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NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICES (NHLS)
 

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FIRST 12 MONTHS WILL BE GRANT FUNDED, AND THERE AFTER THE ROLES MAY BE MADE PERMANENT ON OPERATIONAL COST CENTRE
 
BUSINESS UNIT: OFFICE OF THE CEO
DISCIPLINE: BUSINESS INTELLINGENCE UNIT
LOCATION: SANDRINGHAM
POSITION: PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE SPECIALIST – FIXED TERM CONTRACT
(12 MONTHS) (RETRACTED)
GRADE: PHI
REFERENCE NUMBER: CORPCEO1023/001-09
 
Key Job Responsibility: ■ To plan, execute and evaluate operational research projects for the NHLS that inform future business and healthcare strategies. ■ To convene appropriate expertise in the NHLS including medical, business and support expertise to work together towards conducting operational research. ■ To contribute towards the research output of the organisation by participating in basic research and publishing papers in peer-reviewing journals. ■ To contribute towards the training of undergraduate medical students as well as postgraduate registrars in public health medicine in line with the training mandate of the NHLS. ■ To represent the NHLS in various public, private and NGO’s forum. ■Maintain and develop relationships with all necessary internal/external stakeholders, including but not limited to national and provincial departments of health,(including environmental health), the private sector (laboratories, medical aids and hospitals), Stats SA ■ To support service delivery in public and occupational health ■ To provide health economics support to NHLS to improve cost effective service ■ Implementing policies and procedures to promote healthy behaviours such as smoking cessation and exercise ■ Provide education about health risks associated with certain behaviours and promoting awareness on health issues by conducting workshops and other interventions ■ Comply with any reasonable and lawful instruction issued by the manager.




Minimum requirements & key competency: ■ Masters Degree in Medicine (MMed) / Fellow of College of Public Health Medicine(FCPHM) (NQF 9) ■ Registration with HPCSA as a public health Medicine Specialist ■ 3 (Three) years post qualification experience as Public Health Medicine Specialist ■5 (five) years must have been spent on Epidemiology/Biostatistics/Research ■ Project Management (Desirable) ■ Strategic planning experience (Desirable) ■Health economic research ■ Knowledge of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ■Knowledge of communicable and non-communicable disease control ■ Public health systems ■ Teaching and Training ■ Knowledge of clinical medicine ■Disease prevention ■ Project management skills. ■ Computer Literacy ■ Leadership and management skills ■Interpersonal Skills ■ Conflict management and problem solving skills ■ Time management skill ■ Report Writing skill ■Presentation skills.
 
Enquiries may be directed to Ntsane Seleso @ (011) 386 6145, or e-mail application to Corporate2@nhls.ac.za