Consultant Pediatrician

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care for infants, children, and adolescents.

• Diagnose and manage common and complex acute and chronic paediatric conditions in outpatient and inpatient settings.

• Conduct routine paediatric consultations, comprehensive physical examinations, and age-appropriate health assessments.

• Monitor and evaluate children's growth, development, nutritional status, and overall physical and emotional well-being.

• Perform developmental assessments and identify potential developmental delays, behavioural concerns, and learning difficulties requiring further evaluation.

• Diagnose and manage common childhood infections, including upper and lower respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal infections, urinary tract infections, and other infectious diseases.

• Evaluate and manage paediatric respiratory conditions, including asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and recurrent wheezing.

• Diagnose and treat gastrointestinal conditions, including gastroenteritis, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, and other common digestive disorders.

• Assess and manage nutritional problems, including feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, obesity, and nutritional deficiencies.

• Diagnose and manage common childhood allergic conditions, including allergic rhinitis, eczema, and food allergies, with appropriate referral for complex cases.

• Evaluate and manage common dermatological conditions affecting infants, children, and adolescents.

• Diagnose and manage childhood anaemia and other common haematological abnormalities within the scope of general paediatrics.

• Assess and manage common paediatric endocrine and metabolic concerns, including growth abnormalities and suspected thyroid disorders, coordinating specialist referrals when indicated.

• Provide medical care for children with chronic conditions, including asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and congenital disorders, in collaboration with relevant subspecialists.

• Conduct newborn examinations and provide routine postnatal follow-up, including feeding assessments, jaundice evaluation, and growth monitoring.

• Assess and manage common neonatal conditions within the physician's clinical expertise and coordinate referral to neonatology services when necessary.

• Provide preventive healthcare services, including routine childhood immunisations in accordance with applicable UAE vaccination schedules and clinical guidelines.

• Monitor immunisation status, provide vaccine counselling, and address parental concerns regarding childhood vaccinations.

• Conduct regular well-child visits and provide anticipatory guidance regarding growth, nutrition, sleep, safety, and developmental milestones.

• Assess children presenting with fever, dehydration, respiratory distress, abdominal pain, and other acute medical complaints.

• Recognise and manage paediatric emergencies, including severe dehydration, acute asthma exacerbations, seizures, and suspected serious infections.

• Initiate appropriate emergency stabilisation and coordinate escalation to paediatric intensive care or emergency services when required.

• Evaluate children with recurrent infections, unexplained symptoms, or persistent medical concerns requiring further diagnostic investigation.

• Order and interpret appropriate laboratory investigations, diagnostic imaging, and other tests relevant to paediatric medical care.

• Develop and implement individualised treatment plans based on clinical findings, age, developmental stage, medical history, and evidence-based guidelines.

• Prescribe appropriate medications and ensure safe, age-appropriate and weight-based dosing.

• Monitor treatment response, medication-related adverse effects, and long-term clinical outcomes.

• Provide comprehensive inpatient care, including daily clinical reviews, treatment planning, and discharge coordination where applicable.

• Manage paediatric patients requiring observation, supportive treatment, or ongoing medical monitoring.

• Coordinate referrals to paediatric subspecialists for complex cardiac, neurological, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine, or other conditions.

• Collaborate with neonatologists, paediatric surgeons, emergency physicians, nurses, dietitians, and allied healthcare professionals.

• Assess adolescent health concerns, including growth, puberty, nutrition, mental well-being, and preventive healthcare needs.

• Identify potential safeguarding concerns and follow established child protection and reporting procedures.

• Provide counselling and education to parents and caregivers regarding childhood illnesses, medication administration, nutrition, hygiene, injury prevention, and home care.

• Promote healthy lifestyle habits, including balanced nutrition, physical activity, adequate sleep, and age-appropriate preventive healthcare.

• Support early identification and management of developmental, behavioural, and psychosocial concerns through appropriate multidisciplinary referrals.

