Salary: Grade 1: R671 per hour; Grade 2: R766 per hour; Grade 3: R887 per hour
Centre: Mowbray Maternity Hospital
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.
Enquiries
Dr C Pfister Tel No: (021) 404-5001
Applications
Applications are submitted online via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs
(click “online applications”)