Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Diabetes Care
Posted date [2026-08-25]
(ID: 50178)
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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 Pediatric Endocrinologist - Diabetes CareJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Diabetes Care
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
Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Diabetes Care in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care opportunity for an experienced physician specializing in childhood diabetes, growth disorders, thyroid disease, adrenal conditions, obesity, pubertal abnormalities, and complex metabolic disorders. The hiring organization is seeking a consultant who can provide advanced pediatric endocrine care, manage modern diabetes technologies, interpret hormonal investigations, and coordinate long-term treatment within a multidisciplinary clinical environment.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 70000-90000
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 Pediatric Endocrinologist will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term follow-up for infants, children, and adolescents with hormonal, metabolic, and growth-related disorders. The role combines outpatient endocrine practice, inpatient consultation, advanced pediatric diabetes management, family education, and multidisciplinary coordination. By integrating clinical assessment with laboratory investigations, diabetes technology, nutrition support, and genetic expertise, the consultant will help improve metabolic control, growth outcomes, treatment adherence, and quality of life for young patients.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage pediatric endocrine disorders including diabetes mellitus, growth abnormalities, thyroid disease, adrenal disorders, obesity, and pubertal conditions.
* Conduct comprehensive endocrine assessments using detailed medical history, growth data, physical examination, and relevant diagnostic investigations.
* Interpret hormonal profiles, metabolic panels, glucose data, and other endocrine laboratory results.
* Develop individualized treatment plans according to diagnosis, age, developmental stage, clinical severity, and family circumstances.
* Provide long-term follow-up for children requiring ongoing endocrine or metabolic care.
* Manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in pediatric patients using evidence-based treatment strategies.
* Prescribe and optimize insulin therapy according to glucose patterns, nutritional intake, activity, and treatment goals.
* Manage insulin pump therapy and support patients using advanced insulin delivery technologies.
* Interpret continuous glucose monitoring data and use trends to guide treatment adjustments.
* Educate children and families on glucose monitoring, insulin administration, hypoglycemia prevention, sick-day management, and treatment adherence.
* Evaluate children with short stature, abnormal growth velocity, or suspected growth hormone disorders.
* Diagnose and manage thyroid dysfunction including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and other pediatric thyroid conditions.
* Assess adrenal abnormalities and coordinate appropriate hormonal testing and treatment.
* Diagnose and manage precocious puberty, delayed puberty, and other abnormalities of pubertal development.
* Provide specialist support for pediatric obesity and metabolic complications in collaboration with dietitians and other clinicians.
* Assess children with suspected metabolic or genetic endocrine disorders and coordinate multidisciplinary evaluation where required.
* Provide inpatient endocrine consultations for pediatric patients requiring specialist assessment.
* Collaborate with pediatricians, neonatologists, geneticists, dietitians, diabetes educators, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals.
* Counsel families regarding long-term disease management, nutrition, physical activity, medication adherence, and expected clinical outcomes.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, investigation results, treatment plans, glucose records, and follow-up documentation.
* Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement programs, case reviews, and pediatric endocrine service development.
* Contribute to research, continuing medical education, teaching, and professional development activities.
* Maintain high standards of patient safety, clinical governance, and evidence-based pediatric endocrine care.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution.
* Board Certification or Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology.
* Appropriate UAE Consultant License or eligibility to obtain the required professional license.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-board consultant experience in Pediatric Endocrinology.
* Experience within a reputable tertiary-care or academic hospital is strongly preferred.
* Strong clinical expertise in pediatric diabetes and complex endocrine disorders.
* Proven experience managing insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitoring systems.
* Advanced knowledge of growth disorders, thyroid conditions, adrenal disease, obesity, and abnormalities of puberty.
* Experience in pediatric metabolic and genetic endocrine disorders is advantageous.
* Strong ability to interpret hormonal, metabolic, and diabetes-related diagnostic investigations.
* Experience contributing to multidisciplinary endocrine or diabetes clinics is desirable.
* Academic research, teaching, publication, or clinical audit experience is an advantage.
* Excellent communication and family counseling skills.
* Ability to work effectively within a multicultural and multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
* Commitment to evidence-based medicine, patient safety, and long-term pediatric care.
Skills Set
* Pediatric endocrinology
* Pediatric diabetes
* Type 1 diabetes management
* Type 2 diabetes management
* Insulin therapy
* Insulin pump management
* Continuous glucose monitoring
* CGM interpretation
* Growth disorder assessment
* Short stature evaluation
* Growth hormone disorders
* Thyroid disease management
* Hypothyroidism
* Hyperthyroidism
* Adrenal disorders
* Pediatric obesity management
* Pubertal disorders
* Precocious puberty
* Delayed puberty
* Metabolic disorders
* Genetic endocrine disorders
* Hormonal testing
* Endocrine laboratory interpretation
* Glucose monitoring
* Long-term endocrine follow-up
* Family counseling
* Nutrition coordination
* Multidisciplinary endocrine care
* Clinical documentation
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Pediatric endocrine research
* Continuing medical education
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers an experienced pediatric endocrinologist the chance to practice within Dubai\'s expanding Hospital and Health Care sector, where childhood diabetes, obesity, growth disorders, and complex endocrine conditions require increasingly specialized care. The consultant will work with modern diabetes technologies, multidisciplinary teams, and advanced diagnostic resources while contributing to service quality, education, research, and long-term clinical development. The employment package may include a competitive tax-free salary, family benefits, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and professional development opportunities.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East works with hospitals and specialist healthcare organizations across the UAE and wider Middle East to recruit experienced consultant physicians. The company connects internationally qualified specialists with advanced clinical environments where their expertise can strengthen pediatric endocrine services, improve chronic disease management, and support better long-term outcomes for children and families.
