Medical Specialist Grade 1/2/3 Paediatrics (PMB Metropolitan Hospitals Complex) at KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health

REQUIREMENTS :

• Senior Certificate/National Senior Certificate. MBCHB Qualification, Plus FC Paeds (SA) OR equivalent. Registration certificate with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics or as a registrar in Paediatrics. Experience Required: 
• Grade 1: Appropriate Qualification in the relevant discipline that allows registration as a Medical Specialist with HPCSA in the Anaesthetic Department. Foreign candidates require 1 year relevant experience after registration with a recognized Foreign Health Professional Council, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service. 
• Grade 2: Appropriate Qualification in the relevant discipline that allows registration as a Medical Specialist with HPCSA in the Anaesthetic Department. 5 years’ experience after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Specialist in the Anaesthetic Department. Foreign candidates require 6 years relevant experience after registration with a recognized Foreign Health Professional Council, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service. Certificate of Service endorsed by HR Department must be attached. 
• Grade 3: Appropriate Qualification in the relevant discipline that allows registration as a Medical Specialist with HPCSA in the Anaesthetic Department.10 years’ experience after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Specialist in the Anaesthetic Department.
• Foreign candidates require 11 years relevant experience after registration with a recognized Foreign Health Professional Council, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service. Certificate of Service endorsed by HR Department must be attached. Outstanding clinical skills in field of Paediatrics preferably obtained in public service/environment. Ability and practical experience to provide training for under and postgraduates. Develop and review clinical protocols and guidelines for Paediatrics Quality Management (improvement, assurance, audits, etc). 

DUTIES :

• Will cover clinical skills, performance, training, research and supervision & support. Provision of Specialist Paediatric services. Participate in the Departmental outreach program to the catchment area. Clinical and administrative responsibility to Harry Gwala Regional Hospital Interns, Community Service Doctors, Medical Officers and Registrars Supervision and evaluation (EPMDS for Junior Staff).
• Post graduate Paediatric development and strengthening. Training programme for under – and postgraduates, lecturer, bed side teaching, etc. Clinical Quality: audits, morbidity and mortality reviews, clinical guidelines, protocols, quarterly reports.
• Responsible for some QIP and QAP’s and committee’s at Harry Gwala Regional Hospital and will be responsible for a Metropolitan portfolio as well. Play a leadership role in conducting ward rounds, problem ward rounds, ground ward rounds, multidisciplinary meetings and mortality meeting for teaching purposes.
• Ensuring unit meeting occur regularly. Patient satisfaction: satisfaction surveys, community consultation and active participation in development of services, waiting times, customization of services. Systems: appropriate level of care, referral pathways, seamless and integrative service delivery systems.
• Health Information and Research: ME disease profile, setting up of database for clinical conditions, sundries and consumables, conduct relevant research. Involved in Paediatric resuscitation courses and all initiatives in the care on neonates and children. Part of the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department and all activities relating to the Department including academic and training programs.
• To perform overtime duties in line with the Paediatric Metropolitan Departmental needs. Assist with the maintenance of standards of care and implementation of quality of quality improvement programmes within the Department. Assist with the administration of a component of the Paediatric Department.
• Participate in the departmental activities for the development and training of undergraduate, post graduate and vocational students, including joining the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) as a member of the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, and Department of Paediatrics & Child Health