Consultant Emergency Medicine

Role Overview

Consultant Emergency Medicine at Astra ProMed, Dubai. Full-time position.

Role Purpose

Provide comprehensive emergency medical care, clinical leadership, and patient management in a fast-paced emergency department setting. Lead resuscitation and stabilization of critically ill and injured patients while supervising junior clinical staff and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment & Treatment

• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Evaluate and manage acute medical, surgical, traumatic, and life-threatening emergencies.
• Manage patients presenting with acute neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and metabolic emergencies.
• Develop and implement evidence-based emergency treatment plans for adult and pediatric patients within authorized scope of practice.

Resuscitation & Advanced Procedures

• Lead rapid assessment, resuscitation, and stabilization of critically ill or injured patients.
• Lead cardiopulmonary resuscitation, advanced cardiac life support, and multidisciplinary trauma resuscitation.
• Perform advanced emergency procedures, including endotracheal intubation, advanced airway management, vascular access, procedural sedation, and emergency interventions, within authorized clinical privileges.
• Manage complex emergencies, including acute coronary syndromes, stroke, respiratory failure, sepsis, shock, and major trauma.

Diagnostic & Clinical Decision-Making

• Interpret diagnostic investigations, including ECG, X-rays, CT scans, laboratory results, and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
• Oversee clinical decision-making and patient flow to support efficient and safe emergency department operations.

Coordination & Referral

• Coordinate emergency consultations, specialist referrals, hospital admissions, transfers, and discharge planning.
• Ensure timely communication with patients and families regarding diagnosis, treatment plans, emergency interventions, and clinical outcomes.

Leadership & Supervision

• Supervise and mentor emergency medicine specialists, junior physicians, residents, and other clinical team members.
• Provide clinical leadership during mass-casualty incidents, disaster response, and major emergency situations when required.
• Collaborate with intensivists, cardiologists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, neurologists, and other multidisciplinary specialists.

Compliance, Quality & Development

• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and ensure compliance with DHA regulations, emergency department protocols, infection control, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, morbidity and mortality reviews, research, teaching, and CME activities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of emergency medicine protocols, clinical pathways, and departmental quality standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBBS/MD or equivalent recognized medical degree.
• Completion of an accredited Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program.
• American Board Certification in Emergency Medicine (ABEM or AOBEM) is mandatory.
• Recognized postgraduate qualification in Emergency Medicine.
• Minimum 5–10 years of relevant post-specialization clinical experience in Emergency Medicine is preferred.
• Strong expertise in managing high-acuity emergency cases, major trauma, resuscitation, and critical care stabilization.
• Demonstrated competence in advanced airway management, emergency procedures, and evidence-based emergency treatment.
• Experience working in high-volume emergency departments or major tertiary-care hospitals.
• Eligible for DHA Consultant Emergency Medicine classification/license in Dubai, subject to applicable UAE PQR qualification and experience requirements.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced airway management.
• Emergency procedures and resuscitation techniques.
• Evidence-based emergency treatment.
• Clinical judgment and leadership.
• Communication and multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).

Additional Information

• Valid BLS and ACLS certifications required; ATLS and PALS certifications highly desirable.
• Competitive salary and attractive benefits package.
• Medical insurance provided.
• Annual paid leave and other benefits as per UAE Labour Law and facility policy.
• Professional development and CME opportunities.
• Modern, well-equipped emergency department facilities with advanced diagnostic and resuscitation technologies.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
• Licensing assistance available for eligible candidates.