Consultant - Pediatric Intensive Care
Posted date [2026-05-26]
(ID: 45746)
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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 Intensive CareJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant - Pediatric Intensive Care
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Medical Practitioner
Experience: 3-5 years post-board consultant PICU experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Consultant - Pediatric Intensive Care in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care opportunity for a Western-trained physician with strong expertise in managing critically ill infants, children, and adolescents in a high-acuity Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. This role is suited for a consultant who can lead advanced PICU care, guide multidisciplinary teams, and use modern life-saving interventions to support safe outcomes for complex medical and surgical pediatric patients.
The position requires excellent clinical judgment, strong leadership, family-centered communication, and proven experience in pediatric critical care techniques including mechanical ventilation, ECMO, invasive monitoring, emergency stabilization, and individualized treatment planning.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Medical Practitioner
Salary: 65000-90000
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 Intensive Care will provide specialist leadership in a modern PICU environment, supporting critically ill children with respiratory failure, sepsis, trauma, neurological emergencies, complex post-operative needs, shock, and multi-organ dysfunction. The role combines direct patient care, emergency response, clinical team coordination, family communication, and continuous improvement of pediatric critical care standards.
This position has direct impact on survival, recovery quality, patient safety, and family confidence. The consultant will help strengthen PICU performance through evidence-based protocols, mentoring, quality improvement, clinical education, and the safe use of advanced pediatric intensive care technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver expert critical care to high-acuity pediatric patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
* Manage critically ill infants, children, and adolescents with complex medical, surgical, respiratory, neurological, infectious, and post-operative conditions.
* Perform and supervise advanced pediatric intensive care procedures, including mechanical ventilation, ECMO support where available, invasive monitoring, airway management, vascular access, sedation, and emergency stabilization.
* Design individualized treatment plans based on patient condition, laboratory trends, imaging findings, organ support needs, and multidisciplinary recommendations.
* Monitor patient progress closely and adjust treatment plans to improve recovery, reduce complications, and support safe transition from intensive care.
* Collaborate with pediatricians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.
* Lead or support multidisciplinary rounds, clinical handovers, escalation decisions, and family updates for complex PICU cases.
* Mentor junior doctors, residents, nurses, and allied health staff in pediatric emergency response, intensive care protocols, and safe clinical practice.
* Contribute to clinical education programs, simulation training, bedside teaching, and continuing professional development activities.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives, support audit activity, and help uphold international pediatric intensive care standards.
* Participate in clinical research and stay updated with current developments in PICU technology, critical care medicine, ECMO, ventilation strategies, and patient safety.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, procedure records, treatment plans, progress reports, family communication records, and discharge summaries in line with DHA requirements.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MD, MBBS, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
* Board certification or equivalent specialist qualification in Pediatric Intensive Care or Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
* Western training from the USA, UK, Canada, or an equivalent recognized healthcare system is mandatory.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-board experience in a consultant PICU role.
* Active DHA Consultant License or eligibility for Dubai Health Authority consultant licensure.
* Proven expertise in advanced pediatric critical care, mechanical ventilation, ECMO support, invasive monitoring, emergency stabilization, and high-acuity PICU management.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced intensive care environment.
* Excellent communication and family counselling skills with a compassionate, patient-centered care philosophy.
* Ability to contribute to clinical education, protocol development, quality improvement, and research activity.
Skills Set
* Pediatric intensive care
* Pediatric critical care medicine
* PICU leadership
* Mechanical ventilation
* ECMO support
* Invasive monitoring
* Airway management
* Pediatric emergency stabilization
* Advanced life support
* Sedation management
* Vascular access procedures
* High-acuity pediatric care
* Post-operative pediatric care
* Multidisciplinary care coordination
* Family-centered communication
* Clinical education
* Quality improvement
* PICU research
* DHA license eligibility
* Clinical documentation
Why Join Us
This role offers a strong opportunity for a Consultant Pediatric Intensive Care physician to lead advanced PICU services in Dubai, where demand for high-quality pediatric critical care, modern intensive care technology, and Western-trained consultants continues to grow. The position provides exposure to complex pediatric cases, multidisciplinary leadership, and meaningful clinical impact in a state-of-the-art care environment.
The successful candidate can expect a tax-free salary, performance-based incentives, comprehensive family medical insurance, housing and transportation allowance, relocation support for international candidates, and access to cutting-edge PICU technologies and training programs.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports specialist healthcare recruitment across the Gulf by connecting experienced medical professionals with hospitals, clinics, children’s healthcare services, and advanced medical providers. The company focuses on consultant-level placements where pediatric expertise, clinical leadership, family communication, and high-quality patient care are essential to successful healthcare delivery.
