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 Medical Specialist in a neurosurgery.Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist. Current registration with HPCSA for 2025/2026.
For Grade1:0- 5 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
For Grade 2. 5-10 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
Grade 3: 10 years and above as Medical Specialist.
Competence/Knowledge/Skills:
Good leadership skills, excellent communication (verbal and written), ability to resolve conflict and good interpersonal skills.
The successful candidate must be adaptable, disciplined, and self-confident.
The candidate must be able to work independently and under pressure, they must be aware the need may arise to work beyond normal working hours and work with a diverse team.
Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team is a must.
Duties :
Provision of a comprehensive clinical service for patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital; provision of undergraduate and postgraduate medical student teaching.; provision of supervision and training of registrars, medical officers, interns and nurses.
An ability to initiate and conduct research will be an advantage. Appointed candidate will be expected to strengthen the regional and district health systems by providing outreach programmes; to participate in all divisional, departmental and faculty meetings in order to facilitate effective teaching and research as well as to enhance continuing professional development; to maintain quality assurance standards and other departmental policies.
Attend meetings and training as approved by HOU. Comply with the Performance Management and Development system (contracting, quarterly reviews and final assessment).