Family Physician

3 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Faircape Full time

Faircape Health Tokai Estate is a Sub Acute Care and Rehabilitation Centre which provides restorative care and rehabilitation for patients recovering from a variety of medical conditions that include Neurological, Orthopaedic, Surgical and Respite. At Tokai Healthcare, the focus is mainly on acute conditions that immediately affect patients' rehabilitation progress.

Our world-class care aims to bridge the gap between hospital and home. Our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) of leading healthcare professionals administers care in the most therapeutic environment possible and supports healing outcomes in all aspects.

We are seeking a** Family Physician **to co-lead the team of medical officers in conjunction with the current Family Physician.

If you are committed to providing comprehensive healthcare in a supportive and collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you.

**Duties include but are not limited to**:

- Provide comprehensive medical care and management of patients transitioning from hospital to home, focusing on rehabilitation and recovery.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments, including reviewing medical histories, performing physical exams, and diagnosing medical conditions.
- Develop and implement individualised care plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including nurses, therapists, and specialists.
- Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans as needed to promote optimal recovery and health outcomes.
- Oversee medication management, ensuring appropriate prescriptions, dosages, and monitoring for potential side effects or interactions.
- Provide ongoing education to patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, and long-term care strategies.
- Helping to start an outpatient department to follow-up patients who are discharged from Faircape Tokai.
- Providing advice to other medical officers on patients they are managing.
- Reviewing incident reports (e.g. where a patient deteriorated) and assisting with monthly morbidity and mortality meetings.
- Assisting with audits to ensure most up-to-date evidence-based medicine is practised.
- Assisting with infection control meetings and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Drawing up and organising weekend call rosters and distributing the relevant notice to staff members.
- Assisting with recruitment of new medical officers / locums and probationary reviews of new doctors.
- Managing orientation of new medical officers.
- Ensure that regular clinical excellence reviews of permanent medical officers are performed.
- Giving input where needed to medical/nursing guidelines and procedures. Assisting to coordinate weekly academic talks with the doctor team.
- **Requirements**:

- Family medicine accreditation with HPCSA.
- MPS / insurance membership and active HPCSA registration.
- Experience and interest in internal medicine, geriatrics, and palliative care is beneficial.
- Experience in private healthcare is beneficial.
- Willing to work within a multidisciplinary and nursing team environment.

Skills and Attributes:

- Ethical Practice: Adherence to medical ethics, maintaining patient confidentiality, and making decisions in the patient's best interest.
- Effectively manage your own time, workload and effectively collaborate with the MDT team.
- Dependable, responsible
- Patient-Centred Care: Ability to prioritise patient needs and provide compassionate, empathetic care.
- Excellent communication skills by effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues, including listening attentively and explaining medical information clearly.
- Proficient in diagnosing a wide range of medical conditions based on symptoms, medical history, and diagnostic tests.
- Ability to make sound clinical decisions, based on thorough assessment and analysis.
- Problem-Solving skills by having the ability to address complex medical issues, considering multiple factors to reach optimal treatment plans.
- Ethical practice by adherence to medical ethics, maintaining patient confidentiality, and making decisions in the patient's best interest.
- Commitment to excellence to ensure the goals of the clinical team are met.

Specific Requirements:

- Clear health record.
- Clear criminal record.
- Written references.
- Hepatitis B vaccination.

**Working Hours**:
Weekdays 08h00 - 17h00 with two weekend days per month

Weekends: 08h00 until patient rounds are completed (two weekend days a month for approximately 5 hours. A weekday afternoon is offered off to compensate for each weekend day worked). Be available telephonic after-hours for your own patients

Salary on offer is from R 107 000 Cost to Company per month depending on experience, qualifications, skills and attributes.

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