{"id":12130,"date":"2025-06-23T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/medical-officer\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:24:16","slug":"medical-officer","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=12130","title":{"rendered":"Medical Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interpersonal Factor<\/p>\n<p>\tAs a professional all services delivered needs to be in line with the Cancercare Values, of CARE. Each task needs to be consistently executed whilst at all times displaying a positive influence on all stakeholders and within the general working environment. It is expected from the employee to deliver all the tasks reflecting a willingness to operate outside the scope of the job description as per operational requirements. The factors below cannot therefore be reviewed and assessed in isolation.<br \/>\n\tTo display the company values: C &#8211; Compassion, A &#8211; Accountability, R &#8211; Respect, E &#8211; Ethics (CARE)<\/p>\n<p>Routine follow-ups<\/p>\n<p>\tHistory, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)<br \/>\n\tPrescription<br \/>\n\tSD\/NAD &gt; relevant tests, F\/U<br \/>\n\tPD &gt; refer to oncologist for treatmet decision<\/p>\n<p>Chemotherapy follow-ups<\/p>\n<p>\tHistory, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)<br \/>\n\tPrescription<br \/>\n\tTreatment in chemoroom or treatment delay, cessation<\/p>\n<p>Radiotherapy treatment checks<\/p>\n<p>\tHistory, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)<br \/>\n\tPrescription<br \/>\n\tTreatment on Linac or treatment delay, cessation<\/p>\n<p>Emergencies<\/p>\n<p>\tImmediate examination and resuscitation<br \/>\n\tPossible referral for admission<br \/>\n\tAmbulance<br \/>\n\tImmediate resuscitation<\/p>\n<p>Unscheduled patients<\/p>\n<p>\tHistory, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)<br \/>\n\tAdmission &gt; Tests<br \/>\n\tTests &gt; Prescription<br \/>\n\tAppropriate treatment<\/p>\n<p>Ward rounds<\/p>\n<p>\tHistory, Examination, Assessment, Plan of action (Profdoc)<br \/>\n\tPrescription in ward<br \/>\n\tTreatment in ward (supportive\/palliative\/optimising for treatment)<\/p>\n<p>After hours call<\/p>\n<p>\tAnswer after hour call<br \/>\n\tArrange admission<br \/>\n\tSee emergencies at casualty or in the ward<br \/>\n\tAppropriate treatment<\/p>\n<p>Special investigations<\/p>\n<p>\tCheck and sign all results send to oncologist (per request)<br \/>\n\tInform oncologist of abnormal results<br \/>\n\tTreatment decision made<br \/>\n\tFollow-up appointment made<\/p>\n<p>Administration<\/p>\n<p>\tLife insurance forms<br \/>\n\tMedical boarding forms<br \/>\n\tHospice referrals<br \/>\n\tSpecialist referrals<br \/>\n\tLetters to referring doctors<br \/>\n\tOxygen orders<br \/>\n\tBlood slips<br \/>\n\tScan and x-ray requests<br \/>\n\tPhone calls<br \/>\n\tPatient satisfaction<br \/>\n\tIncrease referrals<br \/>\n\tImprove communication<br \/>\n\tReadily available information<\/p>\n<p>Meetings<\/p>\n<p>\tDifferent departments communicate<br \/>\n\tDates given through<br \/>\n\tImprove workflow<br \/>\n\tImprove interrelations<\/p>\n<p>Academic presentations<\/p>\n<p>\t30 min presentation per year<br \/>\n\tImprove knowledge<\/p>\n<p>CPD points<\/p>\n<p>\tAttend CPD functions to acquire sufficient points per year<br \/>\n\tHave 30 CPD points at any given time in a rolling 12 month cycle, 5 of which must be ethics<\/p>\n<p>Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Required minimum education:<\/p>\n<p>\tMBChB or equivalent<\/p>\n<p>Required minimum experience:<\/p>\n<p>\t3 years work experience<\/p>\n<p>Required minimum work-related experience:<\/p>\n<p>\tTo be evaluated on an individual basis<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>cancercaresa.mcidirecthire.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/cancercaresa.mcidirecthire.com","_company_name":"Cancercare SA","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[15],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-12130","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-western-cape","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/12130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=12130"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=12130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}