POST 32/53 : MEDICAL SPECIALIST: PUBLIC HEALTH REF NO: NDOH 61/2022
Chief Director: Health Care Benefits & Provider Payment
(Five Year Contract)
SALARY : Grade 1: R1 122 630 – R1 191 510 per annum
Grade 2: R1 283 592 – R1 362 363 per annum
Grade 3: R1 489 665 – R1 862 412 per annum
CENTRE : Pretoria
REQUIREMENTS : Grade 1: An appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health
Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) plus current registration with the
HPCSA as a Medical Specialist. Grade 2: An appropriate qualification that
allows registration with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
as a Medical Specialist plus a minimum of five (5) years’ appropriate
experience as a Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA as a
Medical Specialist. Grade 3: An appropriate qualification that allows
registration with the Health Profession Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a
Medical Specialist plus a minimum of ten (10) years’ appropriate experience
as a Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical
Specialist. A postgraduate qualification (NQF 8) in Public Health will be an
advantage. Plus five (5) years’ work experience with health needs assessment.
Comprehensive knowledge of patient registration and personal health.
Knowledge of the National Health Insurance Plan and understanding of the
South African Health Care System. Good communication (verbal and written),
decision making, interpersonal, customer service, planning, organizing, team
management and computer skills (MS Office package). A valid driver’s license.
DUTIES : Develop and maintain methodology for strategic and operational planning for
defining the composition of the Health Care Benefits, including health needs
assessment, risk assessments, and monitoring and control of progress against
strategic objectives. Contribute clinical inputs to the development and
maintenance of policy and procedures for clinical interventions,
pharmaceuticals and technologies, including inputs on Health Technology
Assessment (HTA), as a part of benefit design. Develop and maintain policy
and procedures on referral and portability of access to services and define
referral guidelines for NHI pathways. Develop and maintain the annual plan of needs for procurement of the Health Care Benefits. Contribute to the
preparation of information for publication for citizens on the list of Health Care
Benefits for Users and Referral Guidelines.
ENQUIRIES : Dr N Crisp at
Ni************@he****.za
APPLICATIONS : Kone Solutions has been retained to handle responses for the following
advertised positions of National Department of Health. Please forward your
application via email to:
**@ko***********.za
or hand deliver your
application to: Hampton Office Park, 20 Georgian Crescent East Street,
Highbury house, Bryanston, 2158 or via post to PO Box 1132, Rivonia, 2128
(quoting the relevant reference number).
FOR ATTENTION : Ms Tumi Morake, during office hours (08:30am – 16:00pm)
NOTE : All short-listed candidates for SMS posts and Non-OSD Technical posts
remunerated at SMS levels will be subjected to a technical exercise that
intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will
be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical
exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic
managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive
on the implementation of competency-based assessments). The competency
assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the
mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment batteries. Applications should
be submitted on the new Z83 form obtainable from any Public Service
department and should be accompanied by a CV (previous experience must
be comprehensively detailed). The Z83 must be fully completed (all sections),
failure to complete or disclose all information will automatically disqualify the
applicant. Applicants are not required to submit copies of qualification and
other relevant documents on application. Certified copies of qualifications and
other relevant documents will be requested prior to final selection phase.
Applications should be on one PDF format. Applications received after the
closing date and those that do not comply with the requirements will not be
considered. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications and
national certificates (where applicable) evaluated by the South African
Qualification Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to fill the
posts. The successful candidate will be subjected to personnel suitability
checks and other vetting procedures. Applicants are respectfully informed that
correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If notification of
an interview is not received within three (3) months after the closing date,
candidates may regard their application as unsuccessful. The Department will
not be liable where applicants use incorrect/no reference number(s) on their
applications.
CLOSING DATE : 19 September 2022, closing time: 12:00 Mid-day