Critical Care Consultant- Department of Medicine/ Critical Care at Aga Khan University (AKU)

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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.IntroductionReporting to the Medical Director – Critical Care, the Critical Care Consultant will perform clinical and educational functions within the critical care units of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Clinical duties will include assessment and management of patients in the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the adult High Dependency Unit (HDU). Academic responsibilities will include clinical teaching and supervision of Senior House Officers, Interns, Medical Students, Resident Doctors and Medical Registrars within the framework of Critical Care Medicine.ResponsibilitiesThe Critical Care Consultant will: Assess and manage patientsSupervise, coordinate and instruct critical care instructors, fellows and other junior staff in the critical care unitsSupervise and perform credentialed critical care procedures within the ICU & HDUCoordinate multidisciplinary rounding within the ICU & HDUConduct consultation outside the critical care unitsParticipate in the review and development of appropriate policies and procedures for patients’ health care to formulate best practice guidelinesParticipate in departmental research and academic activities, institutional quality improvement and patient safety activities Requirements Must have Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.Ch.B) or equivalentMaster of Medicine in Internal Medicine or Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine or successful completion of residency in Internal Medicine or Anesthesia or Emergency MedicineFellowship training in Critical Care and/or Neurocritical Care with successful completion of the sameRegistration by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists CouncilBasic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BLS & ACLS)Demonstrates competency and dexterity with all equipment utilized in the hospital environmentGood communication skills