Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Metabolic Care
Posted date [2026-08-06]
(ID: 49140)
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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 - Metabolic CareJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Metabolic Care
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Medical Practice
Function: Medical Practitioner
Experience: 8-10 years post-specialization
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
The Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist - Metabolic Care position in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Medical Practice opportunity focused on diagnosing and managing endocrine, hormonal, growth, diabetic, and metabolic disorders affecting infants, children, and adolescents. A leading tertiary-care hospital is hiring an experienced pediatric endocrinology consultant to provide complex inpatient and outpatient care while supporting service development, multidisciplinary collaboration, teaching, research, and clinical governance.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Medical Practice
Function: Medical Practitioner
Salary: 60000-85000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Dubai; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
This consultant appointment provides specialist care for children
with acute, chronic, congenital, and complex endocrine or metabolic conditions. The physician will assess growth, development, hormone function, glucose regulation, bone health, and puberty before establishing individualized treatment and long-term monitoring plans.
The role spans outpatient clinics, inpatient consultations, neonatal and pediatric intensive care support, multidisciplinary case management, and family education. Accurate diagnosis and sustained follow-up will help improve disease control, normal development, treatment adherence, and quality of life for children living with long-term endocrine conditions.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage endocrine and metabolic disorders affecting infants, children, and adolescents.
* Treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus using individualized medical and lifestyle plans.
* Evaluate growth disorders, short stature, abnormal growth velocity, and related developmental concerns.
* Diagnose and manage thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and congenital endocrine abnormalities.
* Assess precocious puberty, delayed puberty, and other puberty-related disorders.
* Manage metabolic bone disease and calcium or phosphate abnormalities.
* Provide inpatient consultations for neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, and general pediatric services.
* Lead outpatient clinics for chronic endocrine disorders and long-term patient monitoring.
* Interpret endocrine laboratory investigations, dynamic hormone tests, genetic findings, and relevant imaging.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on diagnosis, age, disease severity, growth, and family circumstances.
* Prescribe and monitor insulin, hormone replacement, endocrine medication, and other specialist therapies.
* Participate in multidisciplinary diabetes, obesity, genetics, and metabolic clinics.
* Coordinate care with pediatricians, dietitians, geneticists, nurses, psychologists, and other specialists.
* Educate patients and families about diabetes care, glucose monitoring, hormone treatment, growth tracking, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle modification.
* Support families in managing chronic conditions and complex treatment schedules at home.
* Monitor treatment response, development, laboratory findings, and potential complications.
* Develop and update pediatric endocrine pathways, protocols, and evidence-based clinical guidelines.
* Participate in morbidity and mortality reviews, clinical audits, governance meetings, and quality improvement initiatives.
* Mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, nurses, and other clinical team members.
* Contribute to clinical research, case studies, institutional review activities, and continuing medical education.
* Teach medical students, residents, and fellows and represent the department at professional conferences.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, investigation results, treatment plans, prescriptions, and follow-up documentation.
* Ensure compliance with hospital policies, patient safety standards, and applicable Dubai healthcare regulations.
Ideal Profile
Applicants must hold an MD, MBBS, or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution and possess board certification in Pediatrics.
Formal fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology is required. Accepted specialist credentials may include American Board, Royal College, Arab Board, or another recognized equivalent.
Candidates should have at least eight to ten years of post-specialization experience, including established consultant-level practice. Strong expertise in pediatric diabetes, growth disorders, thyroid disease, adrenal and pituitary conditions, puberty abnormalities, congenital endocrine disorders, and metabolic bone disease is essential.
Eligibility for a Dubai Health Authority Consultant licence is required. The successful physician will demonstrate advanced diagnostic judgment, compassionate family communication, strong leadership, and effective multidisciplinary teamwork.
Fluency in English is required. Arabic language proficiency would be advantageous.
Skills Set
* Pediatric endocrinology
* Pediatric diabetes management
* Type 1 diabetes
* Type 2 diabetes
* Growth disorder assessment
* Short stature evaluation
* Thyroid disorder management
* Adrenal disease management
* Pituitary disorder management
* Precocious puberty
* Delayed puberty
* Metabolic bone disease
* Calcium and phosphate disorders
* Congenital endocrine conditions
* Dynamic hormone testing
* Endocrine laboratory interpretation
* Hormone replacement therapy
* Insulin management
* Growth monitoring
* NICU consultation
* PICU consultation
* Outpatient endocrine clinics
* Multidisciplinary diabetes care
* Obesity management
* Genetics collaboration
* Family education
* Clinical governance
* Quality improvement
* Clinical audit
* Medical education
* Clinical research
* Dubai Health Authority licensing
* Consultant-level clinical decision-making
Why Join Us
This position offers an experienced pediatric endocrinologist the opportunity to manage complex hormonal and metabolic conditions within a tertiary-care environment supported by advanced diagnostics and multidisciplinary pediatric services. The consultant will contribute directly to healthier growth, safer diabetes management, improved development, and better long-term outcomes.
