Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon - Reconstruction

Allocation Assist Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 257,000 - 349,000; Full time

Job summary

Allocation Assist Middle East seeks an experienced Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon - Reconstruction in Dubai to lead complex pediatric reconstructive procedures, including craniofacial surgery, cleft work, and hand reconstruction. The role requires a UAE‑eligible license and a track record in multidisciplinary pediatric care for infants and adolescents.

The position focuses on restoring function and appearance, aligning surgical plans with developmental needs, and coordinating with

Qualifications

• Expertise in pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery for infants, children, and adolescents.
• Ability to manage congenital deformities and complex trauma.
• Experience with craniofacial reconstruction and cleft care.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level assessment for pediatric patients with congenital or acquired plastic conditions.
• Perform cleft lip and palate repairs and craniofacial reconstruction.
• Collaborate with ENT, orthodontics, and other pediatric services for multidisciplinary care.
• Coordinate postoperative care and rehabilitation planning.

Skills

Pediatric plastic surgery

Plastic surgery

Reconstructive surgery

Pediatric hand surgery

Craniofacial reconstruction

Cleft lip/palate repair

Education

Board Certification in Plastic Surgery

Job description

Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon - Reconstruction Job Snapshot Role: Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon - Reconstruction Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Physician Experience: Experienced Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon with advanced reconstructive expertise

Job Type: Full-time Position Overview Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon - Reconstruction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a specialized Hospital and Health Care opportunity for an experienced surgeon providing advanced reconstructive and plastic surgical care for infants, children, and adolescents with congenital, traumatic, burn-related, and acquired deformities. This hiring role requires expertise in cleft lip and palate repair, craniofacial reconstruction, pediatric hand surgery, scar revision, burn reconstruction, soft tissue reconstruction, complex trauma management, and multidisciplinary pediatric surgical care.

Job Details Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Physician Salary: 70000-95000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context The Consultant Pediatric Plastic Surgeon will manage complex reconstructive and plastic surgical conditions affecting children from infancy through adolescence. The position combines congenital anomaly correction, trauma reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, burn care, soft tissue reconstruction, and postoperative rehabilitation. Working closely with pediatric subspecialists and surgical teams, the consultant will aim to restore function, support normal development, reduce long-term disability, and achieve the best possible aesthetic and psychosocial outcomes for young patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level assessment for infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired plastic surgical conditions.
• Diagnose developmental abnormalities affecting the face, skull, limbs, skin, and soft tissues.
• Evaluate children with congenital craniofacial anomalies requiring surgical correction.
• Manage patients with cleft lip and cleft palate through appropriate surgical pathways.
• Perform cleft lip repair according to age, anatomy, and multidisciplinary treatment planning.
• Undertake cleft palate reconstruction with attention to speech development and long-term function.
• Coordinate cleft care with ENT, orthodontic, speech therapy, and other pediatric services where required.
• Evaluate craniofacial deformities and determine appropriate reconstructive strategies.
• Perform craniofacial reconstruction within approved clinical privileges and subspecialty expertise.
• Collaborate with neurosurgeons for complex craniofacial procedures involving the skull and intracranial structures.
• Assess congenital and acquired pediatric hand deformities.
• Perform pediatric hand reconstruction where clinically appropriate.
• Manage tendon, soft tissue, nerve, and structural abnormalities affecting hand function.
• Evaluate children following traumatic injury involving the face, extremities, skin, and soft tissues.
• Provide surgical management for complex pediatric trauma requiring reconstruction.
• Assess tissue loss and determine appropriate methods of wound closure and reconstruction.
• Perform local tissue rearrangement and other reconstructive techniques according to clinical need.
• Undertake soft tissue reconstruction following trauma, congenital deformity, or previous surgery.
• Manage children with burn injuries requiring plastic surgical intervention.
• Perform burn reconstruction for contracture, scar deformity, and functional impairment.
• Assess mature and immature scars and determine appropriate treatment.
• Perform scar revision where surgical correction is indicated.
• Develop strategies to minimize functional restriction and visible deformity following burns or trauma.
• Evaluate patients requiring staged reconstructive procedures.
• Determine timing of surgery according to growth, development, functional impact, and psychosocial needs.
• Provide individualized treatment plans for complex pediatric reconstructive cases.
• Consider functional and aesthetic outcomes when selecting surgical techniques.
• Conduct thorough preoperative assessments including medical history, developmental status, imaging, and anesthetic risk.
• Review diagnostic imaging and clinical photographs where appropriate for surgical planning.
• Explain treatment options, expected outcomes, alternatives, and potential complications to parents or guardians.
• Communicate age-appropriate information to pediatric patients regarding planned procedures.
• Obtain informed consent in accordance with UAE regulations and institutional policies.
• Work closely with pediatric anesthesiologists for safe perioperative management.
• Coordinate operative planning with pediatric nursing and surgical teams.
• Deliver meticulous surgical care appropriate to pediatric anatomy and tissue characteristics.
• Monitor postoperative wound healing and reconstructive outcomes.
• Identify and manage infection, wound breakdown, hematoma, graft complications, and other postoperative concerns.
• Coordinate pain management and postoperative recovery with pediatric teams.
• Develop structured rehabilitation plans following reconstructive procedures.
• Work with physiotherapists to improve movement and reduce contracture following surgery.
• Collaborate with occupational therapists for hand function and activities of daily living when required.
• Coordinate long-term follow-up for children undergoing staged reconstruction.
• Review growth-related changes that may influence previous reconstructive procedures.
• Determine whether revision surgery is required as patients develop.
• Provide inpatient consultation for hospitalized pediatric patients requiring plastic surgical expertise.
• Conduct outpatient clinics for new assessments, postoperative review, and long-term surveillance.
• Collaborate with ENT specialists on craniofacial and cleft-related conditions.
• Work with orthopedic surgeons on limb deformity, trauma, and combined reconstructive cases.
• Coordinate with dermatologists for congenital and acquired skin conditions requiring surgical input.
• Participate in multidisciplinary craniofacial and reconstructive case discussions.
• Collaborate with pediatricians and other subspecialists for children with complex medical conditions.
• Maintain accurate consultation notes, operative reports, consent records, and follow-up documentation.
• Ensure medical records comply with UAE healthcare requirements and institutional standards.
• Follow strict infection prevention and surgical safety protocols.
• Participate in surgical morbidity and mortality reviews.
• Contribute to clinical audits evaluating complications, outcomes, reconstructive service quality.
• Support development of pediatric plastic surgery protocols and clinical pathways.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety and surgical outcomes.
• Teach residents, fellows, junior physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
• Contribute clinical research in pediatric plastic, craniofacial, reconstructive, or burn surgery.
• Participate in departmental academic activities and continuing medical education.
• Maintain current knowledge of advances in pediatric reconstructive techniques, microsurgery, craniofacial care, and scar management.

