Medical Specialist: Grade 1 to 3 (Medicine: Neurology) at Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness

Experience:

• Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in Neurology. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist in Neurology after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Neurology. Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist in Neurology after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Specialist in Neurology.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

• Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Neurology.

Duties

• Assess and manage neurology patients, and supervise registrars, in general- and various sub-specialisty neurology outpatient clinics. Assist in the management and smooth running of these clinics. Assess, appropriately investigate and manage inpatients (e.g. supervise registrars, lead neurology ward rounds and manage in-hospital neurology referrals. Clinically assess, investigate and manage patients attending neurophysiology clinics. Provide supervision and training to neurology registrars at these clinics. Read and report EEGs, and teach neurology registrars these skills. Manage neurology referrals from secondary referral hospitals during office hours. Teach career neurology registrars and medical students the principles and practice of clinical neurology, and participate in student examinations.