Healthcare

Chief Advisor Prof Occupational Medicine Practitioner (medical Doctor)

Eskom Communications·Western Cape, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
HealthcareFull TimeContract
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Apply by: 18 November 2026

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide clinical occupational medical services to the region.
  • Develop implementation strategies for occupational health and wellness policies and procedures.
  • Monitor health and wellness performance.
  • Provide leadership for health and wellness service delivery.
  • Manage finances.
  • Manage the positioning of health and wellness in the region.

Skills and Competencies Required:

Leadership

  • Live the Eskom vision and values
  • Grow people
  • Ignite passion
  • Promote teamwork
  • Encourage the right behaviour
  • Coaching and consulting
  • Engaging and managing key stakeholders in senior positions

Behavioural

  • Integrity
  • Honesty
  • Trustworthiness
  • Professionalism

Knowledge

  • Advanced knowledge of relevant labour and health legislation, e.g. Occupational Health and Safety Act, No 85 of 1993.
  • Understand the health care system and operational unit environment, province in which service is provided e.g. health care delivery models within the province
  • Good understanding of clients, customers in the business unit, province
  • Advance practical knowledge of primary health care
  • Good understanding of Eskom policies and procedures, Eskom stated benefits, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
  • Good understanding of Employment Equity Classification (People with disabilities) and social security claims Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA)
  • Good understanding of Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
  • Advance knowledge of Systems, Applications and Products Environmental Health and Safety (SAP EHS)
  • Healthy lifestyle management including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) in the workplace
  • Management of sickness, absenteeism and medically incapacitated employees
  • Management of wellness service provider contracts, including eligibility requirements, performance, standards, budget, limitations, scope of service and strength and weakness of the service provider
  • Change management
  • Project management
  • Good understanding of how medical aid scheme chronic disease management program's function

Skills

  • Communication, negotiation, presentation and facilitation
  • Excellent written communication
  • Management and execution of large-scale projects
  • Computer literate
  • Conflict management and resolution
  • Problem solving
  • Analytical
  • People management
  • Crisis management and debriefing
  • Financial management
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Negotiation techniques

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

  • Bachelor of Medicine (MBCHB) plus post-graduate qualification in Occupational Medicine at NQF8 with 480 credits.

Professional Registration Body

  • Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

Related Minimum Experience:

  • 7 years related experience in occupational health and primary health care and managerial experience.

Key skills

BachelorsPostgraduate Diploma

At a glance

Company

Eskom Communications

Location

Western Cape, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

November 11, 2026