The Aga Khan University Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 secondary care hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 290+ Clinical Laboratories, 30+ Pharmacies in over 120+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The Hospital provides Zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous Patient Welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

You will be responsible to:

• ensure booking of hemodialysis patients for both outpatient and inpatient areas
• review and check physician orders/consent form for Hemodialysis before starting of procedure
• assess patient lab tests, access site, vital signs and alarming signs prior to starting dialysis
• assemble required equipment and prepare dialysis machine according to approved procedure before starting of hemodialysis and ensures that machine alarms are set and are functioning
• prepare vascular access site via central venous catheter or arteriovenous fistula before starting the procedure
• maintain asepsis while handling Hemodialysis tubing and attaching it to the patient as per approved standards
• monitor and recognize changes in patient condition before and during hemodialysis and providing nursing care to the patient as per standards
• ensure timely and comprehensive nursing documentation of patients following nursing process which meets quality nursing standards
• assess patients and family health education needs, plan and intervene accordingly and evaluate on timely-basis
• assess patient environment for safety, fall prevention, cleanliness, and proper functioning of equipment and report any unexpected event to unit management
• ensure proper cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance of Hemodialysis and reverse osmosis machines as per requirements of its standard operational procedure
• ensure assessment and care of vascular access (catheter) with tubing. 

Applications should be submitted latest by November 9, 2022