Senior Instructor/ Lecturer & Consultant Urology Surgeon - Surgery Department at Aga Khan University (AKU)

Introduction

• AKU- Department of Surgery is seeking a Senior Instructor/ Lecturer & Consultant Urology Surgeon to assist, coordinate and monitor educational programme of a high quality, contribute to scholarship and provide exemplary clinical service in line with the departmental practice plan.

Responsibilities

• The Successful applicant will be committed to advancing best practice in their discipline and 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 Master of Medicine in surgery or its equivalent, with sub-specialty training in Urology.
• 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 experience in leadership roles in medical education and clinical field.