Circular 28 of 2026 · Post 28/236
MEDICAL SPECIALIST GRADE 1 TO 3 (ANAESTHETICS) (10 SESSIONS PER WEEK) Chief
Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- ProvinceWestern Cape
- AdvertCombined vacancy information
Job details
- Circular
- 28 of 2026
- Page No.
- 17–18
- Circular Post
- 28/236
- Department
- Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- Province
- Western Cape
- Closing date
- 24 August 2026
About this vacancy
This advert contains combined vacancy information. Review the source-supplied values below; they are not automatically paired into individual positions.
The closing date was 24 August 2026.
Application and salary information
Salary
Grade 1: R671 per hour Grade 2: R766 per hour
Grade 3: R887 per hour
Application history
Previous application instructions are retained below for reference.
Vacancy information
This advert contains combined vacancy information. Values are shown as supplied and are not paired into positions unless the source stores that relationship explicitly.
- Centre
- Mowbray Maternity Hospital
- Salary information
- Grade 1: R671 per hour Grade 2: R766 per hour
Grade 3: R887 per hour
Requirements
- Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
- Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
- Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
- Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
- Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
- Inherent requirement of the job: A valid driver’s licence.
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Appropriate experience in obstetric anaesthesia.
- Ability to work in a team and with all levels of staff.
- Interest in training junior anaesthetists and students in a career in anaesthesia.
- Computer literacy.
Duties
- To deliver comprehensive anaesthesia and critical care services to patients in theatre and the wards at Mowbray maternity Hospital.
- Pre-operative, intraoperative and post-operative anaesthetic management of surgical patients.
- Perform clinical teaching and training of interns, students and nursing colleagues.
- Rotating through the hospitals affiliated with the University of Cape Town, namely Groote Schuur Hospital, New Somerset Hospital and Mowbray Maternity Hospital.
- Management duties such as statistics, presentations and research.
- Management of the epidural and pain service at Mowbray Maternity Hospital.
Enquiries
Dr C Pfister Tel No: (021) 404-5001
APPLICATION INFORMATION — VACANCY CLOSED
Applications for this vacancy closed on 24 August 2026. Applications are no longer being accepted.
Previous application instructions — for reference
: Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).
Notes and Z83 guidance
No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements may also apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration to register with the relevant council and proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only applicable to candidates who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for change in registration status)”.
Z83 form: Government job applications usually require the Z83 application form. Download the Z83 application form before applying.
Official source
This vacancy was imported from DPSA Circular 28 of 2026 for reference.
Disclaimer: SA Gov Jobs is an independent job information service and is not a government department. This vacancy was imported from the official DPSA circular PDF. Please confirm the reference number, closing date, and application instructions in the original circular before applying. Expired vacancies are kept for reference only. View the official DPSA vacancy circulars.
Original Text
Chief Directorate: Metro Health Services
(3-Year Contract)
SALARY : Grade 1: R671 per hour Grade 2: R766 per hour
Grade 3: R887 per hour
CENTRE : Mowbray Maternity Hospital
REQUIREMENTS : Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a
Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Registration with a professional council:
Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia.
Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the HPCSA as a Medical
Specialist in Anaesthesia. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the HPCSA (or
recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employees) as Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Grade 3: A minimum of 10
years’ appropriate experience as Medical Specialist after registration with the
HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Anaesthesia. Inherent
requirement of the job: A valid driver’s licence. Competencies
(knowledge/skills): Appropriate experience in obstetric anaesthesia. Ability to work in a team and with all levels of staff. Interest in training junior anaesthetists
and students in a career in anaesthesia. Computer literacy.
DUTIES : To deliver comprehensive anaesthesia and critical care services to patients in theatre and the wards at Mowbray maternity Hospital. Pre-operative,
intraoperative and post-operative anaesthetic management of surgical patients. Perform clinical teaching and training of interns, students and nursing
colleagues. Rotating through the hospitals affiliated with the University of Cape
Town, namely Groote Schuur Hospital, New Somerset Hospital and Mowbray
Maternity Hospital. Management duties such as statistics, presentations and research. Management of the epidural and pain service at Mowbray Maternity
Hospital.
ENQUIRIES : Dr C Pfister Tel No: (021) 404-5001
NOTE : No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements may also
apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration to register with the relevant council and
proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only
applicable to candidates who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for
change in registration status)”.