Head Clinical Unit Trauma and Burns at KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health

REQUIREMENTS :

• MBChB Degree or equivalent qualifications. Registration certificate with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Surgery and Current registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist or in a recognised sub-specialty. Plus 5 years’ post-registration experience as a specialist in Trauma and Burns.
• Additional Qualifications & Experience: Applicants must be in possession of an appropriate higher surgical qualification (FCS(SA) and/or MMed Surgery), completion of Cert Trauma (SA) or equivalent, and currently registered with HPCSA for independent practice in the Trauma surgery discipline. As per HPCSA rules: DSTC instructor and ATLS instructor status required. Calls will include cover of Burns and Trauma Unit. Completion of ATLS required. eFAST course, MIMMS and, or ACLS/PALS. Burns experience. Teaching and research experience and evidence of publication.

DUTIES :

• Report to the Head Clinical Department Trauma and burns. Provide leadership of the clinical trauma and burns services (incl. Trauma ICU, Burns and Trauma Resuscitation),inter-disciplinary in-house coordination of the management of the patients:, supervision of the fellows, specialists and surgical trainees / medical officers rotating through the trauma and burns:, ensuring the highest standards of clinical, fiscal, professional, and ethical behaviour: assist with clinical governance and in teaching of undergraduate medical students, postgraduate surgical trainees:, conduct, assist, and stimulate research within the ethical guidelines of the Health Care Act: promote education in trauma prevention and community awareness and Physical presence on arrival of scene calls and unstable cases expected.