Job Purpose:
To perform clinical and supervisory Management of Occupational Health services throughout the eThekweni Municipality so as to reduce employee exposure to workplace hazards and occupational disease.
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Manage the administrative, clinical and specialised functions of the Occupational Medicine Services Section, as delegated by the Occupational Health Physician.
- Assist the Occupational Health Physician in the planning and organisation of delegated services and specialised functions.
- Investigate and making recommendations to the Occupational Health Physician as to the adequacy and needs of all delegated services and functions.
- Liaise with medical staff, senior administrative staff and senior staff of other sections in respect of services and section requirements.
- Assist with coordination and implementation of Occupational Medicine Services in respect of civil protection requirements.
- Ensure regional clinics comply with the Medicines Control regulations.
- Manage and overseeing medical and clinical management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace. Supervise subordinates and clinic staff on clinical activities.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of all elements of comprehensive health service legally, ethically and academically.
Assist with planning and conducting Occupational Health programmes.
Competencies:
- Professionalism
- Medical Knowledge
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Communication
- Service Delivery Orientation
- Action and Outcome Orientation
- Resilience
- Change Readiness
- Cognitive Ability
- Learning Orientation
- Impact and Influence
Team Orientation
Essential Requirements:
- MBChB (NQF Level 8) or equivalent, recognised by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
- Postgraduate Diploma (NQF Level 8) in Occupational Medicine or Occupational Health or equivalent.
- Valid registration with Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Practitioner.
- Valid motor vehicle driving license
6 years post qualification experience as a Medical Practitioner including a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Occupational Health.
Preferred Requirements:
8 years post qualification experience as a Medical Practitioner including a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Occupational Health.
This post reports to OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.