MEDICAL SPECIALIST: SURGERY

Job Overview

Port Shepstone Regional Hospital is hiring a Medical Specialist: Surgery across Grades 1, 2, and 3. Responsibilities include providing specialist surgical care, managing trauma and general surgery emergencies, supervising and training junior staff and medical students, conducting research, and performing outreach programmes. Requirements include an MBChB degree, FCS (Surgery) or equivalent, HPCSA registration as a Medical Specialist in Surgery, and relevant experience based on the grade level. Applications should be submitted via post, hand delivery, or email.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Grade 1: No Experience required
• Grade 2: Minimum of 5 years relevant experience after registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Surgery
• Grade 3: Minimum of 10 years relevant experience after registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Surgery
• Grade 12 / Matric or Equivalent
• MBChB degree
• FCS / Surgery qualification
• An appropriate qualification that allows registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Surgery
• Current HPCSA Registration card 2026/2027
• Clinical knowledge, competency and skills in department of Surgery
• Sound knowledge of health care system medical ethics
• Good communication skills, leadership and decision-making qualities
• Relevant teaching experience necessary for junior medical officers / interns training
• Interest in research

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide specialist services in designated area of responsibility within accepted guidelines and protocols
• Provide appropriate level of care, referral pathways, seamless and integrative service delivery system
• Supervision and training of junior staff at clinical and operative level
• Facilitation of academic meetings
• Provide an afterhours / emergency service as unit requirements
• Review and implementation of district health service protocols
• Statistical analysis to be able to produce relevant journal publications
• Attend regular interdisciplinary meetings
• Facilitate Outreach Programme to other hospitals within the district
• Perform administrative duties required by the department
• Provision of quality patient centred care for all patients
• Training of undergraduate and post graduate medical students
• Examination, investigation and treatment of patients in the clinics and wards
• Participation in activities within the discipline including Case presentations, Ward round presentations, Journal club
• Conduct audits, morbidity and mortality reviews, develop clinical guidelines, protocols, quarterly reports
• Provide surgical care to patients with surgical conditions, including trauma
• Be responsible for basic operations, especially for general surgery emergencies and trauma
• Supervise and teach new doctors in the treatment of general surgical conditions, including trauma
• Conduct out-patient clinics in the hospital
• Conduct patient management in the wards including High Care and Intensive Care Unit
• Conduct research in the field of general surgery and trauma

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