Job Description

🏥 Job Description – Consultant Pediatric Radiation Oncologist

📍 Position

Consultant Pediatric Radiation Oncologist

📍 Location

Dubai / Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

🩺 Job Summary

We are seeking a highly qualified and experienced Consultant Pediatric Radiation Oncologist to join a leading tertiary healthcare institution in the UAE. The successful candidate will provide specialized radiation oncology services for infants, children, and adolescents with cancer, delivering advanced, evidence-based radiotherapy while working closely with pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, medical physicists, radiation therapists, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose, evaluate, and manage pediatric patients requiring radiation therapy for malignant and selected benign conditions.
• Develop individualized radiotherapy treatment plans using evidence-based clinical protocols.
• Perform patient consultations, simulation, target volume delineation, treatment planning review, and radiation prescription.
• Deliver advanced radiation therapy techniques, including IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, stereotactic radiotherapy, and proton therapy (where available).
• Monitor patients during treatment and manage acute and long-term radiation-related side effects.
• Collaborate with pediatric oncology multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment strategies.
• Participate in pediatric tumor boards, clinical case discussions, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide long-term follow-up care, survivorship planning, and monitoring for late effects of radiation therapy.
• Counsel patients and families regarding diagnosis, treatment options, expected outcomes, potential risks, and follow-up care.
• Ensure compliance with radiation safety regulations, quality assurance standards, and hospital policies.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and medical records.
• Supervise junior physicians, residents, fellows, and allied healthcare professionals.
• Participate in clinical research, teaching, and Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities.

Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by the relevant UAE health authority.
• Completion of an accredited residency in Radiation Oncology.
• Fellowship or subspecialty training in Pediatric Radiation Oncology is highly desirable.
• 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 experience as a Consultant Radiation Oncologist with significant experience in pediatric oncology (or as required by UAE licensing regulations).
• Experience treating pediatric brain tumors, sarcomas, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, retinoblastoma, lymphomas, and other childhood cancers requiring radiotherapy.
• Expertise in advanced radiotherapy planning and image-guided treatment techniques.
• Experience working in internationally accredited pediatric cancer centers or tertiary hospitals is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary pediatric oncology care.

Skills & Competencies

• Expertise in pediatric radiation oncology and advanced radiotherapy techniques.
• Strong knowledge of pediatric cancer biology and radiation treatment protocols.
• Proficiency in radiation treatment planning systems and image-guided radiotherapy technologies.
• Excellent clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and family counseling abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary pediatric oncology teams.
• Commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
• Leadership, mentoring, and teaching capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fellowship from a recognized international Pediatric Radiation Oncology program.
• Western Board Certification or equivalent internationally recognized qualification (preferred).
• Experience with proton therapy and stereotactic radiotherapy.
• 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 pediatric oncology center equipped with advanced radiotherapy technology and multidisciplinary cancer care.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.