Doctor

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, Orthopedic, 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 looking for a **Doctor** to join our team of very passionate and dedicated Family Physicians and General Practitioners whose role is aimed at ensuring patients are medically stable and able to get maximum benefit from rehabilitation.

**Role**:
The medical management of patients, post surgery or acute hospitalisation (eg. stroke, total hip replacement, spinal surgery, dementia). This includes treatment of general medical complaints and minor illnesses, monitoring pain and symptom control, at times providing palliative care, and screening for any patients who require referral back to their referring specialist / referral hospital. The treatment goal is to improve the medical and overall patient outcome during the physical rehabilitation period and to facilitate a safe and medically stable discharge, with the appropriate level of care. This involves working closely with and leading a multidisciplinary team (physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, social worker, dietician)

**Responsibilities**:

- A daily morning ward round at the facility, providing in-patient medical care to acute care patients.
- Admission of new patients into the facility.
- Examining patients.
- Addressing patients' health concerns.
- Administering or prescribing appropriate treatment.
- Medical standards are adhered to.
- Health care is in line with guidelines.
- Compliance with regulations and guidelines issued by the DoH
- Applicable policies, procedures and quality improvement programmes are in place
- Provide urgent / emergency telephonic cover to the nursing staff in connection with patients when the need arises. Our nursing staff are very competent in managing most issues and only call for emergencies on rare occasions. No routine call-outs from home are required.

**Requirements**:

- A minimum of 2 years post-community service.
- MPS / insurance membership and active HPCSA registration.
- Experience in internal medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, palliative care is beneficial.
- Willing to work within a multidisciplinary and nursing team environment.

**Skills and Attributes**
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance and service expansion.
- Effectively manage your own time, workload and effectively collaborate with the MDT team.
- Dependable, responsible, good communication skills.
- Keen interest to work in geriatric subacute/acute care.
- Enjoy and eagerness to work in the private sector.
- Conflict Handling skills
- Report writing skills
- Ethical and integrity
- Commitment to excellence to ensure the goals of the clinical team are met

**Specific Requirements**:

- Clear health record
- Clear criminal record
- Clear credit record
- Contactable references
- Vaccinated against covid-19 or prepared to be vaccinated prior to commencing job

**Hours**:
Weekdays 09h00-18h00 onsite

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).

Salary on offer is R 70 000 to R 80 000 Cost to Company per month depending on experience and qualifications.