Medical Specialist Grade 1 To 3 (General Surgery) (Sessional) (20 Hours Per Week)

Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as Medical
Specialist in General Surgery.
Registration with a professional council: Registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as
a Medical Specialist in General Surgery.
Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery.
Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional
Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery.
Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as a Medical Specialist after registration with HPCSA (or a recognised foreign
Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery.
Inherent requirements of the job: Valid driver's license and willingness to travel.
Competencies (knowledge/skills): Clinical experience with General Surgery, including endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery.
Ability to achieve and maintain good interpersonal relations with staff, patients, and their families.
Excellent clinical notes, referral writing skills and sound verbal and written communication skills as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.
The candidate must have sufficient clinical and academic skills to handle a large clinical workload.

Provision of clinical service delivery at specialist level across the full spectrum of General Surgery services but with a focus on the endoscopy service.
Duties in theatre may also be needed, performing surgical procedures.
Consultant ward rounds with senior decision making in respect of patient care, including
disposition decisions and oversight and input into OPD services.
Clinical Governance in respect of accurate medical record keeping, data / trend analysis, contribution to Morbidity & Mortality meetings and management of
complaints and use of existing digital platforms for referrals and patient related documentation.
Teaching, training, research activities, including supervision & teaching of junior doctors and participation in the academic program in thehospital.
Contribution to improvement of internal systems within the General Surgery service – both within the hospital and the Metro East ecosystem and
participation in the wider management of the medical services within the hospital, both clinical and administrative, where reasonable and feasible

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

Dr S Le Roux Tel No: (021) 918-199