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  • Posted: Jul 23, 2026
    Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
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  • 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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    Medical Officer: Psychiatry Grade 1 – 3 (12 Months Fixed Contract in Mental Health) - 4 positions

    • Package : R 1 041 402.00. Per annum (All Package Inclusive)

    Requirements :

    • MBChB. Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Practitioner. Registration with the HPCSA as an independent medical practitioner. Rotation in a Psychiatry unit a Medical Officer for 6 months and Diploma in mental health will serve as an added advantages.

    Duties :

    • Patient Care: Offer comprehensive medical care to Psychiatry patients. Deal with referrals and transfers from level 1, 2 and 3 facilities from the Hospital drainage Area. Daily ward rounds in the Psychiatry wards, level 1 (problems) and daily inpatient and outpatient care. See consultations from other departments.
    • Writing meticulous discharge summaries for all patients. Run Psychiatry patient and sub-specialty clinics. Up-referral of properly worked-up, appropriate patients to sub-specialties.
    • Down-referral of all stable patients to level 1 clinics B. Teaching: Formal training of Junior Medical Officers, Psychiatry Students and allied health workers. Mentorship of Staff (Junior Medical Officers, Nurses) in the Psychiatric Wards and Clinics and from facilities that refer to DGM Hospital 3. Outreaches Level 2 and 3 Hospitals.

    Closing Date : 06-08-2026

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    Interested and qualified? Go to Gauteng Department of Health on jobs.gauteng.gov.za to apply

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