Medical Officer, Paediatrics & Child Health

Medical Officer, Paediatrics & Child Health - MC - (260003LD)

Introduction

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

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:

• understand and adhere to the study protocol, SOPs, and study requirements
• perform medical history, clinical examination, and eligibility assessment of participants
• provide clinical care and daily monitoring of admitted participants, including day and night shifts
• conduct daily rounds with the study consultant and manage medications, investigations, and clinical orders
• identify, document, and report abnormal findings, adverse events, and safety concerns
• ensure timely and accurate completion of clinical and study-related documentation
• review, validate, and perform quality checks on clinical and study data
• develop and maintain study documents, including progress reports, SOPs, protocol amendments, and data collection forms
• train and supervise junior research staff and coordinate with relevant study teams
• perform other study-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

Requirement

You should have:

• MBBS degree along with One Year house Job/internship experience will be preferred
• experience in comprehensive patient history and perform clinical examination
• ensure clear communication with patients and the study team
• ability to establish harmonious working relations at the place of work
• Flexible in taking over additional/new responsibilities when required by project
• able to understand and follow instruction
• excellent communication skills.

Primary Location

Pakistan

Other Locations

Pakistan-Karachi

Organisation

Aga Khan University Pakistan

Employee Status

Contractual

Job Type

Standard

Job Posting

16/09/2026, 4:21:55 AM

Closing Date

22/09/2026, 6:59:00 PM