Clinical Nurse (Part-time / Float Pool) at Aga Khan University

, , Pakistan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Nursing, Patient assessment, Medication administration, BLS, CPR, Safe medication administration, I/V canulation, ECG interpretation, Aseptic techniques, Patient education, Electronic monitoring, Clinical documentation, Multidisciplinary collaboration, Communication skills

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Clinical Nurse (Part-time / Float Pool) Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital Location: Karachi, Pakistan Introduction: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) 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. We are pleased to announce flexible work opportunities for nurses interested in joining Aga Khan University Hospital. These Registered Nurses will serve in multiple specialty areas, attending to patients with varied care needs. Benefits of working in float pool are: flexible shifts and competitive salary maintaining your clinical skills while ensuring work-life balance keeping active connection with clinical experience and service delivery opportunities to learn new techniques and technologies. AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all 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: demonstrate safe handling and proper use of equipment/supplies provide high quality personalized planned holistic nursing care to all assigned patients administer medication safely, apply knowledge of drug and dosages, and refer to the drug manual and/or pharmacy information as required monitor patients’ responses to medication and timely communicate reportable findings counsel and educate patients on health behaviors demonstrate efficiency in use of electronic monitoring equipment demonstrate competence in patient assessment and care plan accordingly, and effectively work with multidisciplinary teams perform any other task assigned by supervisor. Requirements: You should have: a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BScN) with a valid PNMC license at least three years of relevant nursing experience, including nursing traineeship certifications in BLS, CPR, Safe Medication Administration, I/V Canulation, ECG Interpretation and Aseptic Techniques availability for a minimum 32 hours or 4 shifts per month readiness to work at any clinical unit of the hospital as per staffing needs good interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills willingness to sign-off an initial contract of one year and work in all shift duties. Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

Responsibilities

The clinical nurse is responsible for providing high-quality, holistic nursing care and safely administering medications to assigned patients. They must also monitor patient responses, educate patients on health behaviors, and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.