Consultant Neonatologist - Reputed Private Healthcare Group
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About the Role
A prestigious private healthcare group in Dubai seeks a Consultant Neonatologist to lead clinical management in the NICU, providing comprehensive care to premature and critically ill newborns.
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Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of neonates requiring intensive and specialized care
- Manage premature infants, low birth weight babies, critically ill newborns, and neonates with congenital anomalies or complex medical conditions
- Attend high risk deliveries, neonatal resuscitations, and emergency consultations
- Lead the management of patients admitted to the NICU, SCBU, and newborn nursery
- Perform neonatal procedures including endotracheal intubation, umbilical catheterization, lumbar puncture, chest tube insertion, exchange transfusion
- Provide respiratory support including conventional and high frequency ventilation, CPAP, and non invasive ventilation
- Interpret laboratory investigations, imaging studies, and bedside monitoring to formulate treatment plans
- Collaborate with obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, pediatric subspecialists, and other healthcare professionals
- Counsel parents regarding neonatal conditions, treatment options, prognosis, and discharge planning
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, morbidity and mortality meetings, and infection prevention programs
- Supervise and mentor specialists, residents, junior doctors, interns, and nursing staff
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited residency program in Pediatrics
- Completion of Fellowship or equivalent subspecialty training in Neonatology
- Board Certification or equivalent recognized qualification in Neonatology
- Current NRP, BLS, and PALS certifications preferred
- Currently based in the USA or Europe and looking to relocate to the UAE
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Job Overview
- These opportunities are exclusively for doctors currently based in the USA and Europe who are looking to relocate to the UAE.
- The Consultant Neonatologist is responsible for providing comprehensive, evidence based medical care to newborn infants, including premature, critically ill, and high risk neonates requiring intensive care.
- The Consultant will lead the clinical management of patients admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, support high risk deliveries, and contribute to quality improvement, patient safety, education, and clinical governance.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of neonates requiring intensive and specialized care.
- Manage premature infants, low birth weight babies, critically ill newborns, and neonates with congenital anomalies or complex medical conditions.
- Attend high risk deliveries, neonatal resuscitations, and emergency consultations as required.
- Lead the management of patients admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), and newborn nursery.
- Perform neonatal procedures including endotracheal intubation, umbilical arterial and venous catheterization, lumbar puncture, chest tube insertion, exchange transfusion, and other procedures within credentialed privileges.
- Provide respiratory support, including conventional and high frequency ventilation, CPAP, and non invasive ventilation.
- Interpret laboratory investigations, imaging studies, and bedside monitoring to formulate evidence based treatment plans.
- Collaborate closely with obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, pediatric subspecialists, anesthesiologists, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, and allied health professionals.
- Counsel parents regarding neonatal conditions, treatment options, prognosis, and discharge planning.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and complete documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).
- Participate in departmental quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, morbidity and mortality meetings, and infection prevention programs.
- Supervise, mentor, and support specialists, residents, junior doctors, interns, and nursing staff where applicable.
Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited residency program in Pediatrics.
- Completion of Fellowship or equivalent subspecialty training in Neonatology.
- Board Certification or equivalent recognized qualification in Neonatology.
- Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Pediatric Life Support (PALS) certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive tax free salary in accordance with the organization's compensation structure.
- Annual airfare allowance for the employee (and eligible dependents, as per organizational policy).
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for the employee and eligible dependents.
- End of Service Gratuity in accordance with the UAE Labour Law (or applicable government employment regulations).
- Annual paid leave as per organizational policy.
- Paid public holidays in accordance with UAE regulations.
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