Vacancies at Aga Khan University Hospital

Job Summary

• The Department of Surgery is seeking an ENT Surgeon to coordinate and monitor high quality educational programme; contribute to scholarship; and provide exemplary clinical service in line with the departmental practice plan for the delivery of quality services to patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Generate audits from clinical practice to align with expected clinical outcomes. 
• Provides pre-determined clinical service; outpatient and inpatient.
• Establish clinical services aligned to areas of interest and specialization and attending to emergency cases as and when required. 
• Prepare a schedule of regular clinical teaching activity

Requirements

• Applicants must have a Master of Medicine in Surgery.
• Applicants must have completed their Fellowship program in ENT.
• S/he must be registered or eligible for registration with Kenya Medical Practitioners’ & Dentists Council as a sub-specialist. 
• Should have a minimum of 4 years’ clinical experience at a reputable institution.
• Should have a minimum academic position of Senior Instructor.
• Should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in leadership roles in medical education and clinical fields.

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Responsibilities:

• Gather, check and open supplies & equipment needed for the surgical procedure
• Set up the sterile back table and mayo stand with instruments supplies and medications / solutions needed for the procedure
• Perform initial surgical count with the circulating nurse
• Assist the scrubbed team members with gowning and gloving
• Assist with draping the patient to establish a sterile field
• Secure sterile cords, tubing’s and other accessories
• Participate in the surgical site and patient verification during the time out procedure
• Prepare and anticipate additional instrumentation and supplies for usage during the procedure
• Anticipate the needs of the surgeon and pass instruments and supplies to the surgeon during the procedure
• Measure and pass medications, haemostatic agents and irrigation solutions utilized during the procedure
• Hold retractors or instruments as directed by the surgeon
• Coordinate the camera or endoscopic instruments as directed by the surgeon
• Perform additional surgical counts (cavity closure, skin closure) or as necessary
• Prepares sterile dressing(s) and or immobilization device(s)
• Prepare and pass off specimen(s) as appropriate
• Participate in debriefing Process quality improvement practices to ensure quality patient care
• Hand over after verification the instruments to the CSSD technician for sterilization

Requirements:

• Surgical technician course from a recognized institution
• Proficiency in computer Literacy
• Experience in theatre -Preferred