Circular 27 of 2026 · Post 27/263
MEDICAL SPECIALIST GRADE 1 TO 3 (UROLOGY)
Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- ProvinceWestern Cape
- AdvertCombined vacancy information
Job details
- Circular
- 27 of 2026
- Page No.
- 2
- Circular Post
- 27/263
- Department
- Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- Province
- Western Cape
- Closing date
- 17 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.
Applications close on 17 August 2026.
Application and salary information
Salary
Grade 1: R1 395 528 per annum Grade 2: R1 592 274 per annum
Grade 3: R1 844 151 per annum
(A portion of the package can be structured according to the individual's personal needs.) (It will be expected of the successful candidate to participate
in a system of remunerated commuted overtime).
Application route
Complete submission instructions are provided under How to apply.
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
- Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory
- Salary information
- Grade 1: R1 395 528 per annum Grade 2: R1 592 274 per annum
Grade 3: R1 844 151 per annum
(A portion of the package can be structured according to the individual's personal needs.) (It will be expected of the successful candidate to participate
in a system of remunerated commuted overtime).
Requirements
- Minimum educational qualifications: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Medical Specialist in Urology.
- Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
- Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
- Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
- Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
- Inherent
Duties
- Contribute to the under and post grad training and research agenda of the Division.
- Organise and contribute to the surgical skills training courses.
- Oversee day surgery, surgical clinics and surgical emergencies.
- Supervision and performance of major Urology surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, trauma, endourological and oncological surgery.
- The management of specialist urological patients within the Division of Urology and at related hospitals to Groote Schuur Hospital.
- To provide services (operative and OPD consulting) at Eerste River and Western Cape Rehabilitation Hospitals.
Enquiries
Ms P George Tel No: (021) 404-6105 or email: paige.george@uct.ac.za
How to apply
Where and how to submit your application.
Applicants apply online: 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 on health professionals 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).
- Please ensure that you attach an updated CV. Groote Schuur Hospital has adopted the department’s ecosystem framing of its training platform. Accordingly, all Medical Specialists appointments may be called upon to work across this platform and may include rotations at Metro West and Rural East hospitals. This includes Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, New Somerset Hospital, Mitchells Plein District Hospital, Victoria Hospital and George Provincial Hospital.
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Official source
This vacancy was imported from DPSA Circular 27 of 2026 for reference.
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Original Text
SALARY : Grade 1: R1 395 528 per annum Grade 2: R1 592 274 per annum
Grade 3: R1 844 151 per annum
(A portion of the package can be structured according to the individual's personal needs.) (It will be expected of the successful candidate to participate
in a system of remunerated commuted overtime).
CENTRE : Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory
REQUIREMENTS : Minimum educational qualifications: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as
Medical Specialist in Urology. Registration with a professional council:
Registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in Urology. Experience:
Grade 1: None after registration with HPCSA as a Medical Specialist in
Urology. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council
in respect of a foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology.
Grade 3: A minimum of 10 years’ appropriate experience after registration with the HPCSA (or recognised foreign Health Professional Council in respect of a
foreign qualified employee) as a Medical Specialist in Urology. Inherent
requirements of the job: Commuted overtime is compulsory. Competencies
(knowledge/skills): Ability to perform urologic surgery at a tertiary level. Have research experience. Experience in Adult and Paediatric Urology, renal
transplantation, laparoscopic surgery, trauma, endourological and oncological surgery.
DUTIES : Contribute to the under and post grad training and research agenda of the Division. Organise and contribute to the surgical skills training courses.
Oversee day surgery, surgical clinics and surgical emergencies. Supervision and performance of major Urology surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic
surgery, trauma, endourological and oncological surgery. The management of specialist urological patients within the Division of Urology and at related
hospitals to Groote Schuur Hospital. To provide services (operative and OPD consulting) at Eerste River and Western Cape Rehabilitation Hospitals.
ENQUIRIES : Ms P George Tel No: (021) 404-6105 or email: paige.george@uct.ac.za
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 on health professionals 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). Please ensure that you attach an updated CV. Groote Schuur Hospital has adopted the department’s ecosystem
framing of its training platform. Accordingly, all Medical Specialists appointments may be called upon to work across this platform and may include
rotations at Metro West and Rural East hospitals. This includes Red Cross War
Memorial Children's Hospital, New Somerset Hospital, Mitchells Plein District
Hospital, Victoria Hospital and George Provincial Hospital.