Medical Specialist Grade 1 to 3 (Sub-Speciality: Paediatric Infectious Diseases) at Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness

Experience:

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

Minimum Educational Qualification:

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

Duties

• This position is embedded in the General Paediatric service. To contribute to leadership and clinical governance in the General Paediatric service, including clinical care, teaching and learning and research. To render comprehensive clinical services in General Paediatrics, including emergency, ambulatory and outpatient care (based in the paediatric emergency ward), and provide ecosystem support to Paediatric EC’s and CHCs in Metro East. To provide undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching and curriculum development in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
• To produce research output in acute paediatric care and related infectious diseases. To provide leadership, clinical guidance and training in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, and other related infectious diseases priorities in General Paediatrics wards. To engage in after hours on call cover (overtime) in general and sub-specialist paediatrics.