Consultant - Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery

Consultant – Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Industry: Hospital and Health Care | Function: Physician | Job Type: Full-time

Salary: AED 85,000–110,000 per year (estimated range – confirm with employer).

Overview

The Consultant – Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery in Dubai is a senior physician role responsible for specialist surgical assessment, operative care, and long‑term reconstructive planning for children with craniofacial deformities including craniosynostosis, cleft‑related conditions, facial asymmetry, and craniofacial trauma.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and manage congenital and acquired craniofacial conditions in infants, children, and adolescents.
• Perform complex craniofacial surgical procedures, including correction of craniosynostosis, cleft‑related deformities, facial asymmetry, craniofacial trauma reconstruction, and congenital skull and facial abnormalities.
• Provide inpatient and outpatient consultations for pediatric craniofacial surgery patients.
• Develop individualized treatment plans, surgical pathways, postoperative care plans, and long‑term reconstructive strategies.
• Participate in craniofacial multidisciplinary clinics, surgical planning meetings, complex case reviews, and coordinated care discussions.
• Collaborate closely with neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, ENT specialists, orthodontists, speech therapists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, radiologists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals.
• Educate patients and families regarding diagnosis, surgical options, procedure risks, expected recovery, postoperative care, and long‑term functional and aesthetic outcomes.
• Support cleft and craniofacial care pathways through structured follow‑up, rehabilitation planning, and multidisciplinary treatment coordination.
• Maintain accurate consultation notes, operative reports, consent documentation, treatment plans, reconstructive care records, and follow‑up reports.
• Ensure compliance with UAE healthcare regulations, hospital policies, surgical safety standards, infection control requirements, and patient safety protocols.
• Participate in clinical audits, morbidity reviews, research, teaching, continuing medical education, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to pediatric craniofacial service development through evidence‑based practice, protocol improvement, academic activity, and surgical outcome review.

Qualifications / Ideal Profile

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by UAE healthcare authorities.
• Board certification, fellowship, or recognized specialist qualification in Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery, or Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery.
• Valid UAE Consultant License or eligibility in the relevant specialty.
• Minimum 5‑7 years of post‑board consultant experience in pediatric craniofacial surgery within a tertiary care or academic hospital.
• Strong expertise in pediatric craniofacial reconstructive and corrective surgical procedures.
• Proven experience managing craniosynostosis, cleft‑related deformities, facial asymmetry, craniofacial trauma, and congenital skull and facial abnormalities.
• Experience in cleft and craniofacial multidisciplinary programs is an advantage.
• Exposure to advanced craniofacial reconstruction and pediatric skull base procedures is preferred.
• Academic, research, teaching, audit, or publication experience will strengthen the profile.
• Excellent surgical judgment, communication, documentation, leadership, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural healthcare environment with children, families, and specialist clinical teams.
• Commitment to patient‑centered care, surgical quality, infection control, patient safety, and continuous professional development.

Key Skills

• Pediatric craniofacial surgery, craniofacial reconstruction, craniosynostosis correction, cleft‑related deformity care, facial asymmetry correction, craniofacial trauma reconstruction, congenital skull abnormalities, congenital facial abnormalities, pediatric skull base exposure, pediatric plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, corrective surgical procedures, multidisciplinary craniofacial clinics, surgical planning meetings, neurosurgery collaboration, plastic surgery collaboration, ENT collaboration, orthodontic coordination, speech therapy collaboration, pediatric care coordination, family counselling, postoperative care planning, clinical documentation, infection control, patient safety, research and teaching, quality improvement.

Benefits

• Competitive tax‑free earning potential.
• Family benefits and health insurance.
• Annual airfare allowance.
• Paid annual leave.
• Support for CME and academic contribution.

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