COMMUNITY BASED PALLIATIVE CARE DOCTOR (5 HR DAY)

ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

✓ Recognised Degree in Medicine (MBChB) and a minimum of combined 10 years’ experience in a patient care environment

✓ A Postgraduate Qualification in Palliative Medicine (added advantage) and/or experience within a palliative care setting

✓ Registration with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

✓ Experience in clinical risk management and safety protocols

✓ Unendorsed driver’s licence

✓ Fluency in at least 2 official languages and an understanding of palliative care and its role in society (added advantage)

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

➢ Provide quality care to patients by examining and treating patients accordingly

➢ Work effectively with interdisciplinary teams meeting the needs of our patients

➢ Participate in and contribute to clinical meeting forums scheduled with relevant teams

➢ Facilitate people development/developing skills of clinical support staff

➢ Travel to the communities the organisation serves on a daily basis to meet the needs of patients and support the Community Nurses in their work

➢ Perform other duties, as and when so requested, in support of team goals

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Organisational awareness
• Excellent practical skills
• Above average communication skills, compassion and interpersonal sensitivity
• Resilience and stress management
• Relationship building/partnering
• Excellence and action orientation
• Planning and organising
• Judgement and decision making
• Monitoring
• Teamwork and developing people
• Engaging diversity

SCREENING PROCEDURE

All applicants are expected to provide or avail themselves for:

ü A letter of motivation for the application.

ü A properly formatted and detailed Curriculum Vitae (with dates and reasons for leaving, citing your most recent remuneration and expected income).

ü Copies of all Certifications, Degrees, Registrations, etc.

ü Proficiency assessments to assess competence in areas required, inclusive of a panel interview.

WE HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH WITH THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

✓ Market-related remuneration

✓ Free access to an Employee Wellness Program managed by ICAS, offering, 24/7/365 Telephone Counselling, Access to Legal, Financial, Family Care, Psychosocial, and Health specialists, Face-2-Face- and trauma Counselling.

CLOSING DATE: 11 August 2026. All applications received within the time frames will be considered. Applicants, who do not receive a response on their application within 5 working days of the closing date of the advertisement, are to accede that the application was not successful. Please forward your application for the attention of our HR Coordinator hr@stlukes.co.za citing the staff notice reference number in the top left corner and your name and surname as well as the position being applied for.

Note:

St Luke’s Combined Hospices reserves the right not to make an appointment to this position.

St Luke’s Combined Hospices is guided by the principles of Employment Equity.

On behalf of Management, we wish you well in your application and future endeavours!

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to R40 000,00 per month

Work Location: In person