Medical Officer Grade 1 to 3

Overview

Medical Officer positions (Grades 1-3) in clinical information technology at Provincial Health Data Centre, Cape Town.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Practitioner.
• Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner.
• Experience: Grade 1: No experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with the HPCSA in respect of SA qualified employees.
• One-year relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa.
• Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience as Medical Practitioner after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner in respect of SA qualified employees.
• A minimum of 6 years relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa.
• Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience as a Medical Practitioner after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner in respect of SA qualified employees.
• A minimum of 11 years relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa.
• Inherent requirement of the job: Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s Licence and willingness to travel.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Attention to detail, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency with cloud technology including Azure SQL, and interactive data visualization software such as Power BI.
• Knowledge and insight of legislation and policies, relevant to current medical practice within the Public Service, experience in working in a district level hospital and Primary Health Care (PHC) setting.
• Demonstrated experience working with teams in the development and support of applications, and in implementing production systems in a healthcare organization.
• Appropriate experience in health information systems and health data interoperability.
• Appropriate SQL programming experience.
• Appropriate experience working with large datasets (hundreds of millions of records) and in programming and/or software development.
• Statistical expertise and/or broader software programming experience.
• Experience working with stored procedures and views.
• Experience working with a scripting language e.g.
• Python, SQL, Java, Ruby, and/or R.
• Experience with technical communication and presentation of findings and ideas.

Duties

• The purpose of this role is to promote the understanding, integration, and innovation of clinical information technology to enhance both clinician and patient experiences.
• The role supports organizational goals and initiatives through data input, analysis, and retrieval to improve processes, while maintaining knowledge of clinical practice and strong relationships with clinical and domain experts.
• Develop digital patient management tools and reports that enable clinicians to deliver better care while improving clinical workflows and the patient experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams inclusive of data engineers, software developers, system administrators, and other stakeholders to enhance user functionality of patient management digital tools and ensure data quality and completeness.
• Improve processes by systematically analyzing complex problems and present innovative solutions to clinicians and strategic leaders in the organization.
• Participate in the design, testing, implementation, and ongoing support of clinical applications.
• Effectively deliver communications and updates to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Contributes to documentation, standard query libraries, and training materials to enhance organizational data literacy.

How to apply

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Enquiries: Prof A Boulle, email: Andrew.Boulle@westerncape.gov.za

Notes

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. A competency test may form part of the selection process. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements may also apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration with the relevant council and proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only applicable on health professionals who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for change in registration status)”. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department. Kindly note that excess personnel will receive preference. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. OTHER POSTS