Emergency Doctor - Shifts

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates. The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To provide quality and safe clinical care to patients that present to the emergency centre through assessing, diagnosing, treating and disposition according to best practice standardsKEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS Provide quality safe clinical care in the emergency centre Assist with teaching and co-ordinating clinical development programmes in the emergency centre to improve patient care Adhere to and to support the nursing staff in the application of triage in the emergency centre Actively participate in company strategies e.g. Partake in emergency centre quality improvement and quality assurance initiatives to ensure safe, quality patient care is delivered at all times Maintain a minimum standard of emergency medical care knowledge and expertise at all timesREQUIRED EDUCATION ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: MB BCh/MB ChB DESIRED EDUCATION: Dip PEC, MPhilREQUIRED EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: Completion of internship and community service years DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Previous work experience post community service year in emergency centre in private / public hospitalREQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974
• Children's Act No. 38 of 2005
• HPCSA Regulations and Guidelines on Ethical rules, regulations and policy guidelines
• Advanced Trauma life Support
• South African Triage Scale
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support
• The Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa
• Private healthcare industry knowledge
• Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Children's Amendment Act No. 41 of 2007
• Basic Life Support
• National Health Act No.61 of 2003
• The Patients' Rights Charter