Medical Officer: Neurosurgery

Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to [email protected].

NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview).

It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates.

If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test.

The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post.

WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

MBChB degree or an equivalent primary medical qualification recognized by the HPCSA. Internship and Community Service: Completion of a 2-year medical internship and 1 year of compulsory community service. Registration: Active registration with the HPCSA for Independent Practice as a Medical Practitioner (current year: 2026/2027).

Grade 1: 0 years of experience after independent registration with the HPCSA. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years of appropriate experience after HPCSA registration. Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years of appropriate experience after HPCSA registration.

Having passed FC Neurosurgery Primaries is an added advantage.

Medical Officer will inter alia be responsible for rendering service, patient care and management, multidisciplinary collaboration, teaching and supervision, audits and quality improvement and surgical & procedural, Emergency & on-call service. Willingness to participate in compulsory commuted overtime and after-hours call systems in high-pressure multidisciplinary hospital environments.

Prof PL Lekgwara (012 521 4259 / 4353)