About AKHS, Pakistan: The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is one of Pakistan’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organizations. AKHS, P delivers quality healthcare services through an extensive network of hospitals, medical centers, health centers, and community-based programs across the country, with a strong focus on innovation, excellence, and patient-centered care.

Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan, is looking for a competent General Surgeon based at Aga Khan Medical Center, Booni, Chitral.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assesses, diagnoses and manages surgical patients across outpatient, inpatient and emergency settings.
• Performs surgical procedures within the approved scope of practice, privileges and competency.
• Provides comprehensive peri-operative care, including pre-operative assessment, informed consent, post-operative follow-up and complication management.
• Adheres to hospital clinical guidelines, patient safety standards, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and risk management policies.
• Provides supervision, mentorship, teaching and professional support to junior doctors and trainees and engage in continuous Medical Education.
• Participates in emergency and on-call surgical services in accordance with departmental rotas.
• Collaborates effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including anaesthesia, critical care, nursing, radiology, laboratory and pharmacy services.
• Contributes to departmental planning, service development, quality improvement initiatives, hospital committees and outreach or strategic growth programs.
• Maintains accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical documentation in line with hospital and regulatory requirements.
• Participates in clinical governance activities, including morbidity and mortality meetings, audits, incident reporting, Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation/Focused Professional Practice Evaluation and re-credentialing.
• Performs any other tasks as assigned by the Line Manager.

Qualifications & Experience:

• MBBS, postgraduate qualification of FCPS / MS in General Surgery from a recognized institution. Valid registration with the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)
• Minimum 2 years’ relevant experience, preferably within healthcare systems or large service organizations
• Strong clinical and operative skills in general and emergency surgery.
• Excellent decision-making, diagnostic, and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and leadership skills.
• Commitment to ethical and patient-centered care.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Proficiency in documentation and clinical record-keeping.
• Results-driven, ethical and adaptable professional with a strong service and stakeholder focus.
• Strong integrity with the sensitivity to manage confidential information.
• Demonstrates superior organizational skills and the agility to multitask and assume changing strategic responsibilities in a dynamic environment.
• Possesses strong integrity, intellectual humility and demonstrable expertise in navigating ambiguity and constant change.
• Shows resilience, flexibility and perseverance, especially during challenging periods.
• Culturally sensitive, inclusive and respectful of diverse populations, reflecting the global values of the AKDN.
• A deep passion and commitment to AKDN’s purpose, values and ethical framework.
• Flexibility to work as required to meet AKHS mandates.

AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on the climate and the environment and has set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff are expected to take part in making this a reality. The General Surgeon, accompanied with his/her Line Manager is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have the most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.

Interested candidates meeting the criteria can apply latest by July 27, 2026