Full-Time Faculty, Histo-Cytopathologist

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 UK 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, a premier teaching and tertiary care referral hospital, invites applications from qualified individuals for the position of Full-Time Faculty, Histo-Cytopathologist.

Responsibilities
This will be a full-time faculty appointment. The incumbent will also be required to participate in out of hour’s rotas (weekday and weekend). The pathologist reports to the Chair, Department of Pathology. The incumbent will primarily be responsible for the delivery of the Histo-cytopathology service requirements including hospital autopsies to Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi and may also be required to assist with the establishment of Cytopathology service in other AKHS affiliated hospitals in Kenya and the Eastern Africa region. As a faculty member of the Department of Pathology, he/she will participate in teaching, research and supervision of postgraduate residents and undertake any other academic and administrative duties as delegated by the Chair of Pathology.

Requirements
Applicants must possess an MBChB and MMed Path, or equivalent postgraduate qualification (e.g. MD, MRC Path) in pathology with five years relevant experience in service, teaching and research especially in cytopathology. He/she must also be registered as a specialist with the Kenya Medical Practitioner’s and Dentists Board (KMPDB). Specific experience in Onco-cytopathology will be an added advantage.

To Apply
Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of two referees, telephone contact, email address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent by September 12, 2008 to:

Manager, Recruitment
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
P.O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi
Email: hr.recruitment@aku.edu

Applications by email are preferred.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.