Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU
Posted date [2026-06-29]
(ID: 47247)
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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 Intensivist - PICUJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 3-5 years post-board consultant PICU experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care hiring opportunity for a Western-trained physician specializing in pediatric intensive care, advanced life-saving interventions, mechanical ventilation, ECMO, invasive monitoring, and high-acuity pediatric critical care. This role is designed for an experienced consultant who can lead a state-of-the-art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, manage complex medical and surgical cases, and support international standards of family-centered critical care in Dubai.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 80000-110000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with
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Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU will provide expert clinical leadership for critically ill infants, children, and adolescents requiring advanced monitoring, organ support, emergency stabilization, and multidisciplinary intensive care. The role is central to safe PICU operations because high-acuity pediatric patients often require rapid decision-making, complex ventilation strategies, ECMO coordination, invasive monitoring, surgical collaboration, and continuous family communication. Working in Dubai, the consultant will help strengthen pediatric critical care services through evidence-based treatment, clinical education, quality improvement, research, and access to cutting-edge PICU technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver expert care to high-acuity pediatric patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
* Diagnose and manage critically ill infants, children, and adolescents with complex medical, surgical, respiratory, neurological, cardiac, infectious, and trauma-related conditions.
* Perform and supervise advanced pediatric critical care procedures including mechanical ventilation, ECMO support coordination, invasive monitoring, airway management, central venous access, arterial line placement, and emergency stabilization.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on patient condition, diagnostic results, severity of illness, organ support needs, family priorities, and evidence-based protocols.
* Monitor patient progress through clinical assessment, laboratory review, imaging interpretation, ventilator response, hemodynamic data, and multidisciplinary input.
* Collaborate with pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, rehabilitation teams, and allied health professionals.
* Lead multidisciplinary PICU rounds, complex case reviews, rapid response planning, family meetings, discharge discussions, and escalation decisions.
* Mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, nurses, and clinical staff while supporting structured clinical education programs.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety, infection prevention, critical care outcomes, care pathways, documentation, and international PICU standards.
* Participate in clinical research, audits, morbidity and mortality reviews, continuing medical education, and departmental development activities.
* Stay current with advancements in pediatric intensive care, ECMO, ventilation strategies, sedation, invasive monitoring, sepsis care, neurocritical care, and evidence-based PICU practice.
* Maintain accurate clinical documentation including progress notes, procedure records, consent forms, treatment plans, family communication notes, and discharge summaries.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MD or equivalent from a recognized institution.
* Board certification in Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, or equivalent recognized specialist qualification.
* Western training from the USA, UK, Canada, or equivalent healthcare system is mandatory.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-board experience in a consultant PICU role.
* Eligible for DHA Consultant licensure with Dubai Health Authority.
* Proven expertise in advanced pediatric critical care techniques, mechanical ventilation, ECMO, invasive monitoring, emergency response, and high-acuity PICU management.
* Experienced in managing complex medical and surgical pediatric intensive care cases in a modern hospital environment.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and support clinical education.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a family-centered care philosophy.
* Committed to evidence-based practice, patient safety, international care standards, research, quality improvement, and continuous professional development.
* Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural, high-pressure PICU environment with precision, empathy, and strong clinical discipline.
Skills Set
* Pediatric intensive care
* Pediatric critical care medicine
* PICU leadership
* High-acuity pediatric care
* Mechanical ventilation
* ECMO coordination
* Invasive monitoring
* Airway management
* Emergency stabilization
* Pediatric resuscitation
* Organ support
* Central venous access
* Arterial line placement
* Ventilator management
* Sedation management
* Neurocritical care
* Pediatric surgical critical care
* Multidisciplinary PICU rounds
* Family-centered care
* Critical care treatment planning
* Patient progress monitoring
* Junior staff mentoring
* Clinical education
* Quality improvement
* Clinical research
* DHA Consultant licensure
* International care standards
* Patient safety
* PICU documentation
* Advanced pediatric technologies
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU seeking a senior leadership role in Dubai’s Hospital and Health Care sector. The position offers the chance to lead a state-of-the-art PICU, manage complex pediatric critical care cases, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, access cutting-edge PICU technologies, and contribute to clinical education, research, and quality improvement. Benefits include a tax-free salary, performance-based incentives, comprehensive family medical insurance, housing and transportation allowance, relocation support for international candidates, and access to advanced training programs.
