Medical Specialist Grade 1 to 3 (ANAESTHETICS) (10 Sessions

Overview

Medical Specialist in Anaesthetics sought for Mowbray Maternity Hospital, Western Cape, to provide comprehensive anaesthesia and critical care services.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
• Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
• Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
• Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
• Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
• Inherent requirement of the job: A valid driver’s licence.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Appropriate experience in obstetric anaesthesia.
• Ability to work in a team and with all levels of staff.
• Interest in training junior anaesthetists and students in a career in anaesthesia.
• Computer literacy.

Duties

• To deliver comprehensive anaesthesia and critical care services to patients in theatre and the wards at Mowbray maternity Hospital.
• Pre-operative, intraoperative and post-operative anaesthetic management of surgical patients.
• Perform clinical teaching and training of interns, students and nursing colleagues.
• Rotating through the hospitals affiliated with the University of Cape Town, namely Groote Schuur Hospital, New Somerset Hospital and Mowbray Maternity Hospital.
• Management duties such as statistics, presentations and research.
• Management of the epidural and pain service at Mowbray Maternity Hospital.

How to apply

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

Enquiries: Dr C Pfister Tel No: (021) 404-5001

Notes

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. 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 to register 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 to candidates 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