Nurse Educator, Department of Nursing Education Services (Project-based)

Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

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.

AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all 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.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• assess learning needs of the orientees/ trainees during courses and traineeship
• develop and conduct orientation programmes, training courses, basic skills training, in service education and sessions for the development of nursing staff
• plan, develop and organize programmes, courses, workshop to meet broad nursing needs and Institutional patient care objective
• evaluate the effectiveness of individual and groups learning
• ensure that educational programmes are congruent with the organizational goals
• demonstrate sound theoretical and practical knowledge related to adult teaching learning process.

Requirements:

You should have:

• a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing (BScN) from an accredited school
• at least two years of experience as Registered Nurse/equivalent, preferably with some clinical teaching experience
• valid license from Pakistan Nursing Council
• certified BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP (Provider/ Instructor)
• possess competencies to impart skills and knowledge to the audience
• in-depth knowledge of nursing policies and processes
• excellent decision making and problem-solving skills
• excellent interpersonal skills.

This is a project-based position initially for a period of 6 months.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.