Consultant - Perinatal Psychiatry
Posted date [2026-06-01]
(ID: 45912)
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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 - Perinatal PsychiatryJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant - Perinatal Psychiatry
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Mental Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 3-5 years post-consultant experience preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Consultant - Perinatal Psychiatry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a specialized Mental Health Care opportunity for an experienced physician focused on prenatal, perinatal, and postpartum psychiatric care. This role is ideal for a consultant who can support women before conception, during pregnancy, and after delivery through expert assessment, psychopharmacology guidance, crisis intervention, family-centered care, and close collaboration with obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, psychology, and midwifery teams.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Mental Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 70000-95000
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 - Perinatal Psychiatry will provide specialist psychiatric care for women experiencing mental health conditions during pre-conception, pregnancy, birth planning, postpartum recovery, and early motherhood. The role requires advanced understanding of perinatal mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, psychosis, bipolar disorder, OCD, medication safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and high-risk maternal mental health planning. The consultant will help strengthen perinatal mental health services in Dubai by delivering evidence-based care, supporting families, guiding multidisciplinary decisions, and improving early detection of psychiatric conditions in maternal care pathways.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment and management for women before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and throughout the postpartum period.
* Diagnose and treat perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, postpartum psychosis, and other pregnancy-related or postpartum psychiatric conditions.
* Manage complex cases involving psychotropic medication use during pregnancy, lactation, fertility planning, and breastfeeding.
* Conduct risk assessments, crisis intervention, relapse prevention planning, and safety planning for high-risk mothers and families.
* Support patients with pre-existing psychiatric conditions as they transition into pregnancy, delivery planning, postpartum care, and long-term mental health follow-up.
* Provide counselling on reproductive planning, medication adjustment, mental health optimization, treatment adherence, and family support strategies.
* Oversee inpatient and outpatient perinatal psychiatric services with clear care plans, timely reviews, and coordinated follow-up.
* Collaborate with obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, psychology, psychiatry, midwifery, nursing, social work, and allied healthcare teams.
* Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences, joint perinatal clinics, maternal mental health reviews, and complex care planning meetings.
* Communicate clearly and compassionately with patients and families regarding diagnosis, treatment options, medication risks and benefits, safety plans, and recovery expectations.
* Ensure compliance with perinatal mental health guidelines, DHA standards, hospital protocols, safeguarding requirements, and ethical psychiatric practice.
* Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, including assessment notes, diagnoses, risk plans, treatment plans, medication reviews, consent discussions, and follow-up records.
* Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, morbidity and mortality reviews, research activity, publications, and evidence-based practice development.
* Teach and supervise residents, psychologists, nurses, midwives, and allied health staff in perinatal mental health recognition, escalation, and management.
* Lead training sessions on perinatal mental health, early detection of psychiatric conditions, crisis response, and safe multidisciplinary referral pathways.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MBBS, MD, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
* Completed residency training in Psychiatry.
* Subspecialty training or strong clinical experience in Perinatal Psychiatry, Prenatal Psychiatry, or women’s mental health.
* Board certification in Psychiatry, such as American Board, Royal College, Arab Board, or equivalent recognized qualification.
* Eligibility for Dubai Health Authority Consultant licensure.
* Minimum 3-5 years of post-consultant experience is preferred.
* Strong expertise in psychopharmacology during pregnancy and lactation.
* Experience managing perinatal depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, psychosis, and high-risk maternal mental health cases.
* Experience in women’s mental health, tertiary care, high-risk obstetric settings, or integrated maternal mental health services is an advantage.
* Strong communication, counselling, risk assessment, crisis management, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
* Ability to work effectively with obstetric, neonatal, psychological, midwifery, nursing, and family support teams.
* Commitment to patient safety, confidentiality, safeguarding, family-centered care, clinical governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Perinatal psychiatry
* Prenatal psychiatry
* Women’s mental health
* Maternal mental health
* Postpartum psychiatry
* Psychiatric assessment
* Perinatal mood disorder management
* Perinatal anxiety management
* Depression treatment
* Bipolar disorder management
* OCD treatment
* PTSD care
* Postpartum psychosis management
* Psychopharmacology in pregnancy
* Psychopharmacology during lactation
* Breastfeeding medication counselling
* Reproductive mental health counselling
* Crisis intervention
* Risk assessment
* Safety planning
* Inpatient psychiatry
* Outpatient psychiatry
* Joint perinatal clinics
* Multidisciplinary case conferences
* Obstetrics collaboration
* Maternal-fetal medicine collaboration
* Neonatology collaboration
* Psychology collaboration
* Midwifery collaboration
* Family-centered care
* Clinical documentation
* DHA licensing
* Clinical audits
* Quality improvement
* Medical teaching
* Research participation
* Consultant-level practice
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers a Consultant - Perinatal Psychiatry the chance to develop meaningful impact in Dubai’s growing maternal and mental health sector. The role provides exposure to complex prenatal, pregnancy-related, and postpartum psychiatric cases, close collaboration with specialist obstetric and neonatal teams, and the opportunity to improve family-centered care pathways. It is a strong fit for a consultant who values women’s mental health, safe medication decision-making, multidisciplinary practice, teaching, research, and long-term patient wellbeing.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East connects experienced healthcare professionals with consultant and specialist medical opportunities across the UAE and wider Middle East. The company supports hospitals, clinics, mental health services, and advanced care providers by placing qualified physicians in roles where their expertise can strengthen specialist departments, improve patient outcomes, and support high-quality healthcare delivery.
