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A job opportunity

A job opportunity exists for the right candidate in Western Cape
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Medical Specialist: Grade 1 to 3 (Sub-Speciality) Paediatric Infectious Diseases (5/8th Post)
  Employment Type: Permanent
  Reference No: RXH51/2025
  Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
 
Competencies (knowledge/ skills):
Ability to comprehensively manage all child and adolescent paediatric infectious diseases cases including intensive management of tertiary level patients. Proven leadership abilities. Experience in supervision of staff. Experience in effective manage of allocated resources. Proven experience in teamwork. Proven knowledge/skills and experience in principles of service planning, organizing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Proven ability to adhere to all departmental requirements and protocols. Proven knowledge of public health and public health policies, guidelines and related prescript to manage resources effectively. Research experience as a primary investigator or research supervisor. Computer literacy.
 
Minimum educational qualification:
Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
 
Enquiries:
Dr M Salie, Tel 021 658 5430, Email: Moegamad.Salie@westerncape.gov.za
 
Experience:
Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Subspecialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Subspecialist after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Subspecialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees). Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Sub-specialist after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Subspecialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees).
 
Duties (Key result areas/outputs):
Provide comprehensive, high-quality child and adolescent paediatric infectious diseases and general paediatrics clinical services. Clinical leadership and relevant oversight of daily clinical operations of a multidisciplinary paediatric infectious diseases team and a general paediatrics team in a tertiary setting. Provide outreach and support to referrers and referring institutions, as required. Conduct ward rounds/ multidisciplinary clinical meetings. Manage and effectively/efficiently use allocated resources. Effective and efficient administration of clinical services. Adhere to requirements for all people management matters. Create a learning environment for students and junior colleagues both under- and postgraduate as required. Do appropriate clinical audits and research within the department to stay abreast of clinical developments.
 
Registration with a Professional Council:
Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
 
Inherent requirements of the job:
Willingness to travel within the District and Metro Region. Valid Driver’s Licence.
 
 
 
 
Remuneration:
Grade 1: R 971,043 per annum, Grade 2: R 1,108,263 per annum, Grade 3: R 1,210,503 per annum A portion of the package can be structured according to the individual's personal needs.
 
Starting Date:
7/25/2025 12:00:00 AM
 
NOTICE TO ALL
Candidates may be subjected to a competency test. No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. As directed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, applicants must note that further checks will be conducted once they are shortlisted and that their appointment is subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include security clearance, qualification verification, criminal records and previous employment.
  • It will be expected of shortlisted candidates to be:
  • available at the venue on the time and date as determined by the Department and
  • bring along recently (not older than 6 months) certified copies of your Identity Document (ID), driver’s license (if applicable for the post), qualification and/or proof of registration at relevant statutory body. Failure to adhere to the aforementioned may lead to his/her application being disqualified and not further considered.
Closing date: 8/8/2025 12:00:00 AM
 
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