Cardiac Surgeon Vacancy: Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is committed to excellence in education, research and service. The University strives for quality, international standards and relevance in all of its programmes and selects its faculty, staff and students on the basis of merit, irrespective of gender, race, religion or domicile.
AKU is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), which consists of institutions that collaborate for development in response to social, economic and cultural challenges in specific regions of the developing world.
The University’s Faculty of Health Sciences was planned with the support of Harvard University, McGill University and McMaster University. It presently includes a Medical College and a School of Nursing, which are located together with their principal teaching site, Aga Khan University Hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan.
In addition, in Karachi, the University has an Institute for Educational Development and a substantial Faculty of Arts and Sciences which is being developed on a new 1,100-acre campus.
As an international institution, the University has established academic programmes beyond Pakistan, through an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London and programmes in Advanced Nursing Studies and Postgraduate Medical Education in countries in East Africa. AKU is currently planning a major expansion of its existing work in East Africa, in the fields of medical, nursing and teacher education.
In July 2005, AKU integrated into its academic and service activities, a teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Established in 1958 and currently a 254-bed facility, the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi had been operating under the aegis of Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya. Renamed Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N), the new institution is AKU’s principal Health Science teaching facility in East Africa.
AKUH, N is focusing on high quality of care, research and postgraduate medical education in all major clinical specialties including medicine, surgery, radiology, pathology, anaesthesia, obstetrics-gynaecology and paediatrics.
AKUH, N is also continuing to play a vital role as a major teaching site for the Advanced Nursing Studies programme of AKU, which has provided continuing professional education for practicing nurses in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2001.
With this new development, AKU aims to strengthen existing partnerships with the ministries of health and other universities in the region offering health sciences education, with a view to share experiences, strengthen public sector delivery systems and collaborate on teaching and research.
AKUH, N is pleased to announce that its new Heart and Cancer Centre (HCC) is soon to be operational. The Centre will provide high quality care to patients afflicted with heart and cancer diseases in a high-tech and comfortable environment.
In addition, it will offer comprehensive Obstetrical Services on a dedicated floor. Facilities within the HCC include new operating theatres, modern critical care units and state of the art radiology and diagnostic services. A comprehensive continuum of cardiac services from diagnostic to catheterization to open-heart surgery and a comprehensive continuum of cancer services from surgery to radiation treatment will be available.
The new obstetric service will include contemporary amenities such as a water birthing unit. All programmes within the HCC will have regional reach and beyond and will be underpinned by the Aga Khan University’s health sciences’ teaching and research mandate and will provide clinical excellence and high quality.
We are inviting applications from appropriately qualified and competent individuals for the following Nairobi-based position:
Cardiac Surgeon
Ref: CS/AKU/KB
The Cardiac Surgeon will be involved in both clinical and academic activities of the cardiac program and be part of the faculty team. S/he will work closely with the key stake holders in the cardiac programme particularly the cardiologists, cardiac anaesthetists, nurses and the perfussionists.
Key responsibilities
Will set up the cardiothoracic unit with expected international standards on the basis of evidence based practice of medicine;
Will be Head of Section for the Cardiothoracic unit in the Department of Surgery;
Will work closely with cardiologists in the Department of Medicine at the Aga Khan University and others in other institutions in the region to improve the volumes and case mix;
Will be involved in the education activities of the Department of Surgery to improve the care of cardiothoracic patients;
Will be involved in the management of patients with thoracic diseases.
Requirements
Proven record in clinical cardio-thoracic surgery;
Competence in the performance of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG), open heart surgery in adults and children, peripheral vascular work and routine thoracic work is a requirement;
Evidence of experience in University teaching, academic research and publications will be an advantage;
The candidate should be licensed or eligible for license to practice in Kenya.
Application Procedure
Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to:
The Manager, Recruitment
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
P. O. Box 30270-00100
Nairobi
Email: hr.recruitment @ aku.edu
Closing date for applications is April 30, 2010.
Applications by email are preferred.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
