Medical Specialist Grade 1 to 3 (Urology) (Sessional) at Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness

REQUIREMENTS :

Minimum educational qualification:

• Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Urology. Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in Urology.

Experience: 

• Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Urology. 
• Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology. 
• Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
• Inherent requirement of the job: A Valid Driver’s licence
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Ability to successfully run an extremely busy Urology service on a district level. Tertiary knowledge and skills in the field of emergency Urology as well as district level elective Urology. Strong ethical principles and relevant clinical and counselling skills. Computer literacy. Leadership-, interpersonal- and organisational skills. Appropriate experience in trauma and emergency Urology surgery as the primary surgeon and treating specialist. 

DUTIES :

• Provision of clinical service delivery at specialist level across the full spectrum of general Urologic Surgery. The specialist primary responsibility would be trauma and emergency Urology at district level. Provision of clinical service delivery at specialist level of elective Urology Surgery (district level). Supervision of clinical and operative activities of Urology surgeons- in- training. Active participation in the postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes of the Division of Urology. Effective management and administration of a wide range of “Portfolios” and develop, conduct and supervise research projects. Training and Teaching of medical officers and Urology registrars and relevant burden of disease Research and Audits.