Job Description

🏥 Job Description – Consultant Pediatric Interventional Radiologist

📍 Position

Consultant Pediatric Interventional Radiologist

📍 Location

Dubai / Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

🩺 Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Consultant Pediatric Interventional Radiologist to join a leading tertiary healthcare institution in the UAE. The successful candidate will provide specialized image-guided diagnostic and minimally invasive interventional procedures for infants, children, and adolescents. The consultant will collaborate closely with pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, oncologists, intensivists, nephrologists, gastroenterologists, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of minimally invasive image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in pediatric patients.
• Utilize ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT, and MRI guidance for interventional procedures as appropriate.
• Perform vascular interventions, including angiography, embolization, angioplasty, and vascular access procedures.
• Conduct non-vascular interventions such as biopsies, drain placements, abscess drainage, nephrostomy, biliary interventions, gastrostomy placement, and central venous access.
• Manage pediatric patients with congenital vascular malformations and other complex vascular conditions.
• Provide pre-procedural assessment, informed consent, procedural planning, and post-procedural follow-up.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary pediatric teams to develop individualized treatment plans.
• Participate in pediatric multidisciplinary meetings, tumor boards, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure radiation safety and adherence to the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principles in pediatric imaging and interventions.
• Maintain accurate and timely medical documentation in accordance with hospital policies.
• Supervise junior physicians, fellows, residents, radiographers, and nursing staff.
• Participate in teaching, clinical research, audits, and Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection prevention protocols, patient safety standards, and international best practices.

Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by the relevant UAE health authority.
• Completion of an accredited residency in Diagnostic Radiology.
• Fellowship or subspecialty training in Pediatric Interventional Radiology or Interventional Radiology with significant pediatric experience.
• Board Certification or equivalent specialist qualification recognized under the UAE Professional Qualification Requirements (PQR).
• Eligibility for or possession of a DHA, DOH, or MOHAP Consultant License.

Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years of post-board/fellowship experience as a Consultant Interventional Radiologist with significant pediatric interventional radiology experience (or as required by UAE licensing regulations).
• Extensive experience performing complex pediatric vascular and non-vascular image-guided interventions.
• Experience in internationally accredited tertiary pediatric hospitals or academic medical centers is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in multidisciplinary pediatric patient management.

Skills & Competencies

• Expertise in pediatric interventional radiology procedures.
• Strong knowledge of pediatric anatomy, physiology, and congenital disorders.
• Proficiency in ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT, and MRI-guided interventions.
• Excellent procedural and clinical decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and family counseling abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary pediatric healthcare teams.
• Commitment to patient safety, radiation protection, and evidence-based practice.
• Leadership, mentoring, and teaching capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fellowship from a recognized international Pediatric Interventional Radiology program.
• Western Board Certification or equivalent internationally recognized qualification (preferred).
• Membership in recognized interventional radiology societies.
• Active involvement in clinical research, publications, and medical education.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Competitive tax-free salary.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Annual airfare allowance.
• Annual paid leave.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) support.
• Professional indemnity insurance.
• Relocation assistance (where applicable).
• Opportunity to work in a leading tertiary pediatric hospital equipped with advanced interventional radiology technology and multidisciplinary pediatric specialty services.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.