Consultant ICU Specialist - Critical Care Medicine

Role

Consultant ICU Specialist - Critical Care Medicine

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage critically ill adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
• Provide advanced life support and critical care management for medical, surgical, trauma, sepsis, respiratory failure, and cardiac emergency cases
• Perform critical care procedures including intubation, central venous catheter insertion, arterial line placement, bronchoscopy, and ventilator management
• Lead multidisciplinary ICU rounds and coordinate individualized patient management plans
• Collaborate with emergency medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, pulmonology, cardiology, infectious diseases, nursing, respiratory therapy, and other specialty teams
• Supervise junior physicians, residents, and ICU staff where applicable, supporting safe practice and clinical development
• Participate in rapid response teams, code blue management, escalation planning, and hospital emergency preparedness programs
• Ensure compliance with ICU protocols, infection control measures, patient safety standards, and clinical governance requirements
• Maintain accurate medical documentation in line with DHA requirements, hospital policies, and intensive care standards
• Participate in research, clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, case reviews, and continuing medical education activities
• Support safe care for high-acuity patients requiring advanced monitoring, complex medication management, and coordinated multidisciplinary intervention

Ideal Profile

• MBBS, MD, or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution
• Board Certification or Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care, or Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Valid DHA Consultant License or eligibility for Consultant Critical Care Medicine
• Minimum 5-7 years of post-board consultant experience in ICU or Critical Care Medicine within a tertiary-care hospital
• Strong expertise in ventilator management, sepsis management, advanced life support, and critical care procedures
• ACLS and other advanced critical care certifications are preferred
• Experience in multidisciplinary ICUs and high-acuity tertiary-care centers will be an advantage
• Exposure to ECMO, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, and critical care ultrasound is preferred
• Academic, teaching, research, audit, or quality improvement experience will add value
• Excellent communication, leadership, documentation, and clinical decision-making skills

Skills Set

• Critical care medicine
• Intensive care medicine
• ICU patient management
• Advanced life support
• Ventilator management
• Sepsis management
• Respiratory failure care
• Trauma critical care
• Cardiac emergency management
• Multi-organ dysfunction care
• Intubation
• Central venous catheter insertion
• Arterial line placement
• Bronchoscopy
• Critical care ultrasound
• Advanced hemodynamic monitoring
• ECMO exposure
• Code blue management
• Rapid response team participation
• DHA Consultant licensure eligibility
• Clinical audits and quality improvement

Benefits

• Competitive tax-free salary package
• Family benefits
• Health insurance and medical insurance
• Annual airfare allowance
• Paid annual leave
• CME and professional development support
• Opportunity to manage high-acuity ICU and emergency response cases
• Supportive multidisciplinary environment with medical, surgical, anesthesia, pulmonary, cardiac, and emergency teams
• Scope to contribute to research, teaching, audits, and clinical improvement
• Strong consultant-level career growth in specialist critical care medicine

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