Head Of Emergency Unit - Family Physician

Mediclinic Group; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Pietermaritzburg seeks a Family Physician to provide clinical leadership in their emergency centre. The candidate must have MB BCh/MB ChB qualifications, along with extensive emergency medicine experience and a MMed qualification. Responsibilities include leading service delivery, mentoring staff, and ensuring quality patient care. This role demands strong leadership skills and knowledge of healthcare regulations.

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience working in an emergency centre in the private sector.
• At least one year of supervisory or managerial experience.
• Suitable managerial and leadership involvement in the emergency medicine environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical service delivery in the emergency centre.
• Mentor the emergency centre practitioners.
• Participate in company strategies and projects.
• Drive quality improvement and assurance initiatives.

Skills

EMR Systems

Occupational Health Experience

Basic Life Support

Primary Care Experience

Suturing

Computer Literacy

Pharmacy Residency

Spinal Tap Experience

Nursing

Gastric Lavage

Epic

Addiction Counseling

Education

MB BCh / MB ChB

Dip PEC or MSc / MPhil (Emergency Medicine)

MMed Emergency Medicine or MMed Family Medicine (FCEM / FCFP)

Job description

Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg South Africa

Closing date: 11 / 09 / 2025

Number of positions: 1

Recruiter name: Suraisha Naidoo

Reference number: 62434

Workplace Type: On-site

Permanent

Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile

Main purpose of job

To provide overall clinical leadership in the emergency centre and to be the driver for safe patient focused clinical care by the effective development and utilisation of resources ongoing data analysis and prioritised action plans.

We are looking for a Family Physician with the required MMed qualification.

Required education

Essential education

MB BCh / MB ChB and Dip PEC or MSc / MPhil (Emergency Medicine)

MMed Emergency Medicine or MMed Family medicine (FCEM / FCFP)

Required experience

Essential minimum experience

At least three years experience working in an emergency centre in the private sector and at least one year supervisory or managerial experience

Desirable experience

Suitable managerial and leadership involvement in the emergency medicine environment.

Key responsibility areas

• Lead the clinical service delivery in the emergency centre
• Lead manage and mentor the emergency centre practitioners
• Integrate data audits and reports to develop solutions for business requirements
• Actively participate in company strategies and projects
• Initiate and drive emergency centre quality improvement and quality assurance initiatives to ensure safe quality patient care is delivered at all times
• Identify and mitigate risks in the emergency centre

Required job skills and knowledge

• Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974
• The Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa
• The Patients Right Charter
• HPCSA Regulations and Guidelines on Ethical rules regulations and policy guidelines
• National Health Act No.61 of 2003
• Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002
• Childrens Act No. 38 of 2005
• Childrens Amendment Act No. 17 of 2022
• Private healthcare industry knowledge
• South African Triage Scale
• Data management and report writing skills
• Advanced Life Support Courses (Cardiac Paediatric and Trauma)
• Disaster and Major Incident Management
• Other relevant clinical courses (e.g. Advanced airway Ultrasound Procedural sedation)
• MCSA Clinical Policies and Procedures relevant to the Emergency Centre
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Suite)

All applicants will be considered with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa as well as internal applicants / employees that meet the minimum requirements.

Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile

Required Experience: Director

Key skills

EMR Systems, Occupational Health Experience, Basic Life Support, Primary Care Experience, Suturing, Computer Literacy, Pharmacy Residency, Spinal Tap Experience, Nursing, Gastric Lavage, Epic, Addiction Counseling

Vacancy: 1