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.

Introduction

AKU- Department of Surgery is seeking a Senior Instructor/ Lecturer & Consultant General Surgeon to develop a highly skilled and competent team in the delivery of quality General Surgery services to patients and their families, develop and implement work plans for services and growth in both quality and quantity in areas of specialization through professional leadership as well as teach and carry out research in defined areas of professional interest and knowledge.

Responsibilities

The Successful applicant will be committed to advancing best practice in their discipline, meet the quality and patient safety standards of an internationally accredited university hospital, Successful applicants besides providing tertiary care clinical services will develop their academic career in teaching and research. In education the focus will remain on undergraduate and post graduate medical education. The incumbent will be involved in:

• Assisting residents in their rotation and implementing and monitoring educational programmes while ensuring programme outcomes are attained
• Assisting in the setting of examinations and ensuring formative assessments of the residents/interns are duly filled
• Promoting and facilitating residents’ research, participating in scholarly activities including educational and clinical research and facilitating the publication of residents’ research work.
• Providing pre-determined clinical service, both in and out-patient.
• Establishing clinical services aligned to areas of interest and specialization and attending to emergency cases as and when required
• Preparing a schedule of regular clinical teaching activity.

Requirements

• Applicants must have a completion certificate of specialty training in General Surgery with a qualification of Masters of Medicine
• S/he must be registered or eligible for registration with Kenya Medical Practitioners’ & Dentists Council as a specialist.
• Should have a minimum academic position of Senior Instructor
• Should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should have held leadership roles in medical education and clinical fields
• Fellowship will be an added advantage