Manager: Medical Services Grade 1 West Coast District

What you will need

• Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Practitioner.
• Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Practitioner.
• Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness and essential skills to do after hour’s work.
• Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s licence.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Strong business orientation with proven skills and abilities in the clinical management of a health service.
• Proven management competencies specific to a health-care environment.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet).
• Appropriate knowledge of managing clinical services.

Experience

Experience: A minimum of 3 years appropriate experience as a Medical Officer after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Practitioner.

Professional registration

Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Practitioner. Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Practitioner. Experience: A minimum of 3 years appropriate experience as a Medical Officer after registration with the HPCSA as Medical Practitioner.

Skills and competencies

• Inherent requirements of the job: Willingness and essential skills to do after hour’s work.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Strong business orientation with proven skills and abilities in the clinical management of a health service.
• Proven management competencies specific to a health-care environment.

Key responsibilities

• Strategic and operational management of all health services in the Cederberg Sub-district, including PHC and district hospital services.
• Ensure safe clinical services and acceptable practices that comply with the professional laws of the country.
• Establish systems to manage risks and quality in the Cederberg Sub- district in order to ensure support of the patient centred experience, compliance to national core standards and ideal clinics as well as improved information management.
• Ensure effective and efficient utilisation of allocated human, financial, infrastructure and health technology resources and support service delivery of all the health service platforms in the Cederberg Sub-district.
• Promote community involvement in the management of the Hospital and Clinic Services and ensure the active functioning of the Hospital Board.

Additional details

• Grade: Provincial

How to apply

• Enquiries: Mr W Caesar
• Telephone: (022) 814-0301

Please note

• No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.
• It should be noted that advertised posts are linked to the Institution/ Facility that forms part of the Ecosystem Service platform.
• Upon appointment, incumbents will be expected to render managerial and clinical services across institutions in the Ecosystem, as needed to sustain health service delivery.
• Candidates may be subjected to a competency test.
• Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a practical test.
• No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post.