Consultant - Paediatric Metabolic Genetics
Posted date [2026-09-28]
(ID: 52669)
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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 - Paediatric Metabolic GeneticsJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant - Paediatric Metabolic Genetics
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 5-7 years post-board consultant experience
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Allocation Assist Middle East is seeking an experienced Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Genetics for an on-site healthcare opportunity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The consultant will diagnose, manage, and provide long-term specialist care for infants, children, and adolescents with inherited metabolic disorders and genetic conditions. The role combines clinical assessment, interpretation of metabolic and genetic investigations, individualized treatment planning, family counselling, and multidisciplinary management of complex and rare pediatric disorders.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Clinical Responsibilities
- Diagnose and manage inherited metabolic disorders and genetic
conditions affecting pediatric patients.
- Evaluate infants, children, and adolescents with suspected metabolic diseases, developmental delays, neuromuscular disorders, and rare genetic syndromes.
- Interpret metabolic, biochemical, and genetic investigations, including newborn screening results.
- Develop individualized treatment strategies and long-term management plans for metabolic and genetic disorders.
- Provide specialist inpatient and outpatient consultations for pediatric metabolic genetics cases.
- Participate in newborn screening programs and the management of metabolic emergencies.
- Monitor patients requiring ongoing management of inherited metabolic and genetic diseases.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with applicable healthcare regulations and hospital policies.
Multidisciplinary Care
The consultant will collaborate with neonatologists, pediatric neurologists, dietitians, genetic counselors, laboratory specialists, and other healthcare professionals involved in complex pediatric care.
A key part of the role is helping patients and families understand diagnoses, available treatment approaches, inheritance patterns, and long-term management requirements while supporting informed clinical decision-making.
Qualifications and Requirements
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
- Board Certification or Fellowship in Paediatric Metabolic Genetics, Clinical Genetics, or Metabolic Medicine.
- Eligibility for appropriate Consultant-level medical licensing in Dubai.
- Minimum 5-7 years of post-board consultant experience in pediatric metabolic genetics within a tertiary care or academic hospital.
- Strong expertise in inherited metabolic disorders and pediatric genetic diseases.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Preferred Experience
Experience with newborn screening and metabolic emergency protocols is preferred. Exposure to rare disease programs and genomic medicine is also desirable.
Research publications and academic experience are considered advantageous, together with the ability to provide specialist care within a multicultural healthcare environment.
Specialist Expertise
- Pediatric metabolic genetics
- Inherited metabolic disorders
- Pediatric genetic diseases
- Rare genetic syndromes
- Metabolic disease assessment
- Newborn screening
- Metabolic emergencies
- Biochemical investigations
- Genetic investigations
- Developmental disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Genomic medicine
- Genetic and family counselling
- Long-term metabolic disease management
Academic and Professional Contribution
The consultant will participate in research, clinical audits, teaching, and continuing medical education activities. The position requires continued engagement with developments in metabolic medicine, clinical genetics, rare diseases, and related diagnostic approaches.
Benefits
- Competitive tax-free salary
- Family benefits
- Health insurance
- Annual airfare allowance
- Paid annual leave
- CME and professional development support
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East provides personalized consulting services for accomplished doctors seeking healthcare opportunities in Dubai, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. The company connects medical professionals with hospitals through its established healthcare network in the region.
- Evaluate infants, children, and adolescents with suspected metabolic diseases, developmental delays, neuromuscular disorders, and rare genetic syndromes.
- Interpret metabolic, biochemical, and genetic investigations, including newborn screening results.
- Develop individualized treatment strategies and long-term management plans for metabolic and genetic disorders.
- Provide specialist inpatient and outpatient consultations for pediatric metabolic genetics cases.
- Participate in newborn screening programs and the management of metabolic emergencies.
- Monitor patients requiring ongoing management of inherited metabolic and genetic diseases.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with applicable healthcare regulations and hospital policies.
Multidisciplinary Care
The consultant will collaborate with neonatologists, pediatric neurologists, dietitians, genetic counselors, laboratory specialists, and other healthcare professionals involved in complex pediatric care.
A key part of the role is helping patients and families understand diagnoses, available treatment approaches, inheritance patterns, and long-term management requirements while supporting informed clinical decision-making.
Qualifications and Requirements
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
- Board Certification or Fellowship in Paediatric Metabolic Genetics, Clinical Genetics, or Metabolic Medicine.
- Eligibility for appropriate Consultant-level medical licensing in Dubai.
- Minimum 5-7 years of post-board consultant experience in pediatric metabolic genetics within a tertiary care or academic hospital.
- Strong expertise in inherited metabolic disorders and pediatric genetic diseases.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Preferred Experience
Experience with newborn screening and metabolic emergency protocols is preferred. Exposure to rare disease programs and genomic medicine is also desirable.
Research publications and academic experience are considered advantageous, together with the ability to provide specialist care within a multicultural healthcare environment.
Specialist Expertise
- Pediatric metabolic genetics
- Inherited metabolic disorders
- Pediatric genetic diseases
- Rare genetic syndromes
- Metabolic disease assessment
- Newborn screening
- Metabolic emergencies
- Biochemical investigations
- Genetic investigations
- Developmental disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Genomic medicine
- Genetic and family counselling
- Long-term metabolic disease management
Academic and Professional Contribution
The consultant will participate in research, clinical audits, teaching, and continuing medical education activities. The position requires continued engagement with developments in metabolic medicine, clinical genetics, rare diseases, and related diagnostic approaches.
Benefits
- Competitive tax-free salary
- Family benefits
- Health insurance
- Annual airfare allowance
- Paid annual leave
- CME and professional development support
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East provides personalized consulting services for accomplished doctors seeking healthcare opportunities in Dubai, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. The company connects medical professionals with hospitals through its established healthcare network in the region.
