Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Consultant Emergency Medicine – Adult & Paediatric to join our healthcare team in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive emergency medical care to both adult and paediatric patients, managing a broad range of acute and critical conditions in a fast-paced emergency department.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert emergency medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and stabilization for adult and paediatric patients.
• Manage a wide range of medical, surgical, trauma, and paediatric emergencies.
• Perform rapid triage and prioritize patients according to clinical urgency.
• Stabilize critically ill and injured patients and coordinate appropriate admission, transfer, or referral.
• Perform emergency procedures including airway management, resuscitation, wound management, and other procedures within the scope of practice.
• Manage cardiac, respiratory, neurological, infectious, toxicological, and traumatic emergencies.
• Provide advanced life support and participate in resuscitation of critically ill patients.
• Work closely with specialists, intensivists, surgeons, paediatricians, nurses, and other multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure appropriate pain management and safe discharge planning.
• Communicate effectively with patients and their families regarding diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
• Maintain accurate and timely medical documentation.
• Ensure compliance with DOH regulations, hospital policies, clinical protocols, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, teaching, and continuing medical education.

Requirements

• MBBS/MD or equivalent medical degree.
• Recognized postgraduate qualification in Emergency Medicine.
• Relevant experience as a Consultant/Specialist in Emergency Medicine.
• Demonstrated clinical experience managing both adult and paediatric emergency cases.
• Valid DOH License – Abu Dhabi is mandatory.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification preferred/required as applicable.
• Strong skills in emergency assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and critical care.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, multidisciplinary environment.
• Commitment to patient safety, clinical excellence, and evidence-based emergency care.

Key Competencies

• Adult & Paediatric Emergency Care
• Emergency Resuscitation
• Trauma Management
• Airway Management
• Critical Care & Stabilization
• Rapid Clinical Decision-Making
• Patient & Family Communication
• Multidisciplinary Teamwork
• Clinical Governance & Patient Safety