Head of Emergency Unit
Mediclinic
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Contract type: Full time
Mediclinic Southern Africa is a healthcare provider operating in South Africa and Namibia focused on providing acute care, specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary hospital services and related service offerings. We place science at the heart of our care process by striving to provide evidence-based care of the highest standard. The group currently operates 50 private hospitals (excluding a growing number of day clinics) throughout South Africa and three hospitals in Namibia with more than 8 200 beds in total.
HEAD OF EMERGENCY UNIT
To provide overall clinical leadership in the emergency centre and to be the driver for safe, patient-focused clinical care by the effective development and utilisation of resources, ongoing data analysis and prioritised action plans.
Required Education
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: MB BCh/MB ChB and Dip PEC (or equivalent)
DESIRED EDUCATION: FCEM, MMed EM, MPhil EM, MSc, PhD EM orequivalent
Required Experience
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: At least three years’ experience working in an emergency centre in the private sector and at least one year of supervisory or managerial experience
DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Suitable managerial and leadership involvementin the emergency medicine environment
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
HEAD OF EMERGENCY UNIT
To provide overall clinical leadership in the emergency centre and to be the driver for safe, patient-focused clinical care by the effective development and utilisation of resources, ongoing data analysis and prioritised action plans.
Required Education
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: MB BCh/MB ChB and Dip PEC (or equivalent)
DESIRED EDUCATION: FCEM, MMed EM, MPhil EM, MSc, PhD EM orequivalent
Required Experience
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: At least three years’ experience working in an emergency centre in the private sector and at least one year of supervisory or managerial experience
DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Suitable managerial and leadership involvementin the emergency medicine environment
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Lead the clinical service delivery in the emergency centre
- Lead, manage and mentor the emergency centre practitioners
- Integrate data, audits and reports to develop solutions for business
- requirements
- Actively participate in company strategies and projects
- Initiate and drive emergency centre quality improvement and quality assurance initiatives to ensure safe, quality patient care is delivered at all times
- Identify and mitigate risks in the emergency centre
- Other relevant clinical courses (e.g. Advanced airway, Ultrasound, Procedural sedation)
- The Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa
- MS Office package
- Children's Act No. 38 of 2005 & Children's Amendment Act No. 41 of 2007
- Data management and report writing skills
- Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974
- HPCSA Regulations and Guidelines on Ethical rules, regulations and policy guidelines
- The Patients†Right Charter
- National Health Act No.61 of 2003 & Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002
- South African Triage Scale
- Disaster and Major Incident Management
- Advanced Life Support Courses (Cardiac, Pediatric and Trauma)
- MCSA Clinical Policies and Procedures relevant to the Emergency Centre
- Private healthcare industry knowledge