• Reference Number : refs/048335
• Directorate : CLINICAL - ORTHOPAEDICS
• Number of Posts : 2

• Package : Grade 1 R 1 001 349 – R 1 078 116 per annum (All-inclusive package) •
• Enquiries : Dr A Younus Telephone number 011 489 0636 email: dimakatso.nkopane@witz.ac.za

Requirements :

• Qualification that allows registration with HPCSA as Medical Officer. Current registration with HPCSA as Medical Practitioner. Must have completed community service. Completion of additional training courses such as Orthopaedic-related courses or ATLS is advantageous. Ability and willingness to participate in compulsory commuted overtime.

Duties :

• Clinical management of Orthopaedic patients as a Medical Officer at Helen Joseph/Rahima Moosa Hospital Complex. Daily collaboration with registrars and consultants regarding patient care. Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures appropriate to the role of a Medical Officer. Does post intake and follow-up ward rounds and supervising junior staff. Managing patients attending Orthopaedic Outpatient Departments and Subspeciality Clinics. Consultations and patient management within speciality wards. Manage acute trauma patients in the emergency department and wards. Assist in and perform operative procedures for trauma and elective orthopaedic cases in theatre. Participate in after-hour calls and ward rounds as required. Act as a role model and mentor for junior doctors and associated clinical staff, demonstrating exemplary professional conduct. Participate in the multidisciplinary team.

Notes :

• The successful candidate should know that the Orthopaedic Department at Helen Joseph/Rahima Moosa Hospital complex work as one unit and he/she may be required to render a service at both hospitals. 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 these posts. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital

Closing Date : 17-04-2026

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.