Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Clinical Co-Ordinator District Hospital Health Sciences
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
The university seeks to appoint health professionals who will contribute actively to undergraduate teaching, learning, and assessments. The successful incumbents will be required to render an effective and efficient service towards the undergraduate medicine clinical programme and specialist Family Medicine consultant services at district hospital level. Candidates will be required to be positioned at the selected health facilities in the Sarah Baartman Health District (Midlands Hospital, Andries Vosloo Hospital and Settlers Hospital) and as required by the academic programme and discipline.COREPURPOSEOFJOBThis post reports to the Head of Family Medicine at Nelson Mandela University. The key responsibilities include:
- Coordinate the delivery of quality teaching and learning of medical students at the clinical training sites.
- Coordinate and conduct relevant assessments of students on the clinical platform.
- Provide supervision and mentorship of students at the clinical sites.
- Enhance the development of fit for purpose primary healthcare-oriented graduates.
- Foster positive relationships between the university and relevant stakeholders.
- Provide specialist Family Medicine consultant services at district hospital level
- To develop and manage the clinical training program of medical students at clinical sites.
- To support MBCHB curriculum development regarding Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs).
- To support and contribute to interprofessional learning and collaborative practice.
- To engage in scholarship of higher education
- To establish and build relationships on the distributed clinical platform for the Longitudinal District Hospital Clinical Placement.
- To support clinical services at the district hospital as a consultant Family Physician.
- To support clinical governance at the district hospital as a consultant Family Physician.
- To working collaboratively with staff and management at clinical sites.
- To contribute to continuing professional development of health professionals at clinical training sites.
- To engage in research activities, including the supervision of undergraduate and post graduate
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Health Care and the District Health System in South Africa
- Knowledge, skills and expertise appropriate for a specialist Family Physician.
- Experience in teaching undergraduate health professional students.
- Interest and engagement in Health Professions Education.
- Ability to work flexibly in cross-functional teams in the teaching and development of students in the Medical School and Faculty of Health Sciences.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and able to work in team
- Recognise and deal with cultural diversity, and establish trust, credibility and respect with the medical programme team, medical students and the clinical team at the district hospital.
- Experience in engaging with relevant committees including community engagement
- Ability to consult and provide advice, facilitate discussion, and resolve any areas of conflict.
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