MEDICAL SPECIALIST: TRAUMA AND BURNS (5/8TH POST)
Department of Health · Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
- Closing date
- 26 October 2026
- Reference
- PSC 37/197
- Salary band
- R 872 205
- Application method
- Email application
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Department: Department of Health Location: Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital Salary: Grade 1: R872 205 per annum, all-inclusive salary package, (excluding commuted overtime). Grade 2: R995 172 per annum, all-inclusive salary package, (excluding commuted overtime). Grade 3: R1 152 594 per annum, all-inclusive salary package, (excluding commuted overtime). Requirements: MBChB or equivalent; Applicants must be in possession of an appropriate higher surgical qualification (FCS(SA) and/or MMed Surg) and currently registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Trauma Surgeon. Registration Certificate as a Specialist Trauma Surgeon. Additional Qualifications: eFAST course, MIMMS and, or ACLS/PALS. DSTC or Burns experience. Cert Trauma (SA) sub-specialist training complete. Preference will be given to applicants who have completed the Cert Trauma (SA) sub- specialist exam. Experience: Grade 1: Experience Not applicable requires the Fellowship in Surgery of the College of Medicine of South Africa or equivalent, and registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Applicants must be registered as a specialist in surgery at the commencement of duties. Grade 2 requires appropriate qualification, specialist registration certificate plus 5 years experience after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Grade 3 requires appropriate qualification, specialist registration certificate, plus 10 years’ experience after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Duties: Participation in the clinical trauma and burns services: inter disciplinary in- house coordination of the management of the patients: supervision of the surgical trainees rotating through the trauma and transplant units: ensuring the highest standards of clinical, professional, and ethical behaviour: assist in teaching of undergraduate medical students, postgraduate surgical trainees: conduct, assist, and stimulate research within the ethical guidelines of the Health Care Act: promote education in trauma prevention and transplant community awareness. Physical presence on arrival of scene calls and unstable cases expected. Application instructions: All applications must be addressed to the Human Resources Manager, and should be placed in the application box situated at Security at the entrance to the Management Building at IALCH or to applications@ialch.co.za Enquiries: Dr T C Hardcastle Tel No: (031) 240 1000, ext 2389 or speed dial 6195 Notes: All shortlisted candidates, including SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One must be a practical exercise, and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process. An Application for Employment Form (Current Z83) must be completed and forwarded. This is o
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Requirements
- ✓MBChB or equivalent
- ✓Applicants must be in possession of an appropriate higher surgical qualification (FCS(SA) and/or MMed Surg) and currently registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Trauma Surgeon
- ✓Registration Certificate as a Specialist Trauma Surgeon
- ✓Additional Qualifications: eFAST course, MIMMS and, or ACLS/PALS
- ✓DSTC or Burns experience
- ✓Cert Trauma (SA) sub-specialist training complete
- ✓Preference will be given to applicants who have completed the Cert Trauma (SA) sub- specialist exam
- ✓Experience: Grade 1: Experience Not applicable requires the Fellowship in Surgery of the College of Medicine of South Africa or equivalent, and registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
- ✓Applicants must be registered as a specialist in surgery at the commencement of duties
- ✓Grade 2 requires appropriate qualification, specialist registration certificate plus 5 years experience after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery
Key responsibilities
- •Participation in the clinical trauma and burns services: inter disciplinary in- house coordination of the management of the patients: supervision of the surgical trainees rotating through the trauma and transplant units: ensuring the highest standards of clinical
- •professional
- •and ethical behaviour: assist in teaching of undergraduate medical students
- •postgraduate surgical trainees: conduct
- •and stimulate research within the ethical guidelines of the Health Care Act: promote education in trauma prevention and transplant community awareness
- •Physical presence on arrival of scene calls and unstable cases expected
About Department of Health
The National Department of Health sets South Africa's health policy and oversees the public healthcare system, working alongside nine provincial health departments that run hospitals, clinics, and community health services. Its core mandate covers disease prevention, primary healthcare access, hospital management, and public health programmes including HIV/TB treatment and maternal health.
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