Consultant Physician - Perinatal Psychiatry

Consultant Physician — Perinatal Psychiatry. Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Industry: Hospital and Health Care. This role requires an experienced psychiatrist with expertise in perinatal mood disorders and related care. Candidates should hold a medical degree, complete psychiatric residency, and be eligible for consultant licensure with the Dubai Health Authority.

Salary: AED 75,000 – 105,000 per year (subject to confirmation).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment and management for women during pre‑conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
• Diagnose and treat perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, and postpartum psychosis.
• Manage complex cases requiring psychotropic medication during pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility planning, or postpartum recovery.
• Conduct risk assessments, crisis intervention, relapse prevention planning, and safety planning for high‑risk mental‑health needs.
• Support patients with pre‑existing psychiatric conditions as they transition into pregnancy, delivery planning, and postnatal care.
• Collaborate with obstetricians, maternal‑fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, psychologists, midwives, nurses, social workers, and allied health professionals.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences, joint perinatal clinics, care pathway reviews, and complex maternal health discussions.
• Provide counseling on reproductive planning, medication adjustment, pregnancy‑related mental‑health risks, breastfeeding considerations, and mental‑health optimization.
• Oversee inpatient and outpatient perinatal psychiatric services, ensuring continuity of care across assessment, treatment, discharge, and follow‑up.
• Ensure clinical practice follows perinatal mental‑health guidelines, hospital protocols, DHA standards, patient safety requirements, and ethical care principles.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, morbidity and mortality reviews, patient safety programs, and service development activities.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, including psychiatric assessments, treatment plans, risk assessments, medication decisions, consent discussions, and follow‑up notes.
• Teach and supervise residents, psychologists, nurses, midwives, and allied health staff involved in perinatal mental‑health services.
• Lead training sessions on early detection of perinatal psychiatric conditions, crisis response, family support, and safe referral pathways.
• Engage in research, publications, academic activity, and evidence‑based practice to improve perinatal psychiatry outcomes.

Ideal Profile

• Medical degree (MBBS, MD, or equivalent) from a recognized institution.
• Completed residency training in Psychiatry.
• Subspecialty training or strong clinical experience in perinatal, prenatal, women’s or maternal mental health.
• Board certification (American Board, Royal College, Arab Board, or equivalent).
• Eligibility for consultant licensure with the Dubai Health Authority.
• Minimum 3–5 years post‑consultant experience preferred.
• Strong expertise in psychopharmacology during pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility treatment, and postpartum recovery.
• Experience managing perinatal depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, psychosis, and complex maternal psychiatric risk.
• Background in women’s mental health, tertiary care, high‑risk obstetric settings, or integrated maternal health services is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, counseling, documentation, leadership, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• Ability to support emotionally sensitive cases with compassion, confidentiality, cultural awareness, and clinical confidence.
• Strong commitment to family‑centered care, evidence‑based practice, patient safety, and continuous professional development.

Skills Set

• Perinatal psychiatry
• Prenatal psychiatry
• Women’s mental health
• Maternal mental health
• Pregnancy‑related psychiatric care
• Postpartum mental health
• Perinatal depression management
• Perinatal anxiety management
• Bipolar disorder in pregnancy
• OCD management
• PTSD management
• Postpartum psychosis care
• Psychopharmacology in pregnancy
• Medication safety in lactation
• Crisis intervention
• Psychiatric risk assessment
• Safety planning
• Reproductive mental health counseling
• Family‑centered care
• Obstetrics collaboration
• Maternal‑fetal medicine coordination
• Neonatology coordination
• Psychology coordination
• Midwifery collaboration
• Inpatient psychiatric care
• Outpatient psychiatric care
• DHA compliance
• Clinical documentation
• Teaching and supervision
• Quality improvement
• Research and publications

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