Job Description

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Consultant Cardiologist with advanced training or fellowship in Heart Failure to join our Cardiology Department in Abu Dhabi.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive management of patients with heart failure and cardiomyopathies, including complex and advanced heart failure cases. The role will involve multidisciplinary collaboration and participation in the development of an advanced heart failure service.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist consultation and comprehensive management of patients with acute and chronic heart failure.
• Manage complex heart failure, cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension cases.
• Assess patients for advanced heart failure therapies, including mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation where applicable.
• Manage patients with reduced, mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction heart failure.
• Provide outpatient heart failure clinics and inpatient consultation services.
• Participate in multidisciplinary heart failure, cardiomyopathy and transplant meetings.
• Perform and interpret appropriate cardiovascular investigations, including echocardiography and other cardiac imaging in accordance with privileges.
• Collaborate with cardiac surgeons, electrophysiologists, interventional cardiologists, intensivists and other specialists.
• Contribute to clinical protocols, quality improvement and patient-safety initiatives.
• Participate in teaching, training and mentoring of residents, fellows and junior physicians.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and comply with UAE regulatory and hospital requirements.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from a recognized medical school.
• Completed residency training in Internal Medicine.
• Completed accredited Cardiology / Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship or residency training.
• Additional fellowship or advanced training in Heart Failure / Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology is highly desirable.
• Board certification or recognized specialist/consultant qualification in Cardiology.
• Valid eligibility for Department of Health (DoH) Abu Dhabi licensure.

Preferred Experience

• Significant post-specialist experience as a Consultant/Specialist Cardiologist.
• Dedicated experience in heart failure and cardiomyopathy management.
• Experience with advanced heart failure assessment and treatment.
• Exposure to LVAD/mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation is highly desirable.
• Experience in pulmonary hypertension and cardiac amyloidosis is an advantage.
• Academic, teaching, research or quality-improvement experience is desirable.

Core Competencies

• Advanced clinical knowledge in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.
• Strong diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage complex and critically ill cardiac patients.
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Commitment to evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care.
• Strong leadership and teaching abilities.

Employment

• Full-time Consultant position.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Employment subject to applicable UAE and Abu Dhabi healthcare licensing requirements.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a Consultant Cardiologist with dedicated fellowship-level training in Advanced Heart Failure, preferably with experience in advanced heart failure therapies, LVAD and/or heart transplantation, and a strong interest in developing a high-quality heart failure service.