The Aga Khan University is a private, autonomous university that promotes human welfare through research, teaching and community service initiatives. Based on the principles of quality, access, impact and relevance, the University has campuses and programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Its facilities include teaching hospitals, Faculties of Health Sciences with Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Medical Colleges, Institutes for Educational Development, an Examination Board and an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. The Graduate School of Media and Communications, the East African Institute, the Institute for Human Development and the Kiswahili Centre have been launched recently while several Graduate Professional Schools and Faculties of Arts and Sciences are to be set up in Pakistan and East Africa. Through its needs-blind admissions policy, the University imbues the most promising leaders and thinkers of tomorrow with an ethic of service and the skills to help communities solve their most pressing challenges. The Aga Khan University is one of nine agencies in the Aga Khan Development Network.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a growing and dynamic department committed to advancing best practice in their discipline, expanding services that meet quality and patient service needs within an internationally accredited university hospital with outstanding diagnostic services. The successful candidate will develop their academic career in teaching and research. In education there is a focus on resident training and fellowship programmes training and planned introduction of undergraduate training.

Requirements

• S/he must have Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(M.B.Ch.B) or equivalent
• S/he must be registered or eligible for registration with Kenya Medical Practitioners’ & Dentists Board
• S/he should have at least four (4) years’ experience in cardiology; three of which may be during a recognized fellowship and one of which should be a post fellowship
• S/he should have completed their fellowship in Cardiology or equivalent
• S/he should demonstrate competency and dexterity with all equipment utilized in the hospital environment
• S/he should demonstrate honesty, integrity, compassion and respect for diversity and applies ethical principles appropriately
• S/he should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• S/he should conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a responsible team player