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Trainee Coder, Health Information Management Services (HIMS)

Entity

Aga Khan University Hospital

Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

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.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.


Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:
  • code Inpatient and Day care discharges as per international coding classification and AKUH coding guidelines
  • give presentation on coding topics/ chapters  to have consistency in coding amongst coders
  • daily print histopathology report from software
  • attend at least 10 educational coding webinars
  • any other related task as assigned by supervisor.

 

Requirements

You should have/be:

  • bachelors in science with Physiology as a major subject with sixteen years of education
  • good verbal and written communication skills
  • working knowledge of computer programs/ skills
  • good analytical skills.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

To Apply

​Please send your detailed CV to human.resources@aku.edu. Please mark subject with the position number "10027742" applied.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Applications should be submitted latest by June 18, 2025