Consultant Critical Care

Role Overview

Consultant Critical Care position at Astra ProMed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Full-time employment.

Role Purpose

Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit, with advanced expertise in managing complex life-threatening conditions and a strong commitment to clinical excellence, patient safety, and multidisciplinary care.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Management & Clinical Care

• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
• Manage patients with multi-organ failure, sepsis, septic shock, respiratory failure, and other life-threatening conditions.
• Provide comprehensive care for post-operative, trauma, neurological, and medically complex ICU patients.
• Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical assessment, laboratory investigations, imaging, and continuous patient monitoring.
• Diagnose and manage acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe infections, and complex metabolic disorders.

Advanced Procedures & Interventions

• Provide advanced airway management, 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 patients requiring hemodynamic monitoring, vasopressor support, and advanced cardiovascular management.
• Evaluate patients for renal replacement therapy and coordinate specialized organ-support treatments when required.

Emergency Response & Resuscitation

• Lead and coordinate resuscitation, emergency stabilization, and rapid response interventions.

Supportive Care & Prevention

• Oversee sedation, analgesia, nutritional support, and infection prevention strategies in critically ill patients.

Team Leadership & Supervision

• Supervise ICU physicians, residents, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

• Collaborate with anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, surgeons, nephrologists, neurologists, and other multidisciplinary specialists.

Communication & Family Engagement

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

Compliance & 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 Critical Care Medicine / Intensive 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 Critical Care Medicine is highly desirable.
• Minimum 5–10 years of 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 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 skills.
• Communication skills.
• 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.