According to the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, the situation is as follows:
(1) (a) (i) 935 vacant posts as of 31 April 2022
(ii) Salary levels of the posts:
Management |
Number |
Nursing |
Number |
|
Level 12 |
4 |
Level 4 |
81 |
|
Level 13 |
1 |
Level 5 |
80 |
|
Level 14 |
2 |
Level 6 |
40 |
|
Admin |
|
Level 7 |
82 |
|
Level 5 |
122 |
Level 9 |
103 |
|
Level 7 |
20 |
Level 10 |
17 |
|
Level 9 |
9 |
Level 12 |
1 |
|
Level 11 |
3 |
Medical |
Number |
|
Allied |
Number |
Level 11 |
39 |
|
Level 7 |
1 |
Level 12 |
82 |
|
Level 8 |
9 |
Support |
Number |
|
Level 9 |
4 |
Level 2 |
177 |
|
Level 10 |
5 |
Level 3 |
34 |
|
Level 11 |
3 |
Level 4 |
9 |
|
Level 12 |
1 |
Level 5 |
20 |
|
Allied Support |
Number |
Level 7 |
4 |
|
Level 4 |
4 |
|
|
|
Level 5 |
7 |
|
|
|
Level 6 |
3 |
|
Out of the 935 vacant posts, 302 are funded and are in the process of being filled
(2) (a) Doctors: 12
(b) Nurses: 40
(c) Medical Interns: 300
(3) The response is as follows:
(4) The response is as follows:
(a) Medical Specialist: 279
b) Professional Nurses: 474
The ideal staff compliment can only be determined once Provincial staffing norms are adopted and work studies completed.
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