Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine
Posted date [2026-06-29]
(ID: 47234)
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Allocation Assist Middle East was founded by Emilie Davies in 2015, after she recognised a gap in the market for assisting highly skilled Western-trained doctors to find rewarding and fulfilling opportunities in top-tier hospitals in the UAE and other Gulf countries. We are now the fastest growing medical consulting company in the Middle East, having helped hundreds of senior consultant doctors from various specialties and backgrounds advance their careers and lifestyle while contributing to the dynamic and growing healthcare sector in this progressive and dynamic region of the world.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Consultant MFM - Fetal MedicineJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 3-5 years post-fellowship experience in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care hiring opportunity for an experienced physician specializing in high-risk pregnancy care, advanced fetal imaging, prenatal diagnostics, fetal medicine, and multidisciplinary maternal-fetal management. This role is ideal for a consultant who can provide evidence-based care for complex pregnancies while supporting fetal assessment, family counseling, clinical governance, and international maternal-fetal medicine standards.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 75000-100000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type:
Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine will provide advanced care for pregnant patients with maternal complications, fetal abnormalities, multiple gestations, growth concerns, preterm birth risk, and complex prenatal findings. This role is clinically important because high-risk pregnancies require precise fetal imaging, careful maternal assessment, accurate counseling, timely diagnostic procedures, and close coordination with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, and obstetric teams. The consultant will help improve maternal and fetal outcomes through expert decision-making, structured follow-up, fetal therapy planning, and patient-centered communication.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the assessment and management of high-risk pregnancies involving maternal medical complications, fetal anomalies, multiple gestations, growth restriction, preterm birth risk, and complex obstetric concerns.
* Perform and interpret advanced fetal imaging including detailed anomaly scans, fetal echocardiography, Doppler studies, fetal growth assessments, and specialist ultrasound reviews.
* Conduct prenatal diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, fetal sampling, and other clinically indicated procedures within approved privileges.
* Provide expert counseling to families regarding fetal conditions, genetic risks, pregnancy prognosis, diagnostic options, treatment pathways, and delivery planning.
* Collaborate with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, obstetrics, pediatric surgery, fetal therapy teams, and other specialties to optimize maternal and fetal care.
* Participate in fetal therapy planning and coordinate referrals for intrauterine interventions when advanced fetal treatment is required.
* Develop individualized care plans for high-risk pregnancy patients, ensuring clear monitoring schedules, escalation pathways, and follow-up arrangements.
* Review laboratory findings, genetic screening results, imaging reports, fetal assessment data, and maternal clinical information to guide evidence-based decisions.
* Ensure accurate documentation, scan reporting, diagnostic procedure notes, counseling records, consent details, and follow-up plans for all maternal-fetal medicine cases.
* Contribute to departmental quality improvement, clinical governance, patient safety initiatives, case reviews, and protocol development.
* Supervise and mentor residents, fellows, sonographers, and clinical staff in maternal-fetal medicine practice, fetal imaging, and high-risk pregnancy care.
* Participate in on-call duties as per departmental requirements and provide expert input for urgent high-risk obstetric or fetal medicine cases.
* Engage in research, audits, continuing professional development, and evidence-based practice updates to maintain international standards in fetal medicine.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MBBS, MD, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
* Board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Subspecialty certification, fellowship, or recognized advanced training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine or Fetal Medicine from an international institution.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-fellowship experience in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
* Demonstrated expertise in advanced fetal imaging, high-risk pregnancy management, prenatal diagnostics, fetal echocardiography, Doppler assessment, and anomaly scanning.
* Experience in multidisciplinary care within a tertiary-level obstetric or fetal medicine service.
* Skilled in prenatal procedures including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and fetal sampling where clinically required.
* Strong ability to counsel families with clarity, sensitivity, and confidence during complex pregnancy and fetal diagnosis discussions.
* Able to collaborate effectively with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, obstetrics, and fetal therapy teams.
* Experienced in teaching, mentoring, scan review, clinical audit, research, and quality improvement activities.
* Professional, precise, empathetic, and committed to evidence-based maternal-fetal medicine and patient-centered high-risk pregnancy care.
Skills Set
* Maternal-Fetal Medicine
* Fetal medicine
* High-risk pregnancy management
* Advanced fetal imaging
* Detailed anomaly scan
* Fetal echocardiography
* Doppler studies
* Fetal growth assessment
* Prenatal diagnostics
* Amniocentesis
* Chorionic villus sampling
* Fetal sampling
* Multiple gestation care
* Fetal anomaly counseling
* Genetic risk counseling
* Preterm birth risk management
* Maternal medical complication care
* Fetal therapy planning
* Intrauterine intervention referral
* Multidisciplinary care coordination
* Neonatology collaboration
* Genetics collaboration
* Radiology coordination
* Anesthesia collaboration
* Sonographer mentoring
* Resident supervision
* Clinical governance
* Patient safety
* Research and audits
* Clinical documentation
* Continuing Medical Education
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine seeking a senior specialist role in Dubai’s Hospital and Health Care sector. The position offers exposure to complex high-risk pregnancies, advanced fetal imaging, prenatal diagnostics, multidisciplinary fetal care planning, research opportunities, and meaningful patient impact. It is well suited for a physician who wants to support safer maternal and fetal outcomes while contributing to clinical quality, education, and service development in a highly specialized area of obstetric care.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a Dubai-based healthcare recruitment and consultancy partner connecting experienced physicians with consultant and specialist medical opportunities across the UAE and wider Middle East. The company works with hospitals, women’s health services, tertiary-care centers, clinics, and advanced medical departments to place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can improve patient outcomes, strengthen specialist services, and support trusted healthcare delivery.
