The University of Cape Town is seeking an energetic and dynamic candidate to join the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health to strengthen leadership in the area of addictions psychiatry. The individual should be a clinician–scientist with a strong knowledge of addictions psychiatry.

The individual would facilitate the acquisition, analysis, management, and publication of psychiatric addictions data, and would supervise postgraduate students.This Senior Lecturer position will be appointed under the auspices of the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) funded by the Department of Higher Education & Training.

This full time permanent position is open to black South Africans of age 40 years or younger. The appointment will be made in terms of the purposes expressed in the Staffing South African Universities Framework (SSAUF). For more information on the nGAP programme see http://www.dhet.gov.za/ssauf/ngap.html.

Requirements include:

•Registration with the HPSCA as a doctor or clinical psychologist•At least one year’s experience as a full–time lecturer in addictions psychiatry, teaching at postgraduate level

•Knowledge of addictions science as evidenced by specific postgraduate teaching(ie. successfully graduating masters or postgraduate diploma students) or research outputs(ie. peer–reviewed articles)in this area

Responsibilities include:

•Undertake teaching on psychiatric addictions

•Undertake research on psychiatric addictions

•Provide assistance to the Head of Department with strategic administrative assistance, for example, in the areas of research and post–graduate training

•Provide supervision and teaching to post–graduate and under–graduate students

•Social responsiveness work in the area of psychiatric addictions

The appointment will be on UCT Academic Clinical conditions of service.

The annual cost of employment, including benefits will be based on the University’s clinical pay line which is aligned to OSD rates.

To apply, please e–mail the below documents in a single pdf fileto Ms Vathiswa Mbangi at recruitment05@uct.ac.za

UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc

A letter of motivation detailing suitability for this post–Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Full academic transcripts. Please ensure the title and reference number are indicated in the subject line.

An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and may be required to undergo a competency assessments as part of the selection process.

Telephone:021650 3003
Website:www.psychiatry.uct.ac.za
Reference number:E210226
Closing date: 17 June 2021

UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under–represented designated groups. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at www.hr.uct.ac.za/hr/policies/employ_equity

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.