Job Snapshot
Role: Consultant - Pediatric Cardiac Transplant
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: Minimum 7-10 years post-fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery including transplant programs
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: 100,000 – 130,000 (USD) – subject to confirmation with the employer
Job Overview
The Consultant – Pediatric Cardiac Transplant will provide highly specialized surgical care for children with complex congenital heart disease, end‑stage cardiac conditions, and transplant needs. The role involves complex cardiac surgery, transplant services, perioperative planning, and collaboration with ICU, cardiology, anesthesia, perfusion, nursing and transplant coordination teams. The consultant will also contribute to quality improvement, research, and program development within Dubai’s specialist healthcare sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform complex pediatric cardiac surgeries including congenital heart defect repairs, redo cardiac surgeries, neonatal procedures, and high‑risk corrective or palliative operations.
- Lead and participate in pediatric heart transplantation services: donor evaluation, recipient selection, operative transplantation, and post‑operative surgical management.
- Provide expert pre‑operative and post‑operative care for infants, children, and adolescents undergoing cardiac surgery or transplant‑related treatment.
- Manage critically ill pediatric cardiac patients in close coordination with pediatric intensive care, cardiology, anesthesia, perfusion, nursing, and allied healthcare teams.
- Participate in multidisciplinary cardiac conferences, transplant review meetings, surgical planning discussions, and complex case decision‑making.
- Review diagnostic imaging, cardiac catheterization findings, clinical history, transplant suitability, and risk factors to develop safe surgical plans.
- Support emergency and urgent surgical interventions for unstable pediatric cardiac patients requiring advanced operative care.
- Apply high standards of surgical safety, infection control, perioperative management, transplant governance, and evidence‑based pediatric cardiac care.
- Contribute to ECMO and advanced mechanical circulatory support pathways where clinically required.
- Maintain accurate operative reports, transplant documentation, consultation records, consent notes, ICU communication, and regulatory medical records.
- Supervise and mentor junior surgeons, fellows, residents, surgical trainees, and clinical staff involved in pediatric cardiac surgery and transplant care.
- Contribute to clinical research, surgical audits, publications, morbidity and mortality reviews, academic teaching, and professional education.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, cardiac program development, transplant pathway refinement, and service performance review.
- Maintain compliance with UAE healthcare regulations, hospital protocols, ethical standards, and professional licensing requirements.
Ideal Profile
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution.
- Board certification, fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- Subspecialty training in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
- Advanced training or proven experience in pediatric heart transplantation (mandatory).
- Valid DOH Consultant License or eligibility letter in Cardiac Surgery preferred.
- Minimum 7‑10 years of post‑fellowship experience in pediatric cardiac surgery, including transplant program exposure.
- Strong expertise in neonatal cardiac surgery, complex congenital heart surgery, redo cardiac procedures, and pediatric transplant surgery.
- Experience with donor assessment, recipient evaluation, transplant surgical planning, post‑transplant care, and multidisciplinary transplant coordination.
- Knowledge of ECMO and advanced mechanical circulatory support desirable.
- Exposure to high‑volume pediatric cardiac transplant centers an advantage.
- Academic, audit, research, or publication background in pediatric cardiac surgery preferred.
- Excellent surgical judgment, leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a high‑acuity tertiary care setting with critically ill pediatric cardiac patients.
- Commitment to patient safety, infection control, accurate documentation, quality improvement, teaching, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
- Pediatric cardiac transplant surgery
- Pediatric heart transplantation
- Pediatric cardiac surgery
- Congenital heart disease surgery
- Neonatal cardiac surgery
- Infant cardiac surgery
- Redo cardiac surgery
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Donor evaluation
- Recipient selection
- Transplant surgical planning
- Post‑transplant surgical care
- Pediatric cardiac ICU coordination
- ECMO support
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Perioperative cardiac care
- Emergency cardiac surgery
- Pediatric cardiology collaboration
- Cardiac anesthesia coordination
- Perfusion team coordination
- Multidisciplinary cardiac conferences
- Surgical safety standards
- Infection control
- Clinical audit
- Academic research
- Surgical trainee supervision
- DOH license eligibility
- UAE healthcare compliance
Benefits
The package may include a competitive tax‑free salary, family benefits, health insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and long‑term professional development opportunities in a high‑demand surgical specialty.
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