Associate Professor - Paediatrics

Role Overview

This position is for two Associate Professor openings in the Department of Paediatrics at a leading tertiary-care academic hospital based in Gangtok, Sikkim. The role integrates academic teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students with clinical patient care, supervision, research guidance, and administrative duties. Reporting to the Professor / Head of Unit, the incumbent will play a vital role in developing safe, evidence-based paediatric knowledge and competencies among students and contribute to high-quality pediatric services including outpatient, inpatient, emergency, NICU, and PICU care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide competency-based teaching through lectures, tutorials, bedside teaching, and clinical discussions to MBBS students, interns, and postgraduate students.
• Develop and manage the rotational teaching schedule ensuring seamless faculty coordination for academic coverage.
• Plan and administer internal exams and assessments utilizing standardized blueprints and provide constructive feedback to learners.
• Oversee seminars, case presentations, journal clubs, clinical postings, procedural training, and academic mentorship within paediatric services.
• Deliver pediatric outpatient and inpatient care, supporting evidence-based diagnosis, treatment, discharge, and follow-up.
• Serve as first responder for paediatric emergencies on assigned days with prompt escalation of complex cases.
• Supervise or perform authorized procedures in NICU, PICU, wards, outpatient, and emergency settings.
• Report and document management decisions for complex, high-risk, and emergency cases to unit leads.
• Assume consultant duties during colleague absences to ensure ongoing teaching and patient care.
• Manage administrative tasks including duty rosters, work allocation, coordination, and staff supervision when delegated.
• Contribute to needs assessment, equipment specification, procurement, and responsible use of pediatric medical technology.
• Mentor learners and departmental research activities including protocol development, ethical compliance, analysis, writing, and dissemination.
• Promote patient satisfaction, safety metrics, infection control, audit, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain academic, clinical, research, and statutory documentation and fulfill other duties as assigned by the Head of Department.

Eligibility and Qualifications

The candidate must possess an MBBS degree along with an NMC-recognized MD or DNB qualification in Paediatrics or an equivalent credential accepted under current regulations. Valid registration with the NMC or State Medical Council is mandatory. Candidates must fulfill the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations including research publication, biomedical research, and medical education training standards, verified at appointment.

Experience Requirements

Candidates should have over 4 years of experience as an Assistant Professor in Paediatrics at an NMC-recognized teaching hospital; or 5+ years where prescribed by the specific NMC route. This includes formal exposure to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, learner assessment, clinical supervision, and active involvement in paediatric patient care in NICU, PICU, outpatient, inpatient, and emergency environments within teaching hospitals.

Technical Expertise

• Clinical paediatric assessment, decision-making, documentation, referral, discharge planning, and escalation across OPD, wards, NICU, PICU, and emergencies.
• Competency-based medical education methods including lesson planning, teaching schedules, internal assessments, question formulation, learner evaluation, feedback, and record keeping.
• Clinical supervision and oversight of authorized paediatric and neonatal procedures within institutional protocols.
• Research methodology proficiency encompassing ethics, literature appraisal, protocol development, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and compliance with NMC publication regulations.
• Quality improvement practices focusing on patient safety, infection prevention, audits, duty roster management, equipment procurement, and multidisciplinary coordination.

Behavioral Skills

• Effective academic communication, structured learner feedback, mentorship, and collaborative work with students, faculty, nursing, and allied health teams.
• Compassionate communication with patients and families, ethical decision-making, cultural sensitivity, confidentiality, and calm leadership during emergencies.
• Accountability, reliability, adaptability, prioritization skills, conflict resolution ability, and commitment to ongoing professional growth.

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates demonstrating a robust teaching portfolio, completion of NMC-recognized faculty development courses, documented research publications, engagement in academic or clinical quality-improvement projects, experience mentoring postgraduate research, and additional expertise in neonatology, paediatric intensive care, medical education, or clinical research will be favored. These are in addition to, not replacements for, mandatory NMC eligibility.

Compensation and Benefits

A competitive salary and benefits package aligned with qualifications, experience, and responsibilities will be offered. Salary details are confidential and not specified within this document.

Application Process

Applicants should submit an updated CV referencing this role, along with MBBS and postgraduate qualification certificates, medical registration documentation, relevant teaching experience certificates, evidence of research publications, and applicable faculty development certificates. Shortlisting requires verification of credentials, experience, research output, registration validity, and NMC eligibility.