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.
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Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the HPCSA as a Dentist. Exper'ience in working in Service-Learning sites, with an emphasis on Community Dentistry.
Keen interest in becoming a registrar in Community Dentistry. This ls Fulltime Postgraduate Fixed Term Training Program. Experience in teaching undergraduate programmes will be an advantage.
Applicants must have worked in a public oral health clinical setting, which will reflect an interest in Community Dentistry. No transfer to other Dental Schools in SA during the 2 year contract period allowed
Duties :
During the contracted period, the incumbent will be expected to work side by side with registrars in Community Dentistry, rendering patient service under the guidance and supervision of the consultants to gain experience ln managing patients at the Oral Health Centre and Service-learning sites. The incumbent will be expected to also register for a postgraduate academic programme such as MDS in preparation for consideration for registrarship in Community Dentistry when the post becomes available.
This is a 2- year contract post, which is renewable annually based on performance. If there is poor performance in the first year, the contract will be terminated. The department is under NO obligation to make any appointment to Registrarship if the prerequisites are not met or a post is not available, Progression to Registrarship is not automatic.