Job Summary
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.
The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P) is seeking a competent and dedicated Lady Health Promoter, based in Sargodha HPM, under the Punjab Community Health Program.
Summary of the Role
The Lady Health Promoter provides primary health care services to individuals, families, and communities, with particular emphasis on maternal and child health, through preventive, promotive, and basic curative care to improve health outcomes and facilitate access to essential health services.
Role and Responsibilities
- Provides primary health care, health education, counselling, and preventive services to individuals, families, and communities, with emphasis on maternal, newborn, child, adolescent, and reproductive health.
- Conducts community mobilization, home visits, health promotion, screening, growth monitoring, and health awareness activities to identify health and nutritional concerns at an early stage.
- Identifies high-risk individuals and danger signs and facilitates timely referral, follow-up, and access to appropriate health services in accordance with approved AKHS guidelines.
- Coordinates with CHWs, FHO, volunteers, community leaders, Local Health Committees, vaccinators, and healthcare providers to address community health needs and strengthen access to services.
- Maintains accurate family records, registers, referral documentation, and service statistics and submits required monthly and quarterly reports within specified timelines.
- Supports AKHS P health campaigns, screening activities, outreach services, awareness sessions, training, and other community health programmes.
- Maintains confidentiality and professional conduct and complies with AKHS P policies, Code of Conduct, safeguarding, quality, infection prevention and control, and occupational health and safety requirements.
- Reports significant community health concerns, disease outbreaks, safeguarding concerns, emergencies, and service gaps through the appropriate reporting mechanism.
Required Skills
Skills and Qualification:
- LHV, Midwife Diploma, or RN qualification from a recognized nursing/midwifery institution.
- Valid registration with PNC.
- 1 year of relevant experience is preferred; however, fresh candidates with valid PNC registration may also apply.
- Basic knowledge of primary healthcare, maternal and child health, immunization, nutrition, screening, and referral.
- Good communication, interpersonal, community mobilization, and health education skills.
- Strong teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, confidentiality, and professional conduct.
- Polite, respectful, cooperative, and committed to providing quality healthcare services.
Additional Information
- AKHS P is committed to stringent safeguarding principles and enforces a zero-tolerance stance towards behaviors inconsistent with institutional safeguarding principles. Successful candidates will be required to align with these standards and undergo a comprehensive background verification process including employment reference checks, safeguarding reference checks, credential verification, and employment history review.
- AKHS P is concerned about the climate and environmental crises we face and is doing everything possible to reduce our own impact, encouraging others to do the same, and advancing understanding in this field. AKHS P has set itself the task of getting as close to net-zero carbon operations as possible by 2030. We expect all staff to contribute to achieving these aims in the context of their roles”.
- Canvassing of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.
- Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Pakistan.
- Please note that AKHS P does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
- Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P) is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The Institution reserves the right, in accordance with operational requirements, to shortlist candidates based on the qualifications, experience, competencies, and suitability relevant to the position. AKHS, P may, where operationally required, amend the number of positions, modify the eligibility criteria stated in the vacancy announcement, alter or cancel the recruitment process, in whole or in part, at any stage of the recruitment process, without re-advertisement. Due to the high volume of applications, individual feedback will not be provided.