Medical Specialist-Critical Care

The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives. Requirements : A Grade 12 Certificate. Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Specialist in Anaesthesiology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology or Neurosurgery. Current HPCSA registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist for April 2026-March 2027. Must be committed to complete a two (2) year full-time fellowship training program or have completed the time in Critical Care. Previous Critical Care experience is advantageous. Duties : This will include after-hours work (weekends and weekdays). The Critical Care fellow functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary critical care team that manages High Care and Critical Care Unit patients. Specific duties include, Full-time clinical service provision within the Unit of Critical Care for the prescribed period. This includes Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Kalafong Hospital. Patient management and supervision of junior medical staff. Participation in the Critical Care academic program. Completion of the prescribed clinical rotation program. Maintaining and completing a monthly logbook. Participation in departmental research activities. Closing Date : 04-09-2026