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POST 10/565 : SESSIONAL MEDICAL SPECIALIST: GRADE 1 TO 3 NEUROSURGERY (NEUROSPINE) (10

🏢 PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION: WESTERN CAPE 📍 Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 357 ⏳ Closes: 09 Apr 2026 🧾 Post: 10/565

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Salary

R646

Centre

Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 357

Closing date

09 Apr 2026

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Overview

Join our team to provide expert neurosurgical spine care and train medical staff at Groote Schuur Hospital while supporting acute spinal cord injury patient care.

Requirements

Experience

Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in Neurosurgery.

Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience as a Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professions Council in respect to foreign qualified employee) as Medical Specialist in Neurosurgery.

Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professions Council with respect to foreign qualified employee) as Medical Specialist in Neurosurgery.

Competencies (knowledge/skills): Proven experience of dealing with patients that has neurosurgical disorders of the spine.

Duties

Participate in Divisional under-graduate and post graduate activities.

Supervise and train medical staff in neurosurgery with particular responsibility for spinal surgery.

Participate in integrated care of patients in the Acute Spinal Cord Injury (ASCI) Unit with the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Provide support for the Neurosurgical spine Firm at Groote Schuur Hospital, responsible for clinical service provision and registrar training in Spinal Surgery.