Medical Specialist Grade 1 (Family Medicine) at KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health

REQUIREMENTS :

• Senior Certificate/Matric (Grade 12) An appropriate qualification in the health science: MBCHB plus current registration with HPCSA, as a Medical Specialist in Family medicine.
• Foreign candidates require (1) year relevant experience after registration as a Medical Specialist with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council of whom it is not required to perform Community Service Community Service experience is excluded Registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist.

Knowledge, Skills, Training And Competencies Required:

• Clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to that of a specialist family physician, Interpersonal skills: Clinical and administrative decision-making Leadership and good communication skills Computer literacy.

DUTIES :

• Manage medical inpatients and outpatients and staff clinic in the hospital.
• Develop, monitor and evaluate clinical services to ensure quality assurance and conduct clinical audits.
• Conduct Morbidity/ Mortality reviews and clinical audits.
• Manage Complaints and Patient Safety incidents in line with the National guidelines.
• Reduce waiting times in OPD.
• Manage information and ensure performance indicator targets are met.
• Provide clinical supervision to medical officers, medical interns and medical students Manage data/ information and work towards achieving HAST performance targets.
• Participate in the implementation of quality improvement programmes, including the Ideal Hospital Realisation and Maintenance (IHRM) framework.
• Ensure that infection control and health and safety standards are maintained at all times.
• Ensure proper management of COT/call roster, leave and attendance register of staff allocated to family medicine.
• Ensure proper management of resources such as laboratory services, blood services through laboratory and blood usage committee.
• To initiate, monitor and evaluate community health outreach to our feeder health facilities on continuous basis Engage in the academic programme for staff.
• N.B: Participation in commuted overtime is compulsory.
• Overtime will be performed in family medicine/Accident & Emergency/Anaesthetics department.