Consultant Psychiatrist - Arabic

Allocation Assist Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing support

Relocation assistance

Access to modern facilities

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Allocation Assist Middle East is looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist - Arabic in Dubai, UAE. This senior role requires UK-trained physicians experienced in managing psychiatric disorders across various settings. The role emphasizes patient assessment, treatment planning, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The position promises a competitive tax-free salary, housing support, and opportunities for professional growth within a vibrant multicultural setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required.
• Strong experience providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency psychiatric care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage various psychiatric disorders.
• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations.
• Develop individualized treatment plans based on patient assessments.

Skills

Psychiatry

Arabic speaking psychiatrist

Mental health assessment

Psychotropic medication management

Crisis intervention

Education

Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent)

Board certification in psychiatry

UK CCT, MRCPsych, or equivalent Western training

Job description

Job Overview

Consultant Psychiatrist - Arabic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior mental health care opportunity for a UK-trained and board‑certified physician experienced in diagnosing and managing complex psychiatric disorders across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Dubai
• Industry: Mental Health Care
• Function: Physician
• Salary: 65,000-85,000 AED (Estimated)
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any
• Job Type: Full‑time

Role Context

The Consultant Psychiatrist - Arabic will provide specialist psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and long‑term care for patients with acute and chronic mental health conditions. The role is important for improving patient stability, relapse prevention, crisis response, medication safety, and family understanding within a multidisciplinary mental health setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage a wide range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, personality disorders, trauma‑related conditions, and complex mental health presentations.
• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations using clinical interviews, mental status examinations, risk assessments, collateral history, and structured diagnostic reasoning.
• Manage acute psychiatric presentations and long‑term mental health conditions across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care settings.
• Prescribe, adjust, and monitor psychotropic medications safely while reviewing treatment response, sideeffects, adherence, and clinical risk.
• Develop individualized treatment plans covering medication management, psychotherapy referral, supportive counseling, behavioural interventions, family education, and relapse prevention.
• Provide emergency psychiatric care and crisis intervention for high‑risk patients, including those requiring urgent assessment, stabilization, or admission.
• Collaborate with psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare professionals to deliver coordinated mental health care.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions, treatment planning meetings, complex case reviews, and discharge coordination.
• Provide psychotherapy and supportive counseling within scope of practice when clinically appropriate.
• Educate patients and families about psychiatric diagnoses, medication use, treatment options, warning signs, coping strategies, and preventive mental health care.
• Ensure compliance with ethical, legal, cultural, and clinical standards in psychiatric practice.
• Maintain accurate psychiatric records, risk assessment notes, medication plans, consent documentation, progress reviews, and follow‑up reports in line with UAE healthcare licensing and facility requirements.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audits, quality improvement initiatives, mental health awareness programs, and patient education activities.
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and training to junior doctors, residents, nurses, and mental health staff.
• Support a safe, respectful, confidential, and culturally sensitive care environment for patients and families.

Ideal Profile

• Medical degree such as MBBS or equivalent from a recognised institution.
• Board certification in psychiatry is mandatory.
• UK CCT, MRCPsych, or equivalent Western training is strongly preferred.
• MOHAP eligibility or UAE medical licensing eligibility for Sharjah is required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required or strongly preferred.
• Strong experience providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency psychiatric care.
• Proven ability to manage complex and high‑risk psychiatric cases with sound clinical judgement.
• Strong knowledge of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, personality disorders, risk assessment, medication management, and long‑term psychiatric treatment planning.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Excellent communication, leadership, supervision, patient counselling, and family education skills.
• Strong understanding of cultural sensitivity in mental health care.
• Commitment to ethical practice, patient confidentiality, clinical governance, accurate documentation, and continuous professional development.

Skills Set

• Psychiatry
• Arabic speaking psychiatrist
• UK‑trained psychiatrist
• Mental health assessment
• Psychiatric evaluation
• Risk assessment
• Mood disorder management
• Anxiety disorder treatment
• Psychosis management
• Personality disorder care
• Acute psychiatric care
• Long‑term mental health care
• Inpatient psychiatry
• Outpatient psychiatry
• Emergency psychiatric care
• Psychotropic medication management
• Psychotherapy support
• Supportive counselling
• Crisis intervention
• Multidisciplinary case planning
• Clinical governance
• Quality improvement
• Mental health awareness
• Junior doctor supervision
• Patient education
• Family counselling
• MOHAP licensing eligibility
• Clinical documentation
• Culturally sensitive care
• Patient confidentiality

Benefits

The role offers a competitive tax‑free salary package, housing and relocation support depending on employer policy, access to modern mental health facilities, multidisciplinary teams, multicultural practice exposure, continuous professional development, strong clinical governance, and supportive leadership.