Job Requirements
Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or a recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as Medical Specialist in General Surgery. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Clinical and surgical competency in vascular surgery. Ability to work in a high-volume clinic and surgical environment. Ability to teach and train undergraduate and post graduate students. Ability to conduct clinically relevant research in the field of vascular surgery.
Duties
Participation in academic and management activities of the division. Management and training of surgical staff. Vascular Surgery clinical service provision and management in the Groote Schuur Hospital Vascular Unit.
What is the Salary
Grade 1: R872 205 per annum Grade 2: R995 172 per annum Grade 3: R1 152 594 per annum
Location
Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory
How to Apply
Prof L Cairncross Tel No: (021) 406-6229
Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).
Apply Before:
27 November 2026
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Additional Information
No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements, may also apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration to register with the relevant council and proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only applicable on health professionals who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for change in registration status). Please ensure that you attach an updated CV. Groote Schuur Hospital has adopted the department’s ecosystem framing of its training platform. Accordingly, all medical specialist appointments may be called upon to work across this platform and may include rotations at Metro West and Rural East hospitals. This includes Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, New Somerset Hospital, Mitchells Plein District Hospital, Victoria Hospital and George Provincial Hospital.
