• Reference Number : REFS/048690
• Directorate : Clinical Services
• Number of Posts : 1

• Package : R 1 395 528.00 per annum (All-inclusive package)
• Enquiries : Prof SS Golele -(012) 521- 4049/4005/4449/3625

Requirements :

• MBChB & MMed degree in Orthopaedics. Current registration with the HPCSA as a Specialist in Orthopaedic. Grade 1 no experience required after registration with the HPCSA, as Medical Specialist in a normal Speciality. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 (Five) years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in a normal Speciality and Grade 3 : A minimum of Ten(10) years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in a normal Speciality. Proof of current registration for 22025/2026 is required. Special interest in the following section: Foot and ankle, Paediatric Orthopaedics, and Tumour and infection.

Duties :

• Offer comprehensive medical care to Orthopaedic/ Hand and Microsurgery Patients-General/Subspecialties/Outpatients and Inpatients. Deal with referrals and transfers from level 1, 2 and 3 facilities from the Hospital drainage Area. Daily ward rounds in the Orthopaedic ward, level 1 (problems) and daily inpatient and outpatient care. See consultations from other departments. Writing meticulous discharge summaries for all patients. Run Orthopaedic outpatient and sub-specialty clinics. Up-referral of properly worked-up, appropriate patients to sub-specialties. Down-referral of all stable patients to level 1 clinics. Teaching: Formal training of junior medical officers, registrars, medical students and allied health workers. Mentorship of Staff (Junior Medical Officers, Registrars, Nurses) in the Medical Wards and Clinics and from facilities that refer to DGM Hospital. Incumbent should have interest in tumour and infection. Outreaches Level 2 and 3 Hospitals. Any other duties as assigned by the Head of Department.

Notes :

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries@gauteng.gov.za . NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital

Closing Date : 22-05-2026

Please Notes :

• Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If you do not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful.