Paediatric Cardiology Consultant - Heart Failure

About the role

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) is seeking an experienced Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology with expertise in Heart Failure to join its multidisciplinary paediatric cardiac team. The consultant provides comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease, with a focus on paediatric heart failure, advanced heart failure therapies and long-term cardiac management.

Key responsibilities

• Diagnose, treat and manage paediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart diseases.
• Provide specialised assessment and management of paediatric heart failure patients.
• Lead the evaluation and treatment of complex cardiac cases, including advanced heart failure and cardiomyopathies.
• Interpret and perform paediatric cardiac diagnostic procedures, including echocardiography and other non-invasive cardiac investigations.
• Collaborate with paediatric cardiac surgeons, intensivists, neonatologists and other specialists to deliver comprehensive patient care.
• Take part in multidisciplinary heart failure and congenital heart disease clinics.
• Contribute to clinical pathways and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide inpatient, outpatient and on-call consultant services as required.
• Teach, mentor and train junior physicians, residents and medical students.
• Maintain compliance with DOH, SKMC and international clinical standards.

Required profile

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognised institution.
• Accredited residency training in Pediatrics.
• Fellowship, board certification, CCT, CCST or equivalent in Paediatric Cardiology.
• Subspecialty training and significant experience in paediatric heart failure.
• Minimum experience as required by the DOH Professional Qualification Requirements.
• Valid DOH license or DOH eligibility as a Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist.
• Demonstrated expertise in complex paediatric cardiac and heart failure cases.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in tertiary or quaternary paediatric cardiac centres.
• Expertise in advanced heart failure therapies and multidisciplinary heart failure programmes.
• Involvement in research, publications, quality improvement and academic activities.