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Requirements

Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in the Speciality: Paediatrics Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Specialist in Paediatrics.

Inherent requirements of the job: FCPaed and MMed (Paed) is a requirement, as well as registration/ registrability as a specialist with the HPCSA Registrars will be required to register as post graduate students with the University of Cape Town as applicable according to the requirements for the discipline in the yearbook and guidelines.

Must provide after-hours emergency services and participate in commuted overtime at 16 hours per week within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Platform.

All applicants must be South African citizens or permanent residents.

Competencies (knowledge/skills): Experience in and/or demonstrated interest in working with children and their caregivers.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral).

Demonstrated understanding of being mindful of cultural differences and adapting communication and administration methods to respect diverse patients.

Strong attention to detail and ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.

Demonstrated commitment to ethical conduct, patient safety, and maintaining confidentiality.

Experience in general paediatrics at a post graduate level.

Direct experience in working with children living with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy and other developmental conditions.

Ability and willingness to supervise medical students and rotating registrars.

Duties

(key result areas/outputs): Clinical Service Delivery: Comprehensive Paediatric Haematology/Oncology and General Paediatric Clinical Care and Service Delivery in The Western Cape.

Care Of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Inpatients and Outpatients Under the Direction of Sub-Specialist Supervisors.

After-Hours Duties on The Senior Registrar Roster in the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health (Uct); And Responsible to the Director of the Registrar Programme.

Supervision: Supervision Of Junior Medical Staff - With Respect to Patient Care and Clinical Service-Ensuring Safe and High Standard of Clinical Care.

Co-Ordination Of the Junior Medical Team, Nurses and Allied Health Care Team to Ensure Seamless Provision of Service.

Teaching: Contribute To and Facilitate Learning of Undergraduate Students and Paediatric Registrars Attached to the Clinic and Ward.

Learning: Rotation Through Areas of Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital’s Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Service in Order To Acquire Training in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Including Completing the Required Training Logbook and Successfully Passing the College of Medicine of South Africa Certificate Examination to Enable Certification as A Paediatric Oncologist with The Hpcsa.

Attendance And Presentation at Academic Departmental Meetings and Journal Clubs.

Research: Involvement With Existing Research Projects, Clinical Reviews, Audits and Clinical Trials.

The Post Holder Is Expected to Conduct A Research Project Towards Producing a Master’s (Mphil) Thesis Through Uct and Will Require Proof of Research in Order to Enter the Cmsa Certificate Exam.

Management And Administration: Administration and management in the paediatric haematology/oncology unit including ensuring correct patient data and statistics.

Efficient management of clinical notes, including generating letters, providing feedback to referring doctors, contributing to databases, and using designated ICD-10 codes.

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Notes

Closing Date

14 April 2026, 17:00 PM