The role also provides meaningful scope to expand pediatric endocrine services, develop clinical pathways, mentor healthcare professionals, and contribute to research and academic programs. Dubai\'s growing demand for pediatric subspecialty care offers strong professional stability and long-term leadership potential.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a medical recruitment consultancy connecting experienced physicians and healthcare professionals with hospitals, specialist centers, and medical institutions across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East. The company supports consultant-level candidates through vacancy matching, licensing guidance, relocation coordination, and recruitment assistance.
The role spans outpatient clinics, inpatient consultations, neonatal and pediatric intensive care support, multidisciplinary case management, and family education. Accurate diagnosis and sustained follow-up will help improve disease control, normal development, treatment adherence, and quality of life for children living with long-term endocrine conditions.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage endocrine and metabolic disorders affecting infants, children, and adolescents.
* Treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus using individualized medical and lifestyle plans.
* Evaluate growth disorders, short stature, abnormal growth velocity, and related developmental concerns.
* Diagnose and manage thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and congenital endocrine abnormalities.
* Assess precocious puberty, delayed puberty, and other puberty-related disorders.
* Manage metabolic bone disease and calcium or phosphate abnormalities.
* Provide inpatient consultations for neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, and general pediatric services.
* Lead outpatient clinics for chronic endocrine disorders and long-term patient monitoring.
* Interpret endocrine laboratory investigations, dynamic hormone tests, genetic findings, and relevant imaging.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on diagnosis, age, disease severity, growth, and family circumstances.
* Prescribe and monitor insulin, hormone replacement, endocrine medication, and other specialist therapies.
* Participate in multidisciplinary diabetes, obesity, genetics, and metabolic clinics.
* Coordinate care with pediatricians, dietitians, geneticists, nurses, psychologists, and other specialists.
* Educate patients and families about diabetes care, glucose monitoring, hormone treatment, growth tracking, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle modification.
* Support families in managing chronic conditions and complex treatment schedules at home.
* Monitor treatment response, development, laboratory findings, and potential complications.
* Develop and update pediatric endocrine pathways, protocols, and evidence-based clinical guidelines.
* Participate in morbidity and mortality reviews, clinical audits, governance meetings, and quality improvement initiatives.
* Mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, nurses, and other clinical team members.
* Contribute to clinical research, case studies, institutional review activities, and continuing medical education.
* Teach medical students, residents, and fellows and represent the department at professional conferences.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, investigation results, treatment plans, prescriptions, and follow-up documentation.
* Ensure compliance with hospital policies, patient safety standards, and applicable Dubai healthcare regulations.
Ideal Profile
Applicants must hold an MD, MBBS, or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution and possess board certification in Pediatrics.
Formal fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology is required. Accepted specialist credentials may include American Board, Royal College, Arab Board, or another recognized equivalent.
Candidates should have at least eight to ten years of post-specialization experience, including established consultant-level practice. Strong expertise in pediatric diabetes, growth disorders, thyroid disease, adrenal and pituitary conditions, puberty abnormalities, congenital endocrine disorders, and metabolic bone disease is essential.
Eligibility for a Dubai Health Authority Consultant licence is required. The successful physician will demonstrate advanced diagnostic judgment, compassionate family communication, strong leadership, and effective multidisciplinary teamwork.
Fluency in English is required. Arabic language proficiency would be advantageous.
Skills Set
* Pediatric endocrinology
* Pediatric diabetes management
* Type 1 diabetes
* Type 2 diabetes
* Growth disorder assessment
* Short stature evaluation
* Thyroid disorder management
* Adrenal disease management
* Pituitary disorder management
* Precocious puberty
* Delayed puberty
* Metabolic bone disease
* Calcium and phosphate disorders
* Congenital endocrine conditions
* Dynamic hormone testing
* Endocrine laboratory interpretation
* Hormone replacement therapy
* Insulin management
* Growth monitoring
* NICU consultation
* PICU consultation
* Outpatient endocrine clinics
* Multidisciplinary diabetes care
* Obesity management
* Genetics collaboration
* Family education
* Clinical governance
* Quality improvement
* Clinical audit
* Medical education
* Clinical research
* Dubai Health Authority licensing
* Consultant-level clinical decision-making
Why Join Us
This position offers an experienced pediatric endocrinologist the opportunity to manage complex hormonal and metabolic conditions within a tertiary-care environment supported by advanced diagnostics and multidisciplinary pediatric services. The consultant will contribute directly to healthier growth, safer diabetes management, improved development, and better long-term outcomes.
The role also provides meaningful scope to expand pediatric endocrine services, develop clinical pathways, mentor healthcare professionals, and contribute to research and academic programs. Dubai\'s growing demand for pediatric subspecialty care offers strong professional stability and long-term leadership potential.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a medical recruitment consultancy connecting experienced physicians and healthcare professionals with hospitals, specialist centers, and medical institutions across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East. The company supports consultant-level candidates through vacancy matching, licensing guidance, relocation coordination, and recruitment assistance.
