MEDICAL SPECIALIST GRADE 1 TO 3 (ANAESTHETICS) (10 SESSIONS PER WEEK)

Department of Health

Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services

Salary: Grade 1: R671 per hour Grade 2: R766 per hour Grade 3: R887 per hour
Centre: Mowbray Maternity Hospital
Province: Western Cape
Closing date: 24 August 2026
Circular: No 28 of 2026

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Requirements

Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Inherent requirement of the job: A valid driver’s licence. Competencies (knowledge/skills): Appropriate experience in obstetric anaesthesia. Ability to work in a team and with all levels of staff. Interest in training junior anaesthetists and students in a career in anaesthesia. Computer literacy.

Duties

To deliver comprehensive anaesthesia and critical care services to patients in theatre and the wards at Mowbray maternity Hospital. Pre-operative, intraoperative and post-operative anaesthetic management of surgical patients. Perform clinical teaching and training of interns, students and nursing colleagues. Rotating through the hospitals affiliated with the University of Cape Town, namely Groote Schuur Hospital, New Somerset Hospital and Mowbray Maternity Hospital. Management duties such as statistics, presentations and research. Management of the epidural and pain service at Mowbray Maternity Hospital.

Where to send your application

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Enquiries

Dr C Pfister Tel No: (021) 404-5001

Note

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 to candidates 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).

Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 28 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 7 August 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 8 August 2026.

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