Charge Technologist, Radiology

Charge Technologist, Radiology

Department: Radiology

• Entity: Aga Khan University
• Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous, and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programs and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

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.

Job Roles / Responsibilities:

Responsible for smooth functioning of nuclear medicine facility. Perform and supervise Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT procedures, maintaining highest standards of quality. Provide staffing and work assignments at the start of the shift, assessed and modified during the shift as workloads fluctuate. Serve as a resource person to resolve issues that might occur with nursing, radiology technologists, patients, hospital clinics or floors, and physicians. Ensure safe practices in the modality and promote efficient utilization of resources as well as safe operation of the equipment.  Participate in quality related activities and conduct audits in the respective section.

The incumbent will be responsible to:

• Carry out nuclear medicine and PET/CT procedures as and when require
• Ensure that section is manned during its operational hours and during emergencies
• Ensure proper working of all the nuclear medicine equipment and report breakdown immediately
• Ensure procedures are performed as per best practice
• Follow quality principle and safety requirements with compliance to radiation monitoring.
• Ensure teams are prepared for and participate in the departmental inspection and audits
• Prepare duty roster, manage leaves and day to day staff related issues.
• Provide proper orientation of all staff joining the section.
• Participate in ongoing as and when arranged
• Teach, train and develop trainee radiographer and junior radiographers
• Evaluate staff on the basis of their performances
• Keep abreast with the applicable institutional and departmental policies and protocols and ensure the same for staff in the section
• Participate in the development and review of departmental policies and protocols

Requirements:

The Applicant Should Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Certificate of training for handling isotopes / Nuclear Medicine.
• Certificate of training to operate PET/CT system safely. (preferable)
• 8-10 years multidisciplinary nuclear medicine facility work experience preferred.
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Excellent problem solving, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
• Strong working knowledge of nuclear medicine, PET/CT scan procedures and equipment operation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Urdu and English

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.