Senior Therapist (Behavioral Therapy), Paediatrics and Child Health
Entity: Aga Khan University Hospital
Department: Paediatrics and Child Health
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Introduction:
The Aga Khan University Hospital 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.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopting 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:
We are seeking a potential Senior Behavioral Therapist to join AKUH. Based at the stadium road campus, this is a full-time position with key responsibilities as follows:
- Prepare individual therapy plans for patients.
- Comply with department policies and organizational quality standards.
- Perform developmental, psychological and therapy assessments.
- Develop individualized educational plans for paediatric patients.
- Conduct assessment related to IQ, Cognitive Behaviour Planning and Emotional & Behaviour problems.
- Conduct teaching sessions for parents and junior staff.
- Propose and execute quality initiatives.
Requirements:
You should have:
- At least 4 years' Bachelor’s in psychology / 2 years' Master’s (MS or MPhil) in psychology / Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.
- At least 2-3 years of experience of working with children with developmental disabilities, independently in a healthcare organization.
- Experience in performing psychometric assessments.
- Strong knowledge of counselling and health care techniques.
- Expertise of assessment and therapies of patients to monitor and record patients progress.
- Component in planning and delivering care to a patient with a variety of complex needs.
- Ability to effectively work in teams as well as independently and contribute to ongoing rehabilitation team building.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly ability to effectively communicate and manage. relationships with peers, rehabilitation team members.
Note: Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.