Background: Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P) runs one of the largest not-for-profit private healthcare systems in the country, with a focus on the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh. Its core focus includes initiatives for hard-to-reach populations through services like outreach clinics, training of community midwives to provide low-cost health services in remote areas, screening for non-communicable diseases, and digital health solutions.

Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan, is looking for a competent Lady Health Vistor for Upper Ghizer (Herkush BHC).

Key Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive maternal and child health care, including antenatal, postnatal, immunization, and family planning services.
• Promotes health education, infection control, and growth monitoring to improve community well-being.
• Supports community awareness activities to strengthen preventive health practices.
• Ensures accurate documentation and proper coordination with health teams.
• Registers all families of the target population
• Registers all pregnant mothers and examine them regularly during antenatal and postnatal periods as per policy
• Identifies high-risk mothers and children and manages proper & timely referral
• Carries out growth monitoring of children under 5 years as per unit policy and manages malnutrition according to its degree
• Ensures immediate breastfeeding practices and starts supplementary feeding/weaning diets at six months of age
• Ensures implementation of IMNCI and BEmONC/reproductive health care standards
• Maintains cold chain and improve coverage of EPI and TT vaccination
• Organizes, implement, and supervise health promotion activities with Family Health Workers to raise awareness of preventive measures, hygiene, and nutrition
• Maintains internal control and MIS systems and ensure timely submission of reports
• Ensures implementation of infection control and nursing quality assurance strategies in the unit
• Maintains hygienic environment of the health unit and ensure proper waste disposal
• Ensures implementation of health education and promotion activities in coordination with the field team
• Works as part of a multidisciplinary team that may include GPs
• Provides emotional support for postnatal depression, bereavement, disability, family conflict, and domestic violence
• Supports and trains new health visitors and provides support to staff
• Conducts health education sessions based on world health days and related to morbidity, communicable, and non-communicable diseases
• Maintains nursing documentation according to protocol
• Follows infection control protocols
• Provides antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal care
• Provides family planning services and counseling
• Arranges and conducts NCD and other outreach screenings in the community.
• Implements AKHS,P policy, vision, mission, values, and ISO 9001:2015 standards
• Follows AKHS,P policies and ISO 9001:2015 standards to maintain quality care.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: LHV Diploma or RM from any recognized nursing institution, valid with Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) license.
• Minimum 1 years of experience in a reputable institution,
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written with clients and staff
• Ability to work under pressure
• Always demonstrate polite and courteous behavior
• Demonstrate positive and receptive attitudes to those in authority and to customers
• Relevant skills and knowledge on growth assessment and nutrition
• Provide personalized care

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 LHV, accompanied with her Line Manager is expected to identify and understand which aspects of her work have the most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.

Interested candidates meeting the criteria can apply latest by January 23, 2026