Medical Officer Orthopaedic Surgery

Requirements :

• Appropriate qualification that allow registration with the HPCSA as Practitioner, current registration with HPCSA council for period (2026/2027). Must be post Community Service. No experience required.

Duties :

• The incumbent will be responsible for interviewing, investigate, diagnose and oversee the treatment of patients related administration duties, participating in all activities of the discipline in the relation teaching and research, participating in department audit activities, preparing and writing reports. Leasing and communicating services and community liaison.
• Supervising junior doctors (undergraduate students, interns, and community service doctors). Willing to commuted overtime. attendance of relevant administrative meeting like mortality meeting, near miss meeting and completing Medico-Legal Documents timeously (e.g. Death certificate). Improve quality of care by providing appropriate clinical care. Reduce medical litigation by exercising good clinical ethos, Implement and monitor adherence to National Core Standards (norms and Standards).
• Participate in multidisciplinary team to the management of patients. Performance of practical procedures relevant to the care of patients, participation in department meetings, journal clubs, case presentation, lectures and ward rounds. Ensure that administration and record keeping are done in the department.
• Rendering of after hour night. weekend and publ9c holidays) duties to provide continuous uninterrupted care of patients. Medical Officer will inter alia be responsible for rendering clinical services, assessment and treatment of patients.
• Medical Officers will be rotated through related departments at various hospitals, comprising hospitals served in their specific outreach programmes. Comply with the Performance Management and development system Contracting, (Quarterly, reviews and final assessment).

Closing Date : 13-11-2026