Consultant Specialist Emergency Medicine

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Consultant / Specialist Emergency Medicine Physician to join our leading healthcare facility in the UAE.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in emergency medicine, acute care, emergency assessment, resuscitation, and management of critically ill and injured patients, with a strong commitment to rapid clinical decision-making and patient safety.

The successful candidate will work closely with intensivists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, neurologists, pediatricians, radiologists, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary emergency care team.

• Provide comprehensive medical assessment and management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Perform rapid triage, clinical assessment, stabilization, diagnosis, and treatment of emergency cases.
• Manage a broad range of medical, surgical, traumatic, and acute presentations.
• Assess patients with chest pain, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, neurological symptoms, infections, allergic reactions, and other acute conditions.
• Recognize and manage life-threatening conditions requiring immediate intervention.
• Provide advanced resuscitation and emergency stabilization when required.
• Manage patients with cardiac emergencies, respiratory distress, sepsis, shock, acute neurological conditions, and other critical presentations.
• Assess and manage trauma patients including fractures, head injuries, soft-tissue injuries, and other acute trauma cases.
• Perform appropriate emergency procedures within the physicians training, competence, and approved clinical scope.
• Manage airway emergencies and provide appropriate respiratory support.
• Interpret ECGs, laboratory investigations, blood gases, X-rays, ultrasound, CT, MRI, and other diagnostic studies relevant to emergency care.
• Perform and interpret point-of-care ultrasound where appropriately trained.
• Provide appropriate procedural sedation and acute pain management where clinically indicated.
• Coordinate urgent consultations and referrals with appropriate medical and surgical specialties.
• Determine appropriate patient disposition, including discharge, observation, admission, ICU transfer, or specialist referral.
• Provide clear discharge instructions, follow-up recommendations, and patient education.
• Participate in emergency response, code blue, rapid response, and resuscitation activities.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and confidential emergency medical records.
• Participate in multidisciplinary emergency department meetings, clinical audits, quality improvement, teaching, and continuing professional development.
• Maintain high standards of infection control, medication safety, and patient safety.

MBBS, MD, or equivalent recognized medical qualification.

Recognized postgraduate qualification in Emergency Medicine / Emergency Medical Care or an equivalent specialty.

Relevant post-specialization clinical experience.

Strong experience in emergency department and acute care settings.

Excellent skills in emergency assessment, stabilization, resuscitation, and clinical decision-making.

Ability to manage high-acuity and critically ill patients.

Good knowledge of trauma care, acute medical emergencies, and emergency procedures.

Experience with point-of-care ultrasound and emergency procedures will be an advantage.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work effectively under pressure within a multidisciplinary emergency team.

Good command of English; Arabic is an advantage.