MEDICAL OFFICER GRADE 1 TO 3: (ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY) (ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY UNIT)

Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Practitioner. Registration with a Professional Council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner. Experience: Grade 1: None after registration as Medical Practitioner with the HPCSA in respect of SA qualified employees. 1-year relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Practitioner after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner in respect of SA qualified employees. A minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa. Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as a Medical Practitioner after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner in respect of SA qualified employees. A minimum of 11 years’ relevant experience after registration as Medical Practitioner with a recognized foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service as required in South Africa. Inherent requirements of the job: Participate in the after-hours call system. Commuted overtime is compulsory. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Clinical competency in autonomically, cardiovascular, respiratory unstable patients. Peri-operative patient optimization and care. Ability to work in a high-volume, resource restricted, emotionally challenging environment with resilience to cope with care withdrawal when futile, and communication with families around these difficult issues Computer literacy and interest in data collection for service improvement. Clinical experience in peri-operative and acute patient care. Experience in intensive care including cardiovascular, ventilatory support and quadra/paraplegia care.

Participation in undergraduate teaching and allied science training. Supervision and training of interns. Clinical service provision in the ASCI unit. Interacting with referrals from within and outside GSH.

Ms M van der Berg Tel No: (021) 404 5108

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Please ensure that you attach an updated CV, Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements, may also apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration with the relevant council and proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only applicable on health professionals who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for change in registration status)”. Groote Schuur Hospital has adopted the department’s ecosystem framing of its training platform. Accordingly, all Medical Officers appointments may be called upon to work across this platform and may include rotations at Metro West and Rural East hospitals. This includes Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, New Somerset Hospital, Mitchells Plein District Hospital, Victoria Hospital and George Provincial Hospital.

PSV Circular 19 of 2026, Post 19/110