Head of Emergency Unit - Family Physician
Head of Emergency Unit - Family Physician
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Job Description
Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg South Africa
Closing date: 28/08/2025
Number of positions: 1
Recruiter name: Suraisha Naidoo
Reference number: 62434
Workplace Type:On-site
Permanent
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
To provide overall clinical leadership in the emergency centre and to be the driver for safe patient focused clinical care by the effective development and utilisation of resources ongoing data analysis and prioritised action plans.
We are looking for a Family Phycician with the required MMed qualification.
REQUIRED EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
MB BCh/ MB ChB and Dip PEC or MSc/ MPhil (Emergency Medicine)
MMed Emergency Medicine or MMed Family medicine (FCEM/ FCFP)
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
At least three years experience working in an emergency centre in the private sector and at least one year supervisory or managerial experience
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
Suitable managerial and leadership involvement in the emergency medicine environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Lead the clinical service delivery in the emergency centre
- Lead manage and mentor the emergency centre practitioners
- Integrate data audits and reports to develop solutions for business requirements
- Actively participate in company strategies and projects
- Initiate and drive emergency centre quality improvement and quality assurance initiatives to ensure safe quality patient care is delivered at all times
- Identify and mitigate risks in the emergency centre
REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974
- The Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa
- The Patients Right Charter
- HPCSA Regulations and Guidelines on Ethical rules regulations and policy guidelines
- National Health Act No.61 of 2003
- Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002
- Childrens Act No. 38 of 2005
- Childrens Amendment Act No. 17 of 2022
- Private healthcare industry knowledge
- South African Triage Scale
- Data management and report writing skills
- Advanced Life Support Courses (Cardiac Paediatric and Trauma)
- Disaster and Major Incident Management
- Other relevant clinical courses (e.g. Advanced airway Ultrasound Procedural sedation)
- MCSA Clinical Policies and Procedures relevant to the Emergency Centre
- Computer Literacy (Microsoft Suite)
All applicants will be considered with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements.
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Temp