Role Context
The Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine will provide advanced care for pregnant patients with maternal complications, fetal abnormalities, multiple gestations, growth concerns, preterm birth risk, and complex prenatal findings. This role is clinically important because high-risk pregnancies require precise fetal imaging, careful maternal assessment, accurate counseling, timely diagnostic procedures, and close coordination with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, and obstetric teams. The consultant will help improve maternal and fetal outcomes through expert decision-making, structured follow-up, fetal therapy planning, and patient-centered communication.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the assessment and management of high-risk pregnancies involving maternal medical complications, fetal anomalies, multiple gestations, growth restriction, preterm birth risk, and complex obstetric concerns.
* Perform and interpret advanced fetal imaging including detailed anomaly scans, fetal echocardiography, Doppler studies, fetal growth assessments, and specialist ultrasound reviews.
* Conduct prenatal diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, fetal sampling, and other clinically indicated procedures within approved privileges.
* Provide expert counseling to families regarding fetal conditions, genetic risks, pregnancy prognosis, diagnostic options, treatment pathways, and delivery planning.
* Collaborate with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, obstetrics, pediatric surgery, fetal therapy teams, and other specialties to optimize maternal and fetal care.
* Participate in fetal therapy planning and coordinate referrals for intrauterine interventions when advanced fetal treatment is required.
* Develop individualized care plans for high-risk pregnancy patients, ensuring clear monitoring schedules, escalation pathways, and follow-up arrangements.
* Review laboratory findings, genetic screening results, imaging reports, fetal assessment data, and maternal clinical information to guide evidence-based decisions.
* Ensure accurate documentation, scan reporting, diagnostic procedure notes, counseling records, consent details, and follow-up plans for all maternal-fetal medicine cases.
* Contribute to departmental quality improvement, clinical governance, patient safety initiatives, case reviews, and protocol development.
* Supervise and mentor residents, fellows, sonographers, and clinical staff in maternal-fetal medicine practice, fetal imaging, and high-risk pregnancy care.
* Participate in on-call duties as per departmental requirements and provide expert input for urgent high-risk obstetric or fetal medicine cases.
* Engage in research, audits, continuing professional development, and evidence-based practice updates to maintain international standards in fetal medicine.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MBBS, MD, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
* Board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Subspecialty certification, fellowship, or recognized advanced training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine or Fetal Medicine from an international institution.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-fellowship experience in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
* Demonstrated expertise in advanced fetal imaging, high-risk pregnancy management, prenatal diagnostics, fetal echocardiography, Doppler assessment, and anomaly scanning.
* Experience in multidisciplinary care within a tertiary-level obstetric or fetal medicine service.
* Skilled in prenatal procedures including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and fetal sampling where clinically required.
* Strong ability to counsel families with clarity, sensitivity, and confidence during complex pregnancy and fetal diagnosis discussions.
* Able to collaborate effectively with neonatology, genetics, radiology, anesthesia, obstetrics, and fetal therapy teams.
* Experienced in teaching, mentoring, scan review, clinical audit, research, and quality improvement activities.
* Professional, precise, empathetic, and committed to evidence-based maternal-fetal medicine and patient-centered high-risk pregnancy care.
Skills Set
* Maternal-Fetal Medicine
* Fetal medicine
* High-risk pregnancy management
* Advanced fetal imaging
* Detailed anomaly scan
* Fetal echocardiography
* Doppler studies
* Fetal growth assessment
* Prenatal diagnostics
* Amniocentesis
* Chorionic villus sampling
* Fetal sampling
* Multiple gestation care
* Fetal anomaly counseling
* Genetic risk counseling
* Preterm birth risk management
* Maternal medical complication care
* Fetal therapy planning
* Intrauterine intervention referral
* Multidisciplinary care coordination
* Neonatology collaboration
* Genetics collaboration
* Radiology coordination
* Anesthesia collaboration
* Sonographer mentoring
* Resident supervision
* Clinical governance
* Patient safety
* Research and audits
* Clinical documentation
* Continuing Medical Education
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant MFM - Fetal Medicine seeking a senior specialist role in Dubai’s Hospital and Health Care sector. The position offers exposure to complex high-risk pregnancies, advanced fetal imaging, prenatal diagnostics, multidisciplinary fetal care planning, research opportunities, and meaningful patient impact. It is well suited for a physician who wants to support safer maternal and fetal outcomes while contributing to clinical quality, education, and service development in a highly specialized area of obstetric care.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a Dubai-based healthcare recruitment and consultancy partner connecting experienced physicians with consultant and specialist medical opportunities across the UAE and wider Middle East. The company works with hospitals, women’s health services, tertiary-care centers, clinics, and advanced medical departments to place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can improve patient outcomes, strengthen specialist services, and support trusted healthcare delivery.
