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Warm greetings. It is my pleasure to introduce the Nursing Division at SKMCH&RC. As the Director of Nursing, I proudly serve at this state-of-the-art cancer care institution. The organisation understands and values its nurses’ critical role in achieving positive patient outcomes and enhancing patient experience. Nursing leadership at both the campuses of SKMCH&RC is a unique and well-balanced team of experienced nurses committed to the organisational goals.
We are proud to mention that in 2022, the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust achieved Enterprise Accreditation by the Joint Commission International; this gold seal certifies our standards of excellent quality health care in terms of diagnostic, treatment, and nursing care services for our patients. The Nursing Division has contributed enthusiastically to the progress of our institutions under the umbrella of the SKMT.
Joining as a nurse at SKMCH&RC leads you to join an organisation committed to its staff. Whether you are a novice or an experienced nurse, the nursing division encourages life-long learning by providing opportunities for continuous professional growth and development and advancement in your career through in-service education programs and speciality nursing education from a post-registration diploma to a degree level.
Nurses are the future leaders of the healthcare system, so it is the right time to join an institution which allows you to achieve those roles. I welcome your interest in this ever-growing organisation and hope that you will choose to become a part of the dedicated and passionate team at the Nursing Division of SKMCH&RC.
The clinical nurses and nursing leadership are part of the shared governance at all levels of management at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
The Head of Nursing (Director of Nursing) is part of the quarterly Board of Governors meeting and presents strategic updates about the nursing division activities and key performance indicators. The Director of Nursing also participates in major decision-making fora i.e., Management Executive Board, Clinical Executive Board, Quality Council, and Professional Standards Board.
The Clinical Nurse Managers and Assistant Director Nursing are also involved in executive fora like the Hospital Operations and Coordination Committee, Quality Council, Institutional Review Board, and others.
Additionally, nurses are part of all major hospital committees like the Infection Control Committee, Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, Blood Utilization Committee, Safety Committee, Operating Room Committee, ICU Committee, Chemotherapy Committee, etc.
To meet the diverse and highly specialised needs of cancer patients, there are many specialised nursing services available for high-quality and safe patient care. The nurses in these services work with multidisciplinary teams.
Palliative Care Nursing
Bone Marrow Transplant Nursing
With specialised training and education, Bone Marrow Transplant Nurses care for patients during different phases of the bone marrow transplantation program. The BMT nurses are trained to cater to the specialised needs of adult and pediatric BMT patients.
Infection Control Nursing
The hospital infection control programme is run by the Infection Control Nurses guided by the Infectious Diseases physicians. SKMCH&RC has a comprehensive infection control programme that includes monitoring of infection control practices, data collection, analysis and presentation at executive fora, education, and training of health care workers, ensuring preparedness for disease outbreaks, and much more. Infection Control Nurses are at the forefront of all these activities.
Pain Management Nursing
With the introduction of modern pain management techniques like epidural analgesia, nurse-controlled analgesia, and patient-controlled analgesia, etc., Pain Management Nurses are an essential part of the acute pain management team.
Tissue Viability Nursing
The Tissue Viability Nurses are responsible for taking care of the specialised needs of patients with complicated pressure injuries, monitoring patients with tissue flaps, and highly specialised wound care e.g., VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) dressing, etc.
Breast Care Nursing
Breast cancer is the leading cancer in females in Pakistan. SKMCH&RC has specialised breast care nurses who provide the best possible care to breast cancer patients across the spectrum of treatment. Breast Care Nurses are based in inpatient and ambulatory services and are involved in pre and post-operative patient education, external breast prosthesis, a dedicated cell phone service for breast cancer patients, and a breast cancer support group.
Stoma Care Nursing
Ostomy care is an important branch of nursing for patients with different types of stomas, e.g., urostomy, colostomy, and ileostomy. The specialist Stoma Care Nurses of SKMCH&RC not only provide physical care to the patient but also take care of their mental well-being by providing education and involving them in a support group. The Stoma Care Nurses are involved in pre-and post-operative education of patients with a stoma, providing supplies related to stoma care and a stoma support group.
Our nurses volunteer in an outreach programme, striving to make a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of the communities, often focusing on preventive care, education and addressing specific health needs, e.g., Breast Care Nurses participate voluntarily in outreach programs such as Breast Cancer Awareness, etc.
The Nursing Division of SKMCH&RC firmly believes in the continued professional development of their employees, both in academic and clinical areas. Nursing Division offers various academic programs for nurses to advance and further strengthen their knowledge. These programmes are divided into diplomas and degree programmes. Details can be accessed at (link will be available soon)
Continuous Professional Development
In-service Education Program
There are several in-service education workshops designed to equip the staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide safe patient care. The following workshops are offered throughout the year to nurses, with a defined validity period. After the validity period, nurses attend the workshop again.
Online Continuous Professional Development Courses
The nursing division has identified certain online opportunities for nurses to enhance their professional development. These courses are sourced from the following sources.
Education Sessions by the Human Resource Department
The HR department offers various education and training sessions, which are also open to the nursing staff.
The following sessions are arranged periodically.
The Nursing Division’s Pakistan Cancer Nursing Forum is affiliated with the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) and was incepted on 20th October 2001. This forum provides a platform for nurses specialising in cancer care to share knowledge, best practices, research and updates in the field.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centres
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This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
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Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
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We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
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