Consultant Intensivist

Role Overview

Consultant Intensivist position at Astra ProMed, Dubai. Full-time employment.

Role Purpose

Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Lead multidisciplinary critical care teams and ensure clinical excellence, patient safety, and optimal outcomes for complex life-threatening conditions.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment and Management

• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
• Manage patients with sepsis, septic shock, acute respiratory failure, ARDS, multi-organ dysfunction, and other life-threatening conditions.
• Evaluate and manage patients with complex medical, surgical, neurological, and post-operative critical care needs.
• Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical assessment, laboratory investigations, imaging, and continuous patient monitoring.

Airway and Respiratory Management

• Provide advanced airway management, invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, and respiratory support.
• Perform and supervise critical care procedures, including endotracheal intubation, central venous catheterization, arterial line placement, and other invasive interventions.
• Manage sedation, analgesia, nutritional support, infection prevention, and ventilator-weaning strategies.

Hemodynamic and Organ Support

• Manage hemodynamically unstable patients requiring vasopressor support, fluid resuscitation, and advanced cardiovascular monitoring.
• Coordinate advanced organ-support therapies, including continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), where available and within scope of expertise.

Emergency Response and Procedures

• Lead emergency resuscitation, rapid response interventions, and critical care consultations.
• Perform and supervise critical care procedures, including endotracheal intubation, central venous catheterization, arterial line placement, and other invasive interventions.

Complication Management and Patient Continuity

• Identify and manage ICU complications, including hospital-acquired infections, delirium, and organ dysfunction.
• Oversee patient stabilization, ICU admission, transfer, discharge planning, and continuity of care.

Multidisciplinary Leadership

• Collaborate with anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, surgeons, nephrologists, neurologists, and other multidisciplinary specialists.
• Supervise and mentor ICU physicians, residents, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals.

Communication and Family Engagement

• Communicate effectively with patients' families regarding clinical conditions, treatment plans, prognosis, and critical care decisions.

Governance and Quality

• Ensure compliance with ICU protocols, infection control, clinical governance, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, teaching, research, and CME activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBBS/MD or equivalent medical degree.
• Recognized postgraduate qualification in Intensive Care Medicine / Critical Care Medicine, or a recognized primary specialty with accredited subspecialty training in Critical Care.
• Board certification or equivalent recognized consultant qualification.
• Fellowship or advanced subspecialty training in Intensive Care Medicine is highly desirable.
• Minimum 5–10 years of relevant post-specialization experience, including substantial experience in intensive care medicine.
• Strong expertise in managing critically ill patients with complex medical and surgical conditions.
• Demonstrated competence in mechanical ventilation, advanced airway management, hemodynamic monitoring, and invasive ICU procedures.
• Experience managing high-acuity ICU patients and leading multidisciplinary critical care teams.
• Eligible for DHA Consultant classification/license in Dubai, subject to applicable qualification and experience requirements.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent clinical judgment, leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary and attractive benefits package.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual paid leave and other benefits as per UAE Labour Law and facility policy.
• Professional development and CME opportunities.
• Modern, well-equipped intensive care facilities.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary healthcare environment.
• Licensing assistance available for eligible candidates.