Requirements :

• Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist.
• Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in a Trauma Surgery .
• For Grade 1: 0- 5 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
• Grade 2: 5-10 years’ experience as Medical Specialist.
• Grade 3 10- 15 years’ experience as Medicals Specialist.
• Experience in teaching registrars for the preparation of the College Exams.
• Exposure with the MMed supervision process.

Duties :

• To perform Clinical, Teaching, and Research responsibilities as required by an academic surgical unit.
• Clinical duties: Clinical history taking, examination, and assessment of patients.
• Requesting and analysing special investigations.
• Prescribing of medications and other therapies. Communicate effectively with colleagues.
• Ensure proper keeping of records. Perform any other duties relevant to the clinical management of patients as required by the hospital you are rotating through.
• Performance of diagnostics and therapeutic surgical procedures in the field of Trauma surgery.
• Ability and willingness to perform 24 hours on calls per month on the premises.

The following would be an advantage:

• Knowledge of legislation, policies, and procedures about healthcare users in the public sector. Supervising the management of and managing Priority 1 patients’ resuscitations, guiding junior staff in resuscitation and Trauma and Emergency Unit.
• Daily ICU and ward rounds. 24-hour calls on the premises to give guidance and help with emergency surgery.
• Teaching ward rounds through the teaching hospital affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.