Occupational Medical Practitioner

**Job Title: Occupational Medical Practitioner (Fixed Term Contract)**

**Location: Foskor Mine Occupational Health Clinic (Phalaborwa Site)**

**Reports to: Occupational Health Manager.**

**Job Summary**:
The incumbent facilitates and provides Occupational Health Services, Quality Improvement and Risk Management on behalf of Clinix Health Group to Foskor Mine (Phalaborwa Site) and to Clinix Health Group’s employees that are deployed to Foskor Mine Occupational Health Clinic.

**Minimum Qualifications and Experience**:

- MBCHB Bachelor of Medicine
- Post-Graduate qualification in Occupational Health/Medicine (DOMH)
- Dispensing License and Registered with HPCSA as an Occupational Medical Practitioner
- 5 years’ experience in an Occupational Health environment. Experience in Mine Occupational Health is an advantage.

**Main Job Requirements**:

- Carrying out plant walkabouts and generating reports of all findings.
- Assisting with employee referrals and compiling medical reports for FOSKOR on behalf of Clinix Health Group.
- Attending relevant stakeholder meetings including assisting with internal and external audits.
- Assisting with investigations of occupational health incidents, conducting occupational risk assessments, developing risk mitigation strategies, and attending to the certification of medical assessments of Foskor employees and contractors.
- Responding to emergency calls, providing expert advice, contributing to the provision of training, advice, health surveillance, vaccinations, sickness absence management and making recommendations on occupational health related interventions and programs and other general OH issues.
- Providing expert advice on new regulations and aligning processes with Foskor protocols.
- Providing advisory support on quality improvement initiatives and process flows.
- Responsible for performing all duties and functions expected of an Employer in terms of Section 37(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 of 1993.
- Plan, develop, coordinate, monitor and audit the delivery of OH services provided to Clinix Health Services to ensure high quality service and to improve and promote best practice in OH.