Medical Officer - Tara, the H. Moross Centre
Requirements
- ✓Appropriate qualification which allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Practitioner
- ✓An interest in psychiatry and experience in psychiatry will be an added advantage
- ✓A Diploma in Mental Health and/or an FC Psych will be an added advantage
About This Role
Closing Date: 17 April 2026
Location : Tara, the H. Moross Centre
Reference Number : REFS/045400
Directorate : Clinical
Number of Posts : 1
Package : GRADE 1 – R 1 001.349 – R 1 078 116. (All-inclusive salary package) GRADE 2 – R 1 142 553.00 – R 1 202.00. (All-inclusive salary package) GRADE 3 – R 1 322 352.00 – R 1 647 630.00. (All-inclusive salary package)
Duties:
- Clinical assessment, history taking, mental status examination, and physical examination of psychiatric patients
- Formulation, development, and execution of evidence-based and compassionate patient care plans
- Application of cost containment measures in service delivery
- Assessment and management of medical and psychiatric emergencies
- Counselling and education of patients and families
- Proper clinical record keeping, including all laboratory results
- Preparation of referral letters and discharge summaries for all patients
- Participation in ward/departmental administrative duties
- Teaching of students
- Commitment to the highest level of care, ethics, professionalism, and punctuality
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team and report all conflicts of interest and corruption
- Participation in outreach, academic, and research programs at any of the Gauteng Health facilities affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand
- Clinical and overtime duties performed at any of the Gauteng Health facilities affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand
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