MEDICAL OFFICER GRADE 1

Closing Date: 24 April 2026

Location : CHRIS HANI BARAGWANATH ACADEMIC HOSPITAL

Reference Number : REFS/048404

Directorate : GENERAL SURGERY

Number of Posts : 5

Package : R 1 001 349.00 PER ANNUM (ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGE)

Duties:

- Interview, investigate, diagnose, and oversee the treatment of patients

- Perform patient-related administrative duties

- Participate in all activities of the discipline in relation to teaching and research

- Participate in departmental audit activities

- Prepare and write reports

- Handle liaison and communication services, including community liaison

- Supervise junior doctors (undergraduate students, interns, and community service doctors)

- Be willing to do commuted overtime

- Attend relevant administrative meetings like mortality meetings and near-miss meetings

- Complete Medico-Legal Documents timeously (e.g., death certificate)

- Improve quality of care by providing appropriate clinical care

- Reduce medical litigation by exercising good clinical ethos

- Implement and monitor adherence to National Core Standards (norms and standards)

- Participate in a multidisciplinary team for the management of patients

- Perform practical procedures relevant to the care of patients

- Participate in departmental meetings, journal clubs, case presentations, lectures, and ward rounds

- Ensure that administration and record keeping is done in the department

- Render after-hour duties (night, weekend, and public holiday) to provide continuous uninterrupted care of patients

- Be responsible for the rendering of clinical services, assessment, and treatment of patients

- Be rotated through related departments at various hospitals, including those served in specific outreach programmes

- Comply with the Performance Management and Development system (contracting, quarterly reviews, and final assessment)