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, pediatric intensive care units, tertiary-care centers, specialist departments, and advanced healthcare providers to place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can improve patient outcomes, strengthen clinical services, and support trusted healthcare delivery.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU will provide expert clinical leadership for critically ill infants, children, and adolescents requiring advanced monitoring, organ support, emergency stabilization, and multidisciplinary intensive care. The role is central to safe PICU operations because high-acuity pediatric patients often require rapid decision-making, complex ventilation strategies, ECMO coordination, invasive monitoring, surgical collaboration, and continuous family communication. Working in Dubai, the consultant will help strengthen pediatric critical care services through evidence-based treatment, clinical education, quality improvement, research, and access to cutting-edge PICU technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver expert care to high-acuity pediatric patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
* Diagnose and manage critically ill infants, children, and adolescents with complex medical, surgical, respiratory, neurological, cardiac, infectious, and trauma-related conditions.
* Perform and supervise advanced pediatric critical care procedures including mechanical ventilation, ECMO support coordination, invasive monitoring, airway management, central venous access, arterial line placement, and emergency stabilization.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on patient condition, diagnostic results, severity of illness, organ support needs, family priorities, and evidence-based protocols.
* Monitor patient progress through clinical assessment, laboratory review, imaging interpretation, ventilator response, hemodynamic data, and multidisciplinary input.
* Collaborate with pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, rehabilitation teams, and allied health professionals.
* Lead multidisciplinary PICU rounds, complex case reviews, rapid response planning, family meetings, discharge discussions, and escalation decisions.
* Mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, nurses, and clinical staff while supporting structured clinical education programs.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety, infection prevention, critical care outcomes, care pathways, documentation, and international PICU standards.
* Participate in clinical research, audits, morbidity and mortality reviews, continuing medical education, and departmental development activities.
* Stay current with advancements in pediatric intensive care, ECMO, ventilation strategies, sedation, invasive monitoring, sepsis care, neurocritical care, and evidence-based PICU practice.
* Maintain accurate clinical documentation including progress notes, procedure records, consent forms, treatment plans, family communication notes, and discharge summaries.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MD or equivalent from a recognized institution.
* Board certification in Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, or equivalent recognized specialist qualification.
* Western training from the USA, UK, Canada, or equivalent healthcare system is mandatory.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-board experience in a consultant PICU role.
* Eligible for DHA Consultant licensure with Dubai Health Authority.
* Proven expertise in advanced pediatric critical care techniques, mechanical ventilation, ECMO, invasive monitoring, emergency response, and high-acuity PICU management.
* Experienced in managing complex medical and surgical pediatric intensive care cases in a modern hospital environment.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and support clinical education.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a family-centered care philosophy.
* Committed to evidence-based practice, patient safety, international care standards, research, quality improvement, and continuous professional development.
* Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural, high-pressure PICU environment with precision, empathy, and strong clinical discipline.
Skills Set
* Pediatric intensive care
* Pediatric critical care medicine
* PICU leadership
* High-acuity pediatric care
* Mechanical ventilation
* ECMO coordination
* Invasive monitoring
* Airway management
* Emergency stabilization
* Pediatric resuscitation
* Organ support
* Central venous access
* Arterial line placement
* Ventilator management
* Sedation management
* Neurocritical care
* Pediatric surgical critical care
* Multidisciplinary PICU rounds
* Family-centered care
* Critical care treatment planning
* Patient progress monitoring
* Junior staff mentoring
* Clinical education
* Quality improvement
* Clinical research
* DHA Consultant licensure
* International care standards
* Patient safety
* PICU documentation
* Advanced pediatric technologies
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant Pediatric Intensivist - PICU seeking a senior leadership role in Dubai’s Hospital and Health Care sector. The position offers the chance to lead a state-of-the-art PICU, manage complex pediatric critical care cases, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, access cutting-edge PICU technologies, and contribute to clinical education, research, and quality improvement. Benefits include a tax-free salary, performance-based incentives, comprehensive family medical insurance, housing and transportation allowance, relocation support for international candidates, and access to advanced training programs.
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, pediatric intensive care units, tertiary-care centers, specialist departments, and advanced healthcare providers to place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can improve patient outcomes, strengthen clinical services, and support trusted healthcare delivery.