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term follow-up for infants, children, and adolescents with hormonal, metabolic, and growth-related disorders. The role combines outpatient endocrine practice, inpatient consultation, advanced pediatric diabetes management, family education, and multidisciplinary coordination. By integrating clinical assessment with laboratory investigations, diabetes technology, nutrition support, and genetic expertise, the consultant will help improve metabolic control, growth outcomes, treatment adherence, and quality of life for young patients.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage pediatric endocrine disorders including diabetes mellitus, growth abnormalities, thyroid disease, adrenal disorders, obesity, and pubertal conditions.
* Conduct comprehensive endocrine assessments using detailed medical history, growth data, physical examination, and relevant diagnostic investigations.
* Interpret hormonal profiles, metabolic panels, glucose data, and other endocrine laboratory results.
* Develop individualized treatment plans according to diagnosis, age, developmental stage, clinical severity, and family circumstances.
* Provide long-term follow-up for children requiring ongoing endocrine or metabolic care.
* Manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in pediatric patients using evidence-based treatment strategies.
* Prescribe and optimize insulin therapy according to glucose patterns, nutritional intake, activity, and treatment goals.
* Manage insulin pump therapy and support patients using advanced insulin delivery technologies.
* Interpret continuous glucose monitoring data and use trends to guide treatment adjustments.
* Educate children and families on glucose monitoring, insulin administration, hypoglycemia prevention, sick-day management, and treatment adherence.
* Evaluate children with short stature, abnormal growth velocity, or suspected growth hormone disorders.
* Diagnose and manage thyroid dysfunction including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and other pediatric thyroid conditions.
* Assess adrenal abnormalities and coordinate appropriate hormonal testing and treatment.
* Diagnose and manage precocious puberty, delayed puberty, and other abnormalities of pubertal development.
* Provide specialist support for pediatric obesity and metabolic complications in collaboration with dietitians and other clinicians.
* Assess children with suspected metabolic or genetic endocrine disorders and coordinate multidisciplinary evaluation where required.
* Provide inpatient endocrine consultations for pediatric patients requiring specialist assessment.
* Collaborate with pediatricians, neonatologists, geneticists, dietitians, diabetes educators, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals.
* Counsel families regarding long-term disease management, nutrition, physical activity, medication adherence, and expected clinical outcomes.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, investigation results, treatment plans, glucose records, and follow-up documentation.
* Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement programs, case reviews, and pediatric endocrine service development.
* Contribute to research, continuing medical education, teaching, and professional development activities.
* Maintain high standards of patient safety, clinical governance, and evidence-based pediatric endocrine care.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution.
* Board Certification or Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology.
* Appropriate UAE Consultant License or eligibility to obtain the required professional license.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-board consultant experience in Pediatric Endocrinology.
* Experience within a reputable tertiary-care or academic hospital is strongly preferred.
* Strong clinical expertise in pediatric diabetes and complex endocrine disorders.
* Proven experience managing insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitoring systems.
* Advanced knowledge of growth disorders, thyroid conditions, adrenal disease, obesity, and abnormalities of puberty.
* Experience in pediatric metabolic and genetic endocrine disorders is advantageous.
* Strong ability to interpret hormonal, metabolic, and diabetes-related diagnostic investigations.
* Experience contributing to multidisciplinary endocrine or diabetes clinics is desirable.
* Academic research, teaching, publication, or clinical audit experience is an advantage.
* Excellent communication and family counseling skills.
* Ability to work effectively within a multicultural and multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
* Commitment to evidence-based medicine, patient safety, and long-term pediatric care.
Skills Set
* Pediatric endocrinology
* Pediatric diabetes
* Type 1 diabetes management
* Type 2 diabetes management
* Insulin therapy
* Insulin pump management
* Continuous glucose monitoring
* CGM interpretation
* Growth disorder assessment
* Short stature evaluation
* Growth hormone disorders
* Thyroid disease management
* Hypothyroidism
* Hyperthyroidism
* Adrenal disorders
* Pediatric obesity management
* Pubertal disorders
* Precocious puberty
* Delayed puberty
* Metabolic disorders
* Genetic endocrine disorders
* Hormonal testing
* Endocrine laboratory interpretation
* Glucose monitoring
* Long-term endocrine follow-up
* Family counseling
* Nutrition coordination
* Multidisciplinary endocrine care
* Clinical documentation
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Pediatric endocrine research
* Continuing medical education
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers an experienced pediatric endocrinologist the chance to practice within Dubai\'s expanding Hospital and Health Care sector, where childhood diabetes, obesity, growth disorders, and complex endocrine conditions require increasingly specialized care. The consultant will work with modern diabetes technologies, multidisciplinary teams, and advanced diagnostic resources while contributing to service quality, education, research, and long-term clinical development. The employment package may include a competitive tax-free salary, family benefits, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and professional development opportunities.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East works with hospitals and specialist healthcare organizations across the UAE and wider Middle East to recruit experienced consultant physicians. The company connects internationally qualified specialists with advanced clinical environments where their expertise can strengthen pediatric endocrine services, improve chronic disease management, and support better long-term outcomes for children and families.
