Senior Registrar: Pulmonology Gauteng

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:-

The Senior Registrar: Pulmonology role involves providing exceptional patient care, contributing to the development of specialist respiratory services, and playing a vital role in academic and teaching functions. Key responsibilities include managing patients with respiratory diseases, supervising junior medical staff, and participating in research and training. To be successful, the ideal candidate must possess a suitable medical qualification, strong competencies, and experience in coaching and mentoring.

**Job Title: Senior Registrar: Pulmonology**

**Company: Gauteng Department of Health**

**Job Summary:**

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Pulmonology specialist to join our team as a Senior Registrar. As a key member of our department, you will be responsible for providing exceptional patient care, contributing to the development of specialist respiratory services, and playing a vital role in the academic and teaching functions of the Wits Department of Internal Medicine and the Pulmonology Division.

**Requirements:**

To be successful in this role, you will need to possess:

• A suitable medical qualification that enables registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a specialist in Internal Medicine, FCP(SA) or equivalent * Independent practice with the HPCSA * Strong competencies, including: + A patient-first mentality + Excellent communication skills + Good professional judgment + Integrity and professional dependability + Conflict management + Cost-containment * Proficiency in technology and computer skills * Strong problem-solving skills * Experience in coaching and mentoring * Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, including the ICU

**Duties:**

As a Senior Registrar, your key responsibilities will include:

• **General Medicine:** Providing clinical management for general medical patients within the General Medicine Units at Helen Joseph Tertiary Hospital, leading operational and academic ward rounds, and supervising registrars, medical officers, intern doctors, and students in patient care and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures * **Sub-Specialty (Pulmonology):** Fulfilling the requirements of sub-specialty training as set out by the College of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) and the Pulmonology Division affiliated to Wits University, contributing to specialist respiratory services, and performing advanced diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory procedures * **Clinical Practice:** Managing patients with acute and chronic respiratory diseases, including severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infections, pleural disease, bronchiectasis, and respiratory failure * **Academic and Teaching Functions:** Participating in the academic duties of the Wits Department of Internal Medicine and the Pulmonology Division, performing research, supervising research, and training and supervising Registrars, Medical Officers, Medical Interns, and Medical Students

**Additional Responsibilities:**

• Providing specialist inpatient consultations and managing patients attending specialist Pulmonology outpatient clinics * Providing specialist respiratory support as part of the multidisciplinary ICU team * Participating in after-hours specialist respiratory consultation as rostered * Supervising the clinical technology service as required * Rotating through various academic hospitals as part of the training program

**Closing Date:** 05-11-2026