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Discovery Ltd.
1 Discovery Place, Sandton, Gauteng 2196
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1 Discovery Place, Sandton, Gauteng 2196

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Business Unit: Discovery Life
Function: Clinical
Date: 5 Nov 2026

Discovery – Discovery Life

Doctor

About Discovery
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
About Discovery Life
Discovery Life is an ever growing fast-paced and dynamic environment that provides innovative risk assurance to individual clients. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our brokers and other stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.
About the Medical Team

The medical team is a small unit that offers specialized advice in the insurance medical field to multiple business units in Discovery Life.

Key Purpose
To provide medical support and research for the Technical Marketing, Product Development and Legal teams as well as medical support, research and training for underwriting and claims for Discovery Life, Discovery Group and the Smart Service team.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
  • Medical evaluation of risk for underwriting to minimize the risk to Discovery Life and to improve profits.
  • Medical evaluation of claims to ensure validity, to keep the actual versus expected claims ratio at an acceptable level.
  • Medical and technical support and guidance to Smart Services to optimize customer service and to facilitate the activation of policies.
  • To develop standards and guidelines and forms to ensure accurate evidence-based underwriting and to ensure competitiveness whilst being profitable.
  • Technical marketing / product development – providing medical expertise to answer queries and to assist with product development by providing a medical service to the distribution team and product actuaries.
  • To provide medical expertise to the legal team for ombudsman and court cases to limit adverse ombudsman findings and judgements against Discovery Life.
Competencies
  • Action orientated
  • Interpersonal savvy
  • Situational adaptability
Technical Skills and Knowledge
  • Full, active registration with the HPCSA as a medical practitioner
  • Medical knowledge in a wide range of disciplines
  • Analytic skills
  • Ability to manage complexity
  • Negotiation / Communication skills
  • Decision making in complex situations
  • Problem solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work closely with different teams
  • Good interpersonal relations
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
  • Completion of medical studies (MBChB. or equivalent), internship and community service.
  • One to Two year’s work experience as a qualified doctor
  • Full, active registration with the HPCSA as a medical practitioner
Advantageous:
  • Post graduate studies in Occupational Health
  • Post graduate studies in Insurance Medicine
  • Experience in the long-term insurance industry field

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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