• Maintain accurate medical records, clinical assessments, treatment plans, and follow-up documentation.

• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection prevention protocols, paediatric medication safety standards, and patient safety requirements.

• Participate in clinical audits, paediatric quality improvement initiatives, and healthcare service development activities.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of general paediatric clinical protocols and evidence-based treatment pathways.

• Provide clinical supervision, teaching, and mentoring to junior physicians, paediatric trainees, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.

• Stay updated with advances in general paediatrics, preventive medicine, childhood immunisation, developmental healthcare, and evidence-based paediatric practice.

Qualifications

• Recognised specialist qualification in Paediatrics or an equivalent recognised medical specialty.

• Recognised Tier 1 specialist qualification, such as American Board certification, Canadian Royal College certification, UK CCT/CCST, or an equivalent recognised qualification.

• Completion of an accredited residency or recognised specialist training programme in General Paediatrics.

• Minimum 5 years of post-specialisation experience, with substantial clinical experience in providing comprehensive medical care to infants, children, and adolescents.

• Proven experience in diagnosing and managing common and complex acute and chronic paediatric conditions.

• Demonstrated expertise in general paediatric medicine, preventive healthcare, growth monitoring, and developmental assessment.

• Strong experience in outpatient paediatric consultations and inpatient paediatric care where applicable.

• Comprehensive knowledge of childhood infectious diseases, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and other common paediatric illnesses.

• Experience in routine newborn examinations, postnatal assessments, and management of common neonatal conditions.

• Strong understanding of childhood immunisation schedules, preventive health screening, and anticipatory guidance.

• Experience assessing and managing paediatric emergencies and coordinating appropriate escalation of care.

• Proficiency in interpreting paediatric laboratory investigations, diagnostic imaging, and relevant clinical assessments.

• Comprehensive knowledge of age-appropriate medication prescribing, paediatric dosing, and patient safety principles.

• Experience in growth and developmental monitoring, nutritional assessment, and identification of developmental concerns.

• Strong understanding of adolescent healthcare, child safeguarding, and family-centred medical practice.

• Experience working in a tertiary hospital, general hospital, paediatric department, children's hospital, or multidisciplinary healthcare facility.

• Familiarity with international paediatric clinical guidelines, evidence-based treatment protocols, and healthcare quality standards.

• Proven ability to manage complex paediatric cases and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

• Eligibility for Consultant-level licensing with DHA, DOH, or MOHAP, as applicable to the position.

Required Skills

• Strong clinical expertise in general paediatrics and comprehensive medical care for infants, children, and adolescents.

• Advanced knowledge of common acute and chronic childhood illnesses, preventive healthcare, and paediatric disease management.

• Proficiency in paediatric clinical assessment, physical examination, growth monitoring, and developmental evaluation.

• Strong understanding of childhood immunisation, preventive screening, nutrition, and health promotion.

• Ability to diagnose and manage paediatric respiratory, gastrointestinal, infectious, allergic, and other common medical conditions.

• Competence in recognising and managing paediatric emergencies and initiating appropriate stabilisation.

• Comprehensive knowledge of newborn care, routine neonatal assessments, and common postnatal medical concerns.

• Strong understanding of age-appropriate prescribing, medication safety, and weight-based paediatric dosing.

• Excellent diagnostic, analytical, and clinical decision-making skills.

• Ability to coordinate care for children with chronic medical conditions and complex healthcare needs.

• Strong communication and family counselling skills, including the ability to explain medical conditions and treatment plans clearly to parents and caregivers.

• Excellent leadership, teamwork, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

• Compassionate, patient-centred approach to paediatric healthcare.

• Commitment to child safeguarding, patient safety, evidence-based clinical practice, and continuous professional development.

• Ability to support clinical education, paediatric service development, research, and quality improvement initiatives.

Compensation

An attractive tax-free package will be offered based on the candidate's qualifications, clinical expertise, general paediatrics experience, professional background, and the requirements of the healthcare facility.