Sessional Medical Specialist Grade 1 – 3 (Anaesthetist)

Requirements : Senior/National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery plus MMed (Anaes) or FCA (SA). Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist Anaesthesiology. Proof of current registration with the HPCSA from 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Medical Specialist Grade 1 no experience after registration with HPCSA, Medical Specialist Grade 2 - A minimum of 05 years' experience after registration with HPCSA and Medical Specialist Grade 3 - A minimum of 10 years' experience after registration with HPCSA in a normal Speciality. Experience in teaching and learning, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. Duties : Provide consultant-level anaesthetic and perioperative services for elective and emergency surgery, including pre-anaesthetic assessment, risk stratification, optimisation, formulation of individualised anaesthetic plans, intraoperative monitoring and management, safe recovery and postoperative analgesia. Manage high-risk and complex cases within available resources, provide advanced airway management and resuscitation, and support perioperative critical care and escalation or referral where indicated. Participate in emergency theatre coverage, multidisciplinary perioperative planning, theatre efficiency and safe handover of care. Supervise, train and assess registrars, medical officers, interns and undergraduate students in clinical settings, simulation, tutorials and academic activities in collaboration with the affiliated university. Participate in clinical governance, morbidity and mortality meetings, incident review, quality improvement, infection prevention, protocol development, research and continuing professional development. Contribute to service development, equipment and medicine stewardship, outreach and relevant departmental administrative duties. The successful candidate will provide clinical services and consultancy work to Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital as allocated. The incumbent will be responsible for teaching and training of under and post graduate students, including medical interns and medical officers. The candidate will participate in the departmental outreach programmes and research activities. Closing Date : 31-10-2026