Ideal Profile

• Medical degree from a recognized medical school.
• Completion of recognized postgraduate surgical training.
• Board Certification, Fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Plastic Surgery.
• Formal subspecialty training or significant experience in Pediatric Plastic Surgery is highly desirable.
• Appropriate UAE Consultant license, eligibility, or ability to obtain the required professional license.
• Significant experience providing plastic and reconstructive surgery for pediatric patients.
• Strong expertise in congenital deformity correction.
• Demonstrated experience in cleft lip and palate surgery.
• Advanced exposure to craniofacial reconstruction is highly desirable.
• Experience managing pediatric hand conditions and reconstructive procedures.
• Proven capability in pediatric trauma reconstruction.
• Experience with burn reconstruction and contracture management.
• Strong expertise in scar revision and soft tissue reconstruction.
• Ability to manage complex cases requiring staged surgical treatment.
• Strong understanding of pediatric anatomy, growth, and developmental considerations.
• Ability to balance functional, aesthetic, developmental, and psychosocial objectives.
• Experience providing care in a tertiary children 's hospital or advanced pediatric surgical center is preferred.
• Strong operative judgment when selecting reconstructive techniques.
• Ability to assess surgical risk and anticipate complications.
• Experience coordinating postoperative rehabilitation programs.
• Ability to work effectively with pediatric anesthesia, neurosurgery, ENT, orthopedics, dermatology, rehabilitation, and nursing teams.
• Excellent communication skills for counselling children and families about complex surgical care.
• Teaching or supervision experience with residents and fellows is advantageous.
• Clinical research and academic involvement are desirable.
• Experience contributing to quality improvement or clinical governance initiatives is advantageous.
• Commitment to evidence-based surgery, patient safety, child-centered care, and continuous professional development.

Skills Set

• Pediatric plastic surgery
• Plastic surgery
• Reconstructive surgery
• Pediatric reconstruction
• Cleft lip repair
• Cleft palate repair
• Craniofacial surgery
• Craniofacial reconstruction
• Congenital deformity correction
• Pediatric hand surgery
• Hand reconstruction
• Pediatric trauma
• Trauma reconstruction
• Burn surgery
• Burn reconstruction
• Burn contracture management
• Scar revision
• Scar management
• Soft tissue reconstruction
• Tissue rearrangement
• Wound reconstruction
• Complex wound management
• Congenital anomaly management
• Facial reconstruction
• Limb reconstruction
• Pediatric surgical planning
• Staged reconstruction
• Preoperative assessment
• Surgical risk assessment
• Postoperative care
• Wound healing assessment
• Surgical complication management
• Rehabilitation planning
• Physiotherapy coordination
• Occupational therapy coordination
• Cleft multidisciplinary care
• Neurosurgery collaboration
• ENT collaboration
• Orthopedic collaboration
• Dermatology collaboration
• Pediatric anesthesia collaborationPediatric multidisciplinary care
• Family counselling
• Patient education
• Surgical documentation
• Infection control
• Surgical safety
• Clinical governance
• Quality improvement
• Clinical audit
• Resident supervision
• Fellowship teaching
• Clinical research
• Continuing medical education

Why Join Us

Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery is a highly specialized area of Hospital and Health Care where advanced surgical expertise can significantly influence a child 's function, development, appearance, and long-term quality of life. This opportunity offers exposure to complex congenital anomalies, craniofacial reconstruction, pediatric trauma, burn care, hand surgery, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The role also creates strong scope for subspecialty advancement, academic participation, research, teaching, service development, and continued growth within sophisticated pediatric surgical services.

About the Company

Allocation Assist Middle East connects experienced physicians and surgeons with consultant and specialist opportunities across hospitals and advanced healthcare organizations throughout the UAE and wider Middle East. The company supports recruitment for highly specialized disciplines including pediatric plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, reconstructive surgery, pediatric trauma, burn care, and other advanced children 's surgical services.