The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
An appropriate qualification that allows registration with the HPCSA in the Speech Therapy and Audiology. Registration with the HPCSA in the Speech Therapy and Audiology.
A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience after registration with the HPCSA in the Speech Therapy and Audiology of which 3 years must be appropriate experience in Management.
Skills: Effective communication skills, counselling skills, planning skills, organizing skills, people skills, critical thinking skills, and computer literacy. Knowledge: Understanding of PFMA, Knowledge of the departments constitutional mandate, statistical analysis skills. The following will be added advantage: Health care experience.
Duties :
Contributing to the rehabilitation services strategic development processes with specific focus on strengthening and development of the speech therapy and audiology.
Facilitate the integration of speech therapy and audiology services within priority programmes. Develop/ implement an operational plan for rehabilitation services inclusive of comprehensive and quality speech therapy and audiology programme. Improve independence of people with hearing and communication disabilities as per guideline/ policy.
Craft, facilitate and monitor the implementation of various audiology guidelines (e.g. hearing aid fitting protocol OAE, ABR, ASSR screening and diagnostic protocols), dysphagia, AAC and aural rehabilitation protocols, and SOP’s in line with the national and provincial health system. Study, interpret, apply, and give information on legislation and policies in the identified work fields.
Engage in continuous professional development and in service training. Liaise/ attend meetings with other stake holders.
Involved in research and development in the hospital. Perform all administrative functions: complete daily and monthly statistics. Compile reports and comprehensive record keeping.
Maintain physical and electronics records. Coordination and facilitation of activities of the quality assurance programme (including finance asset, and risk management). To engage in mentoring and audits. To apply the latest relevant acts and/ or legislature.
To plan the budget in line with estimated client requirements and ensure that production capacity, consumables and non-consumable goods, equipment, and staff are available to achieve agreed output and foreseeable additional demands.
To maintain and implement a human resource plan, including recruitment, selection, and appointment. To ensure effective staff utilization. To build effective teams, develop motivation and commitment, and maintain sound labour relations and morale to maximize involvement while minimizing conflict.
Improve quality, create continuous improvement of NCS and Ideal Hospital. To participate in and facilitate continuous professional development (CPD) as required by HPCSA.
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