Chief Advisor Prof Occupational Medicine Practitioner (Medical Doctor) at Eskom Communications

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical occupational medical services to the region.
• Develop implementation strategies for occupational health and wellness policies and procedures.
• Monitor health and wellness performance.
• Provide leadership for health and wellness service delivery.
• Manage finances.
• Manage the positioning of health and wellness in the region.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Leadership
• Live the Eskom vision and values
• Grow people
• Ignite passion
• Promote teamwork
• Encourage the right behaviour
• Coaching and consulting
• Engaging and managing key stakeholders in senior positions

Behavioural

• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Professionalism

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of relevant labour and health legislation, e.g. Occupational Health and Safety Act, No 85 of 1993.
• Understand the health care system and operational unit environment, province in which service is provided e.g. health care delivery models within the province
• Good understanding of clients, customers in the business unit, province
• Advance practical knowledge of primary health care
• Good understanding of Eskom policies and procedures, Eskom stated benefits, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
• Good understanding of Employment Equity Classification (People with disabilities) and social security claims Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA)
• Good understanding of Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
• Advance knowledge of Systems, Applications and Products Environmental Health and Safety (SAP EHS)
• Healthy lifestyle management including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) in the workplace
• Management of sickness, absenteeism and medically incapacitated employees
• Management of wellness service provider contracts, including eligibility requirements, performance, standards, budget, limitations, scope of service and strength and weakness of the service provider
• Change management
• Project management
• Good understanding of how medical aid scheme chronic disease management program’s function

Skills

• Communication, negotiation, presentation and facilitation
• Excellent written communication
• Management and execution of large-scale projects
• Computer literate
• Conflict management and resolution
• Problem solving
• Analytical
• People management
• Crisis management and debriefing
• Financial management
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Negotiation techniques

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

• Bachelor of Medicine (MB CHB) plus post-graduate qualification in Occupational Medicine at NQF8 with 480 credits.

Professional Registration Body

• Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

Related Minimum Experience:

• 7 years related experience in occupational health and primary health care and managerial experience.

Apply by: 22 January 2026