• Reference Number : REFS/023535
• Directorate : NUCLEAR MEDICINE
• Number of Posts : 1

• Package : R 811 662.00 PER ANNUM (ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE)
• Enquiries : Ms. E Haarhoff Tel No (011) 933 9154/ 0269 - Email/ Rirhandzu.Mmatli@gauteng.gov.za Tel No 011 933 8174

Requirements :

• An appropriate qualification that allows for registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Physicist. Registration with a Professional Council: Registration with the HPCSA for 2025/2026 as a Medical Physicist. Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Physicist. Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness to work after hours. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Skills pertaining to the scope of the profession of Medical Physicist. Manage the medical physics service for the nuclear medicine division. Must be able to work independently and have the skills to complete projects on time. Good communication and interpersonal relationship skills. Thorough knowledge of nuclear medicine physics and techniques, including internal dosimetry. Understand the physics of nuclear medicine equipment. Knowledge of computers and software used in nuclear medicine. Knowledge of the statutory regulations regarding the medical use of ionizing radiation, as well as radionuclides. Thorough understanding of physics concepts and their link to medical applications.

Duties :

• Responsibility for the management of the dosimetry, quality assurance and radiation protection functions of Medical Physics in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, including regulatory compliance. Active participation in the routine execution of clinically related medical physics tasks also supplies physics support in the Division of Radiology. Assistance with equipment tender preparation, evaluation and acceptance. Understand and use software packages for gamma cameras and PET reconstruction, responsible for QA on the divisional network between imaging systems, and participation in the management team of the Division of Nuclear Medicine. Assistance with lecturing in the teaching and training programme of the Medical Physics and Nuclear Medicine Divisions. Active participation and assistance with the management of the research and development programme of the Medical Physics Division.

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 : Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Closing Date : 24-10-2025

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.