detailed CV to human.resources@aku.edu and mark position number 10044433 in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.