CHIEF DIRECTOR – EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

• Reference Number: REFS/
• Directorate: Legal Services
• Number of Posts: 1
• Package: R 1 554 696 per annum (All-inclusive remuneration package)

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of the EMS Chief Directorate and oversee all components of pre‑hospital care, including medical rescue, special operations, planned patient transport, inter‑facility transfers, mobile intensive care, emergency communication centre, and emergency care education and training.
• Develop, implement, and monitor the province’s Strategic Plan for Emergency Medical Services, ensuring integration with all health care institutions.
• Act as the disaster management focal person for the Department and manage Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS).
• Monitor and improve response times, coordinate planning, implementation, evaluation, and logistics for EMS, and p...