Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has begun a process of recruiting specialists to fill posts that have been left vacant by the resignation of doctors recently.
Since last week Thursday, 23 May, the hospital has been interviewing Medical Officers, Registrars and Anaesthesiologists Specialists to replace those who have resigned.
Hospital management is also negotiating with Senior Registrars who passed their exams last week in Cape Town to stay on and complete their training time at CMJAH. Following being registered as specialists in December 2013, they will be offered work at CMJAH. Three of them have shown willingness to continue working at the hospital.
In an effort to retain staff with critical skills, the department has various programmes including Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) and the hospital is complementing these by ensuring participation of the staff with critical skills in decision making particularly in their areas of competence; ensure that the equipment they require for their work is acquired and where possible, they are involved in research and development of their competency areas.
This year, 11 anaesthetists and specialists doctors in dermatology (1); Surgery (3); Radiology (4); Internal Medicine (1) and Paediatrics (1) resigned at CMJAH.
Some of them are leaving because of personal reasons while others have decided to join private practice on a full time basis following strict control measures put in place by the Department in relation to Remuneration Work Outside of Public Service (RWOPS).
Gauteng Health MEC, Hope Papo, says, “This recruitment drive will ensure that the delivery of quality healthcare is not compromised at the hospital.”
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