Chair, Department of Radiology - Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya Career Opportunity

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, 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 in Karachi, Pakistan, 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 1100-acres 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 Post-graduate 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. The AKUH, N is focusing on high quality of care, research and postgraduate medical education in all major clinical specialties including Family Medicine, 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.

In August 2007, the Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the Faculty of Health Sciences in East Africa (AKU FHS, EA), which aims to provide an international standard of education for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. It will comprise a Medical College, a School of Nursing and allied health programs, and will offer degrees at Bachelors, Masters and PhD levels.
 

The AKU-FHS will be a major part of an expansion of the AKU in Eastern Africa. The New Health Sciences campus is intended to provide broad-based undergraduate medical education (UGME) for the Eastern Region of Africa, based in Nairobi where postgraduate medical education (PGME) has been evolving since 2004 at the AKUH, N.

In keeping with the Aga Khan University’s overall vision in Africa to provide quality healthcare and education in the region, the AKU-FHS will focus on producing effective leaders in health care through professional health education, engaging in best practices and developing self sustaining models of health care delivery.

In addition, the AKU-FHS will promote relevant high impact research, particularly in the areas of health services and epidemiology that will have an impact on influencing health policy in the region

The University invites applications from appropriately qualified individuals for the following Nairobi-based position:

Chair, Department of Radiology
Ref:
 CDR/AKU/KB

The Chair, Department of Radiology will have the overall responsibility for the conduct of the academic and service mandate of the department, consistent with the mission and policies of AKU and AKUH, N. S/he will undertake significant academic and clinical practice at the Hospital and is also expected to have regional responsibility.

The incumbent will report to the Dean, Medical Education for academic and clinical affairs, and to the Chief Executive Officer, for clinical (service related) matters. Whilst providing exemplary leadership, s/he will work with Departmental Heads and play a significant role in strengthening the new Faculty of Health and Sciences.

With the expansion of the Hospital, as well as AKU’s expansion into new geographies, s/he will have a key role in ensuring an integrated health system at AKU. This is an exciting time to be joining the organization as it continues to grow and flourish under strong leadership.

Key responsibilities

  • Directorship of the department activities including clinical service, education and research;
  • Development of an academic faculty for the department;
  • Leadership of the regional postgraduate medical education Radiology programme;
  • Introduction of research programs.
Requirements
  • Holder of an Internationally recognized postgraduate qualification;
  • Appropriate clinical, teaching and research experience to be able to develop a university department;
  • A strong record of academic leadership and scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals are required.
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.