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:
• Screening, eligibility confirmation and enrolment of potential participants after the initial complete evaluation of the pregnant women; in collaboration with obstetric care physician on duty
• correctly introduce the study to potential participants, administer the consent form and •correctly complete all CRFs to maintain all study related data
• be able to perform obstetric ultrasound for pregnant females in their third trimester to •assess viability. have working knowledge of ultrasound based
• composite measurement of gestational age using hadlock's algorithm
• complete assessment and re-assessment of study participants to identify their care needs and resolve their day-to-day health related issue
Requirement
You should have:
• MBBS degree with one to two years of experience
• ability to manage time and prioritize tasks effectively
• excellent team player
• good communication skill
• good computer and report writing skills