• Reference Number : REFS/050211
• Directorate : ORAL HEALTH SERVICES
• Number of Posts : 1

• Package : R1 479 723.00 per annum (All-inclusive remuneration package)
• Enquiries : Dr Daisy Pekane Tel- 079 896 6147

Requirements :

• A Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BChD/BDS) and current registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Dentist, a minimum of four (4) years’ work experience post-registration as a Dentist. A post-graduate qualification in Management or Public health will be an added advantage. Competencies and skills required: Managerial skills, at least at unit level. Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft 365). People Management, Conflict Management and Data analysis and reporting.

Duties :

• Provide strategic leadership and provincial oversight for Oral Health Promotion and Integrated Oral Health Programmes in Gauteng Province. Lead the development, implementation, monitoring and review of provincial Annual Performance Plans, oral health strategies, operational plans, policies, guidelines, protocols and standard operating procedures. Provide strategic direction on the integration of oral health services with priority health programmes including School Health, Health Promotion, Primary Health Care, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Non-Communicable Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Disability Services, Mental Health and Community Outreach Programmes. Coordinate stakeholders and intersectoral collaboration with districts, academic institutions, municipalities, NGOs and other partners. Strengthen clinical governance, quality assurance, risk management, referral pathways, capacity building and evidence-based oral health promotion interventions. Manage allocated human, financial and physical resources in line with legislative and departmental prescripts.

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 (SANC) 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 : Central Office, Johannesburg

Closing Date : 08-07-2026

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.