Locum Doctor

Faircape Health – Heritage Manor

Sub-Acute Care & Rehabilitation Centre | Somerset West

We are expanding our pool of Locum Doctors and inviting experienced medical professionals to join our growing multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Faircape Health Institute is extending our subacute care and rehabilitation services to Heritage Manor in Somerset West, providing restorative care for patients requiring short-term, long-term, dementia, respite, palliative, and rehabilitation-focused care within a secure and nurturing environment. Working within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary environment, our focus is on medical stability, rehabilitation progression, chronic disease management, and supporting patients on their journey from hospital to home.

We seek a clinically confident Locum Doctor to assist over weekends and during the week when operationally required. This role is best suited to a doctor comfortable managing medically complex rehabilitation and long-term care patients within a ward-based environment.

If you're passionate about patient care and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is for you.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Conduct comprehensive medical assessments on admission, including physical examinations, medical history reviews, and interpretation of diagnostic results to inform care planning.
• Develop and implement individualised treatment plans, including medication management and rehabilitative interventions aimed at improving outcomes.
• Take ownership of ongoing clinical management and medical decision-making for medically stable rehabilitation and long-term care patients.
• Manage patients with multiple co-morbidities, functional decline, chronic disease burden, and rehabilitation-related complications.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure continuity and coordination of patient care.
• Provide clinical guidance and support to nursing teams within the facility.
• Monitor patient progress, evaluate treatment effectiveness, and adjust care plans as required.
• Communicate clearly with patients and families, providing education on medical conditions, treatment plans, and self-care strategies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records on Healthware (electronic platform), including progress notes and discharge summaries.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, including protocol development and implementation of best practices in subacute care.
• Provide urgent/emergency telephonic medical support to nursing staff when required to stabilise patients and prevent deterioration.
• No routine call-outs from home are required.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with referring specialists relevant to the Somerset West catchment area.

Requirements:

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)

Experience and Knowledge

• 3 years + post-community service experience
• Experience in internal medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, or palliative care is beneficial.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary and nursing team environment advantageous.

Skills and Attributes

• Medical Expertise: Proficiency in diagnosing and treating various medical conditions, with a strong understanding of evidence-based practices
• Good Critical Thinking Skills
• Ethical Practice and confidentiality
• Strong Team Collaboration ability
• Meticulous attention to detail in documentation
• Strong Communication Skills
• Crisis Management Ability
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Specific Requirements

• Clear health, criminal, and credit record
• Written references
• MPS/insurance membership and active HPCSA registration

Benefits

Guaranteed Weekend Shifts – this role ensures consistent, reliable weekend work for those seeking predictable locum hours.

Weekends: 08h00 until patient rounds are completed (around 12h00 or 13h00)

We require our Doctors to provide urgent/emergency telephonic cover when the need arises to the nursing staff. Our nursing staff are very competent in managing most issues and only call for emergencies on rare occasions. No routine call-outs from home are required.

Weekdays when applicable: An hourly rate of R575.00

Weekends: A daily on-call rate of R1264.00 for Saturday and R1900.00 for Sunday and an additional fee of R190.00 per patient

To see more about Faircape and what we have to offer go and look at our informative website

https://faircape.co.za/

Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.