Medical Specialist Grade 1-3: Paediatrics

Requirements

• Senior Certificate/ Grade 12.
• Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics.
• Initial and current registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics.
• Grade 1:
• No experience required after registration with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics.
• Grade 2:
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience after registration with Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics.
• Grade 3:
• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience after registration with Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics.
• Current annual registration with HPCSA (2026/2027).
• Knowledge And Skills:
• ATLS, APLS.
• Medical expertise, clinical competence, medical regulations, research and analysis.
• Communication, empathy and compassion.
• Problem solving, leadership and teamwork, adaptability and attention to detail.

Duties

• Patient care and clinical duties:
• Management of all medical conditions to ensure that a competent service is provided to all patients.
• Briefing, informing and counselling patients and where appropriate relatives regarding prevention, treatment operative, complications and rehabilitation.
• Endeavour to become skilled in resuscitative measures and intensive care treatment to assure survival of critically ill-patients.
• Prescribe medications, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and assist in medical procedures and surgeries.
• Team leadership:
• Supervise junior staff in order to provide adequate medical care and to train them to be able to do key medical interventions.
• Documentation:
• Reduce medical litigation by exercising good clinical ethos, complete medico- legal, documentation and maintain accurate medical records.
• Compliance and quality:
• Perform clinical governance and ensure compliance with all legal and statutory requirements with FSDoH, OHSC, HPCSA, CMSA and UFS.
• Administrative and operational:
• Consult patients on an outpatient basis to have optimal chronic disease management and good long term follow up.
• Render outreach and support services to other levels of care in our drainage areas (Free State Province).
• Perform all reasonable duties as directed by the Head of Department / Head of Clinical Unit.
• Conducting clinical audits.
• Monitoring and evaluating of relevant clinical effectiveness indicators.

How to apply

New to the Z83 form? Read the application guide.

Enquiries

Notes from the department

• all applicants must login/register to apply for positions.
• The applicant’s profile on the eRecruitment is equivalent to the newly approved Z83, and it is the responsibility of applicants to ensure their profiles are fully completed or their applications will not be considered, as per the DPSA Practice Note.
• Applicants should upload their curriculum vitae (CV) on the e-Recruitment system.
• (Please ensure is in PDF format & maximum size 3MB).
• The Curriculum Vitae should be specific regarding previous positions occupied and the start date and end date of the position(s) should be indicated.
• Accompanying relevant documentation required to be uploaded on the system such as copies of all qualifications including National Senior Certificate/Matric certificate, Driver’s license, ID, etc., such documents need not be certified at point of application, however, certification will be required prior to attending the interview.
• Only short-listed candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications and other related documents on, or before the day of the interview following an invitation from the Department to attend an interview, and such qualification(s) and other related document(s) should be in line with the requirements of the advertisement.
• Successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme (Nyukela) is required for being considered for this SMS post prior to appointment.
• Enrolment for the course should be made on the NSG’s website at https://www.thensg.gov.za/trainingcourse/sms- pre-entry-programme.
• All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments.
• One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other will be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment.
• Applications received after the closing date and those that do not comply with these instructions will not be considered.
• The onus is on the applicants to ensure that their applications are submitted online timeously.
• Candidates who possess foreign qualifications and/or short courses certificates must take it upon themselves to have their qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
• The highest relevant qualification should be captured/listed as the first qualification on the erecruitment profile.
• Applicants are respectfully informed that if no notification of appointment is received within 4 months of the closing date, they must accept that their applications were unsuccessful.
• Communication will be limited to short-listed candidates only.
• Suitable candidates will be subjected to personnel suitability checks (criminal record check, citizenship verification, financial assets check, qualification verification and reference checks).
• Applications must declare any pending criminal, disciplinary or any other allegations or investigations and/or record.
• The Department reserves the right not to make appointments on the advertised post(s).
• Free State Provincial Department of Health is compliant with the requirements of POPIA.
• The Department of Health is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
• The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department.
• It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.