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Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
Pakistan
Closing date
Jun 11, 2018

Job Details

Aga Khan University, a private, self-governing international university chartered in Pakistan in 1983, is a role model for academic, research and service programmes in health and higher education in the developing world. The University has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan. Our academic healthcare centre, Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi has been accredited by  the prestigious Joint Commission International and College of American Pathologists and include four secondary hospitals and many outreach facilities.

 

The Department of Psychiatry has a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate education, research, and clinical service. The Department offers comprehensive psychiatric and psychological evaluation, consultation and treatment services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Treatment modalities include pharmacotherapy, ECT, inpidual and family therapy and behavior management techniques. Subspecialties include Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. An occupational therapy programme is attached to the inpatient and day care services. Formal structured undergraduate teaching and postgraduate residency programmes are integrated into the academic functions of the department.

 

Responsibilities

You will provide dynamic leadership to the department and will have overall responsibility for the conduct of its academic, research, and service mandate consistent with the mission and policies of AKU and AKUH.

 

Requirements

You should have suitable post-graduate medical qualifications with extensive academic track record of publications and securing grants preferably from extramural sources, along with clinical, administrative and leadership experience in a teaching hospital. You should also have a vision on how to contribute to build a strong Neurosciences Center of Excellence.

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