Jobs at Aga Khan Hospital University

Responsibilities

The Social Scientist will take responsibility for teaching qualitative research methods and providing qualitative methods support to research projects conducted by Faculty in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), and in qualitative FHS residents’ and students’ dissertation projects. S/he will also write and lead research grant proposals and their implementation in social science aspects of health. The individual will be expected to work towards developing an academic career in applied aspects of social sciences in health research. As an academic member of the Department of Population Health, the incumbent will:

• Teach qualitative methods courses to residents and students in FHS
• Provide qualitative research methodology advisory services for students’ and residents’ dissertations projects and specific FHS research projects.
• Develop and/or continuously update and take responsibility for qualitative component of Research Methods course for residents and students in the FHS.
• Contribute core expertise in social- cultural, behavioral and organizational strategies for research projects within the department.
• Lead specific research projects or components and contribute to qualitative data analysis, interpretation, publication, presentation.
• Develop and maintain qualitative data quality assessment protocols and continuously monitor and advise research projects on data quality issues.
• Provide support in interpreting qualitative analyses to colleagues and researchers in the department.

 Requirements

• Research experience as a lead researcher and/or key member of a research team
• Teaching undergraduates or graduate students at the university level or mentorship of interns/students in a research environment.
• Published author or contributing author to peer-reviewed publications
• A PhD in Sociology/Social Sciences, Anthropology/Medical Anthropology, Public Health or any closely related field.
• Demonstrated progress towards completion of a PhD in these fields (within 1 year of the date of appointment) will be considered.
• BA and/or MA in any of the above or closely related fields.
• Demonstrated social science/qualitative research experience, preferably in the health sciences.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency with one or more qualitative analyses software (including NVivo, Atlas or QDA).
• Experience in teaching and/or supporting qualitative methods teaching/mentoring of leaners.

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Responsibilities

The Epidemiologist will take responsibility for teaching research and epidemiological methods and providing methodological support to research projects conducted by Faculty in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), and FHS residents’ and students’ dissertation projects. S/he will also write/lead and/or contribute to strengthening research grant proposals by developing, maintaining, and implementing rigorous methodological frameworks and resources for research. The individual will be expected to work towards developing an academic career in applied aspects of epidemiology in health research. As an academic member of the Department of Population Health, the incumbent will:

• Teach research/epidemiological methods courses to residents and students in FHS.
• Provide epidemiological/methodology advisory services for students’ and residents’ dissertations projects and specific FHS research projects.
• Develop and/or continuously update and take responsibility for the epidemiological/methods components of Research Methods course
• Lead specific research projects or components and contribute to epidemiological data analysis, interpretation, publication, presentation.
• Develop and maintain research methodological quality assessment protocols and continuously monitor and advise research projects on data quality issues.
• Provide support in interpreting epidemiological and statistical analyses to colleagues and researchers in the department.
• Schedule the timely preparation of project reports of epidemiological analyses for study teams and for scientific publications.

 Requirements

• Research experience as a lead researcher and/or key member of a research team
• Teaching undergraduates or graduate students at the university level or mentorship of interns/students in a research environment.
• Published author or contributing author to peer-reviewed publications
• A PhD in Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Research Methods or any closely related field.
• Demonstrated progress towards completion of a PhD in these fields (within 1 year of the date of appointment) will be considered.
• BA and/or MA in any of the above or closely related fields.
• Training and/or experience in geospatial epidemiology/statistics will be a distinct advantage
• Demonstrated application of epidemiological methods in research, preferably in the health sciences.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency with one or more statistical analyses software (e.g. Stata, R, SPSS or SAS).
• Experience in teaching and/or supporting quantitative methods teaching/mentoring of leaners.

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Responsibilities:

• Receive and analyse all specimens in the Laboratory
• Maintain appropriate internal controls on all processes in the Laboratory to ensure validity of reports.
• Monitor and manage routine and planned preventive maintenance of equipment in the Laboratory.
• Perform tests with maximum efficiency utilizing reagents appropriately by following laid down standard operating procedures to achieve expected turn-around time.
• Communicate urgent/critical/abnormal test results to appropriate clinicians with recommended period of time and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Observe/comply with Health & Safety requirements in the laboratory by maintaining high standards of hygiene and general cleanliness in the work area.
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives

 Requirements:

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology from a recognized institute
• Registered with the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician & Technologist Board
• 3 years working experience.
• Current practicing license
• Computer literate
• Well versed in the required discipline
• Team player
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills