Consultant – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

About the role

Black Pearl is recruiting on behalf of a well-established healthcare provider in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The consultant provides psychiatric assessment and treatment for children and adolescents, working closely with families, schools and multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Key responsibilities

• Assess and manage neurodevelopmental, mood, anxiety, psychotic, behavioral, trauma-related and other psychiatric presentations.
• Develop individualized biological, psychological, family and social treatment plans.
• Complete risk, safeguarding and capacity assessments and manage urgent or complex presentations.
• Work with psychology, pediatrics, neurology, social work, schools and community services.
• Provide supervision, on-call support, clinical governance, pathway development, education and outcome review.
• Supervise junior medical staff, support multidisciplinary decision-making and communicate effectively with patients and families.
• Take part in clinical governance, incident review, quality improvement, credentialing, continuing professional development and departmental education.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and comply with infection prevention, medication safety, privacy and regulatory requirements.

Required profile

• Medical degree, recognized Psychiatry specialty qualification and an accredited Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship/board recognized for the requested DOH title.
• Completion of internship and active, unrestricted registration in the current or most recent country of practice.
• DOH Consultant-level post-qualification experience with recent dedicated child and adolescent psychiatry practice.
• Eligibility for a Department of Health – Abu Dhabi Consultant licence for the applicable base specialty; for Tier 1 vacancies the exact Tier 1 award is mandatory.
• Fluent Arabic communication; current BLS and safeguarding training; psychotherapy credentials are desirable.

Required skills

• Excellent diagnostic, procedural and clinical decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and counseling skills with patients, families and multicultural teams.
• Ability to supervise, teach and support physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, ethical conduct and clinical governance.
• Ability to work in an acute healthcare environment and take part in on-call services where required.

Applicants submit their CV and supporting credentials through the Black Pearl website, stating the exact specialty and sub-specialty board, licence status, post-qualification experience and current location. Black Pearl charges no recruitment fee; appointments are subject to verification, licensing and credentialing.