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Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist.
Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in a Trauma Surgery .
For Grade 1: 0- 5 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
Grade 2: 5-10 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
Grade 3 10- 15 years’ experience as Medicals Specialist.
Experience in teaching registrars for the preparation of the College Exams.
Exposure with the MMed supervision process.
Duties :
To perform Clinical, Teaching, and Research responsibilities as required by an academic surgical unit.
Clinical duties: Clinical history taking, examination, and assessment of patients.
Requesting and analysing special investigations.
Prescribing of medications and other therapies. Communicate effectively with colleagues.
Ensure proper keeping of records. Perform any other duties relevant to the clinical management of patients as required by the hospital you are rotating through.
Performance of diagnostics and therapeutic surgical procedures in the field of Trauma surgery.
Ability and willingness to perform 24 hours on calls per month on the premises.
The following would be an advantage:
Knowledge of legislation, policies, and procedures about healthcare users in the public sector. Supervising the management of and managing Priority 1 patients' resuscitations, guiding junior staff in resuscitation and Trauma and Emergency Unit.
Daily ICU and ward rounds. 24-hour calls on the premises to give guidance and help with emergency surgery.
Teaching ward rounds through the teaching hospital affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.