Full Time Faculty - Cardiology, Department of Medicine at Aga Khan University Hospital

Responsibilities

• Establish clinical services aligned to areas of interest and specialization and attend to emergency cases as and when required. 
• Provide interventional cardiology liaison inpatient services in the hospital as required, manage patients in the outpatient clinics and provide on call services.
• Educate patients with informed consent, wellness prevention and early detection.
• Prepare a schedule of regular clinical teaching activity.
• Assist residents in their rotation, implementing and monitoring educational programmes while ensuring programme outcomes are attained.
• Assist in the setting of examinations while ensuring formative assessments of the residents/interns are duly filled.
• Promote and facilitate residents’ research, participate in scholarly activities including educational and clinical research.
• Participate in the review and development of appropriate policies and procedures for patients’ healthcare to formulate best practice guidelines.
• Participate in running an adult cardiology fellowship program.

Requirements

• Applicants must have a Masters in Medicine or its equivalent. 
• Applicants must have completed their Fellowship program in Interventional Cardiology.
• S/he must be registered or eligible for registration with Kenya Medical Practitioners’ & Dentists Board as a specialist.
• S/he should have 1 year experience working post cardiology fellowship
• Should have teaching and research experience with a minimum of 2 years’ clinical experience.
• Should have a minimum academic position as Senior Instructor.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team.