Requirements :

• MBChB qualification. Registration with the HPCSA as an Independent Medical Practitioner.
• Applicant must be post Community Service.
• Completion of FCP Part 1 examination. Applicants must have an interest in Internal Medicine.

Duties :

• The successful candidate will be expected to work in the Department of Internal Medicine at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital with rotations to subspecialty units at SBAH. Work will include delivering clinical care to all in-patient in the service unit allocated to as well as performing outpatient clinical duties.
• The main responsibility will be to assess and evaluate patients with Internal Medicine disorders on calls.
• Admit and clerks patients to the Internal Medicine wards and to follow patient care through until discharge.
• The successful candidate will work independently but will be supervised by a specialist physician.
• The candidate will be expected to do patient related administrative tasks and to schedule follow-up outpatient appointments.
• A major responsibility will be to keep proper clinical records.
• The successful candidate will be expected to register for an MMED at the University of Pretoria and to fulfil the requirements in obtaining a MMED degree which includes a research component.
• To achieve this aim the candidate will have to frequent attend academic meetings, and to do case and journal presentations at these meetings.
• The successful candidate will be expected to work in Internal Medicine for Four (4) years, and will have to perform after hours calls.
• The post is a combined training position between Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital and University of Pretoria.