Medical Registrar- General Surgery

Requirements

• Appropriate qualifications that allow registration with HPCSA as Medical Registrar. HPCSA registration as Medical Registrar. No experience required after registration with HPCSA as Medical Registrar.
• Must be post Community Service. Having completed Primaries, ATLS and BSS in relevant department will be added advantage . Must be a South African citizens or permanent residents. Current HPCSA registration for 2026/2027. Training opportunities are inter alia available in the following disciplines: Paediatric Surgery.

Duties

• The incumbent will be responsible to interview, investigate, diagnose and oversee the treatment of patient related administrative duties, participating in all activities of the discipline in relation to teaching and research, participating in departmental audit activities, preparing and writing of reports, liaison and communication services and community liaison.
• Supervising junior doctors undergraduate students, interns and community service doctors. Willing to do commuted overtime. Attendance of relevant administrative meetings like mortality meetings, near miss meeting and completing MEDICO Legal Documents timeously e.g., 120 Death certificate. Improve quality of care by providing appropriate clinical care.
• Reduce medical litigation by exercising good clinical ethos. Implement and monitor adherence to National Core Standards norms and standards. Participate in multidisciplinary team to the management of patients. Performance of practical procedures relevant to the care of patients. Participation in departmental meetings, journal clubs, case presentations, lectures and ward rounds. Ensure that administration and record keeping is done in the department. Rendering of after-hour night, weekend and public holiday duties to provide continuous uninterrupted care of patients.
• Registrars will inter alia be responsible for rendering of clinical services, assessment and treatment of patients. Registrars will be rotated through related departments at various hospitals, comprising hospitals served in their specific outreach programmes. Registrars will be appointed jointly between the Gauteng Provincial Government and the following tertiary institutions: University of the Witwatersrand WITS. Duration of training is up to 5 years, and no extension of the contract will be allowed.
• To graduate as a General Surgeon a junior rotation of 2 years must be completed and a further 3 years as a senior registrar will be mandatory. The requirements to graduate as a General Surgeon and the award of the MMed degree will be determined by the Academic Department of Surgery.

Closing Date : 28-09-2026