Medical Specialist - Emergency Medicine

Gauteng Provincial Government; Gauteng; Vor Ort; ZAR 1.256.000 - 1.535.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Gauteng Provincial Government's Department of Health seeks an Emergency Medicine Specialist for Edenvale Regional Hospital. You will lead resuscitation, supervise junior staff, and contribute to ED research.

Requirements include MMed (Emergency Medicine), FCEM(SA), HPCSA registration as Independent/Public Specialist, and extensive ED experience, with strong leadership and communication skills. Closing date 16-10-2026.

Qualifikationen

• Registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Emergency Medicine
• Extensive experience in Emergency Departments of regional/tertiary hospitals
• Ability to supervise and mentor junior doctors and students
• Willingness to participate in after-hours and on-call duties

Aufgaben

• Assess, resuscitate and stabilize acutely ill or injured patients in the Emergency Department
• Accept referrals from lower-level facilities and coordinate disposition to appropriate services
• Supervise and train registrars, medical officers, community service doctors and interns
• Participate in clinical research within the ED, hospital and district
• Attend departmental and hospital meetings and complete medicolegal documentation
• Apply National Core Standards and promote high-quality patient care
• Coordinate department activities within a multidisciplinary team
• Engage in stakeholder engagements to enhance emergency care provision

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Professionalism

Ausbildung

MMed (Emergency Medicine)

FCEM(SA)

Jobbeschreibung

• Package : R1 395 528.00 per annum (all inclusive package) OSD salary

Requirements

• Appropriate qualification that allows for registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Emergency Medicine- MMed (Emergency Medicine) and FCEM(SA). HPCSA registration as an Independent/Public Specialist Medical Practitioner. Proof of current registration with HPCSA (2026/2027). Extensive and relevant experience of working in Emergency Departments of Regional and/or Tertiary hospitals.Medical practitioners who have completed their specialist training and passed the Part 2 Fellowship Examination in Emergency Medicine but are still awaiting registration with HPCSA may apply. Up to date professional knowledge and skills in Emergency Medicine. Responsible management of human and other resources. Excellent leadership, communication, professional and interpersonal skills.

Duties

• The incumbent’s responsibilities amongst others will include Assessment, resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill and injured patients in the Emergency Department. Acceptance of referrals from the lower-level facilities and appropriate disposition of patients to relevant specialties/disciplines and/or higher-level facilities. Supervision and training of junior doctors (registrars, medical officers, community service doctors, and interns) and undergraduate students. Participation in clinical research within the Emergency Department, the hospital and the district. Attendance and participation in relevant administrative meetings such as departmental morbidity and mortality meetings, academic meetings, hospital patient safety incident review meetings and completion of medicolegal documents timeously. Application of good clinical ethos and ensuring the implementation of National Core Standards. Coordination of and participation in all the activities of the department and in the multidisciplinary team approach to patients’ care and management in the Emergency Department. Willingness to participate in the contracted commuted overtime to render after-hour services (nights, weekends, public holidays) that will ensure provision of continuous and uninterrupted care to patients in the Emergency Department. Willingness to participate in all relevant stakeholder engagements within the Region E district health services that will facilitate provision of optimal emergency care within the district. Incumbent alongside other Emergency Medicine Specialist will participate in the clinical, administrative, supervisory, research and academic activities within the Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of the Witwatersrand.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Edenvale Regional Hospital

Closing Date : 16-10-2026

Criteria Questions

Do you have current HPCSA registration?

Are you registered as a Medical Specialist in Emergency Medicine- MMed (Emergency Medicine) and FCEM(SA)?

Women and people with disability are encouraged to apply.