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DEPUTY DIRECTOR: HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING: INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • Provincial Office (Polokwane) • Ref: POST 37/114

Salary

R896 436.per annum. (Level 11)

Requirements

    Qualifications and Competencies: An appropriate Degree in any of the Health
    Sciences OR Degree / Diploma in Nursing OR Degree in a related medical
    field. Registration with the Statutory Council (Health). Experience in clinical
    services or clinical management related to health / clinical facility planning
    Minimum Five (5) years post qualification experience. A valid drivers’ license.
    Inherent requirements of the job: Computer literacy including MS Outlook,
    Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Virtual meeting platforms literacy. The successful
    applicant must be prepared to travel extensively throughout the province and
    work longer hours. Main Role: To provide health facilities planning support and
    expert health clinical design guidance for the preparation of business cases
    and health / clinical Briefs; to ensure that clinical and organisational systems
    requirements on health facility infrastructure projects are well addressed at
    planning, design and implementation stage. Knowledge, Skills, Training And
    Competencies Required: Experience in determining policies, systems and
    standards for health services, health / clinical proposals, business cases and
    interpretation of building plans. Interpret existing/customize functional and
    technical norms and standards. Background in service delivery, turn-around
    and change management strategy. Good communication, report writing,
    facilitation, co-ordination and analytical skills. Ability to direct inputs and provide
    guidance for the development of infrastructure strategies, policies, systems,
    functional clinical norms and standards which includes space the health service
    levels of care and the entire health service delivery platform. Ability to
    understand how to extract and interpret information from related information
    systems, indicators & service plan and how that links with infrastructure. Ability
    to understand how to prepare reports, submissions and presentations. The
    ideal candidate must have: the ability to guide and operate within all applicable
    legislation, policies, frameworks and instruction notes.

Duties

    Key Performance Areas: Compile and or review business cases, health/clinical
    briefs, commissioning, de-commissioning and decanting plans accordingly for
    capex and maintenance projects. Facilitate, guide assist and support health
    end-users in the preparations and review of business cases, health/clinical
    briefs inclusive of commissioning, de-commissioning and decanting plans.
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    Support built environment professionals and technical staff and end users with
    the development of skills to interpret all the health-related project initiation,
    commissioning and decommissioning documents. business cases. Provide
    health specific inputs to infrastructure plans, norms and standards during
    infrastructure planning, project design, implementation and commissioning.
    Undertake physical site inspections and make inputs from a health perspective
    to all capex and maintenance projects inclusive of the construction phase.
    Ensure that project briefs and operational narratives comply with the domains
    that are on the clinical guidelines. Conduct monitoring and oversight in all
    projects that start with construction, to ensure that clinical requirements are
    done according to the approved design. Facilitate the establishment of
    commissioning teams both at provincial, district and facility level. Ensure that
    commissioning requirements (including staffing, training, HT, consumables,
    organisational development, quality assurance and decanting) are incorporated in the planning, design, implementation and operationalization of each project or facility. Collaborate with the Health Services Branches in the
    development and approval of business cases, health/clinical briefs inclusive of
    commissioning, de-commissioning and decanting plans. Coordinate and
    collaborate with the National Department of Health in the peer review and
    approval of business cases and health/clinical briefs for projects as outlined in
    the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) health facilities revitalization grant
    framework. Participate in the peer review process at appropriate project
    stages. Load project documents and update information on the data
    management system. Undertake research. Manage human, physical and
    financial resources.

Enquiries

Ms Mompei MM at Tel No:
015 293 6126 /Ms Sebake RL at 015 293 6426, Ms Sebola MF at 015 293 6002
and Ms Mothiba JT during office hours.

How to Apply

The applications should be submitted on the website: www.ldoh.gov.za

Source: PSV CIRCULAR 37 OF 2025 • Posted: 2025-10-12 • Closing: 2025-10-24