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Requirements

Experience

Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Sub-Specialist in Adult Critical Care.

Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience as Medical Sub-Specialist in Critical Care after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Sub-Specialist in Adult Critical Care.

Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience as Medical Sub-Specialist in Critical Care after registration with the HPCSA or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees as a Medical Sub-Specialist in Adult Critical Care.

Inherent requirement of the job: Commuted overtime is compulsory.

Competencies (knowledge/skills): Proven experience of dealing with patients in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit where management by a critical care sub specialist is essential.

Experience to include medical/surgical/transplant (heart/lung/liver)/cardiothoracics and neurosurgery as well as the provision of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A background that compliments and strengthens the current expertise within the Division of Critical Care.

Duties

Fulltime clinical service provision within all units falling under the Division of Critical Care.

Patient care and supervision of junior medical staff.

Supervision and training of medical staff in Critical Care Including the use of ultrasound and extra corporeal support modalities.

Participation in management and resource allocation within Critical Care.

Participation in clinical audit and 313 outreach programmes in Critical Care.

Development and implementation of research pertinent to Critical Care.

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Notes

Closing Date

09 April 2026, 17:00 PM