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Medical Specialist Grade 1-3 (Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery)
Senior/National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery plus MMed (Surg) or FCS (SA).
Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Microsurgical skills.
Proof of current registration with the HPCSA from 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Medical Specialist Grade 1 no experience after registration with HPCSA,
Medical Specialist Grade 2 - A minimum of 05 years’ experience after registration with HPCSA and Medical Specialist
Grade 3 - A minimum of 10 years’ experience after registration with HPCSA in a normal Speciality.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate teaching experience and research success, preferably including publications. Experience in teaching and learning, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. This is a joint appointment between the University of Pretoria (Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) and Steve Biko Academic Hospital.
Duties :
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery case load management including surgical clinics, wards and theatre. The incumbent must be willing to render services at SBAH, Kalafong and Tembisa Hospitals. This appointment is at a joint Gauteng Department of Health and Social Services and University of Pretoria medical establishment and thus the incumbent will have teaching and training duties involving undergraduate and postgraduate students and trainees in all the University of Pretoria Training platform hospitals. Furthermore, all academic appointees are expected to engage in active research. A research degree will be a definite advantage.
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