Medical Registrar: Internal Medicine

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 or equivalent. Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as an Independent Medical Practitioner. Current Registration with the HPCSA as an Independent Medical Practitioner. FCP Part I and/or relevant Diploma will be added as an advantage. Relevant experience after registration with the HPCSA as an Independent Medical Practitioner will be an additional advantage.

Offer comprehensive medical care to Internal Medicine Patients-General/Subspecialties/Outpatients and Inpatients. Deal with referrals and transfers from level 1, 2 and 3 facilities from the Hospital drainage Area. Daily ward rounds in the medical wards, level 1 (problems) and daily inpatient and outpatient care.

See consultations from other departments. Writing meticulous discharge summaries for all patients. Run medical outpatient and sub-specialty clinics.

Up-referral of properly worked-up, appropriate patients to sub-specialties. Down-referral of all stable patients to level 1 clinics. Formal training of junior medical officers, registrars, medical students and allied health workers.

Mentorship of Staff (Junior Medical Officers, Registrars, Nurses) in the Medical Wards and Clinics and from facilities that refer to DGM Hospital. Outreaches Level 2 and 3 Hospitals. Any other duties as assigned by the Head of Department.

Prof ND Madala. Tel no: 012 521 3276