Aga Khan University

Assistant Head Nurse (Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit), Service Line - Children's Hospital Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital Location: Karachi, Pakistan Introduction: The Children’s Hospital Service Line is committed to providing state-of-the-art clinical services to children. It imparts high quality undergraduate and postgraduate training as well. It consists of a group of dedicated full-time and part-time faculty members. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a paediatric ward with two units comprising of paediatric neurology, a neonatal unit with facility of admitting neonates along with ventilator support at a time, a dedicated paediatric ICU and post cardiac ICU and round the clock critical care looked after by fully trained paediatric medical and nursing staff. Responsibilities: You will be responsible to: assist supervisor in day-to-day management of the Inpatient area and provide required clinical as well as administrative support teach and mentor new staff of the area and ensure that quality care is delivered to the patients meet consultants frequently to discuss patient care related issues and improvements required coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance quality of patient care assess patient care and acuity trends, plan and manage unit, make staffing arrangements and ensure availability of required supplies, equipment and other resources propose initiatives to review concepts of Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice (QINP) and implement the required changes in the current procedures and practice. Requirements You should have: a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BScN) from any accredited school along with a valid license from Pakistan Nursing Council at least three years of related nursing experience preferably in Paediatric critical care certification in Paediatric Advance Cardiac Life Support (PALS), Safe Medication Administration, Aseptic Techniques, I/V Cannulation, Tools training and other facilitation courses excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills willingness to work in shift duties including morning, evening and night. To Apply: You should send your detailed CVs by email to recruitment@aku.edu and mark the position applied for in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications should be submitted latest by August 28, 2016

As a private, non-denominational university, AKU is committed to quality education and promoting human welfare through teaching, research and community service initiatives.

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