Medical Specialist (orthopedic): Grade 1 – 3
Retail, Healthcare / Pharmacy
Minimum Requirements
- Senior Certificate/ Grade 12.
- Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Orthopedic.
- Appropriate tertiary qualification in the Health Science (MBChB).
- Initial and current registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Orthopedic.
- Grade 1: No experience required.
- Grade 2: A minimum of (5) years relevant experience after registration with Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Orthopedic.
- Grade 3: A minimum of (10) years relevant experience after registration with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Orthopedic.
- Current annual registration with HPCSA (2026/2027).
- Knowledge and Skills: Attributes and Abilities Sound clinical concept within the specific domain.
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary team.
- Teaching and supervisory skills.
- Assessment, diagnose and management of patients within the field of expertise.
- Good verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of all Public Service Legislation, Policies and Procedures.
- Conflict management skills.
- Innovation, drive and stress tolerance.
- Concern of excellence.
- ACLS, ATLS, APLS.
- Medical expertise, Clinical competence, Medical regulations and research and Research and analysis.
- Communication, empathy and compassion, problemsolving, leadership and teamwork, adaptability and attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Patient care and Clinical duties: Management all medical conditions to ensure that a competent service is provided to all patients.
- Briefing, informing and counselling patients and where appropriate relatives regarding prevention, treatment operative, complications and rehabilitation.
- Endeavour to becomes killed in resuscitative measures and intensive care treatment to assure survival of critically ill-patients.
- Prescribe medications, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and assist in medical procedures and surgeries.
- Team leadership: Supervise junior staff in order to provide adequate medical care and to train them to be able to do key medical interventions.
- Documentation: Reduce medical litigation by exercising good clinical ethos, complete medico-legal documentation, and maintain adequate medical records.
- Compliance and quality: Perform clinical governance and ensure compliance with all legal and statutory requirements with FSDoH OHSC, HPCSA, CMSA, UFS.
- Administrative and operational: Consult patients on an outpatient basis to have optimal chronic disease management and good long-term follow-up.
- Render outreach and support services to other levels of care in our drainage areas (Free State Province).
- Candidate will have to perform commuted duties (Compulsory & non-negotiable) in line with the relevant policy.
- Perform all reasonable duties as directed by Head of Department/ Head of Clinical Unit/ Medical Specialist.
- Conducting clinical audits.
- Monitoring and evaluating of relevant clinical effectiveness indicators.
