Job Description

REQUIREMENTS:

Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Paediatrics. Experience in undergraduate teaching and research will be an added advantage.

DUTIES:

The successful candidates will:


Provide clinical services in various paediatric subspecialty clinics. Participate in general paediatric ward units. Contribute to departmental clinical responsibilities, including work in the Paediatric Outpatient Department (POPD), and provide support in the Neonatal ICU and nursery as required. Be actively involved in teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate students. Supervise medical interns, medical officers, registrars, and fellows.

ENQUIRIES:

Prof A. Coovadia

Tel: (011) 470 9284

Email: Ashraf.Coovadia@wits.ac.za




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How To Apply

Please apply via

i-Recruitment

at https://irec.wits.ac.za by

07 January 2026

.


Applicants must submit:


A

cover letter

indicating the specific post applied for A

detailed CV

with names, addresses, contact numbers, and email addresses of

three referees

A completed

Z83 form

Certified copies

of: + ID (both sides for smart ID) + Current HPCSA registration
+ Relevant qualifications

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY:

The

Department of Health

and the

University of the Witwatersrand

are committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment, particularly in respect of race, gender, and disability.

The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.

Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.





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