Psychiatrist ( Consultant)

Greenfields; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenfields in Abu Dhabi invites a Medical Director-level role to lead psychiatric services across detox, rehabilitation, and continuing care, ensuring integrated, evidence-based care.

You will establish governance, quality, patient safety programs, liaison with regulators, and oversee complex cases with multidisciplinary teams. The position requires board-certified psychiatry and an MD/DO, with experience in regulated settings.

Qualifications

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school is required.
• Board certification in Psychiatry is required.
• Fellowship in Psychiatry or related subspecialty is preferred.
• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead psychiatric services across detox, rehabilitation, and continuing care.
• Develop evidence-based clinical pathways for addiction, dual diagnosis, and complex mental health cases.
• Support commissioning and phased service rollout aligned with regulatory approvals.
• Ensure integrated, multidisciplinary models of care.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in psychiatric services.
• Lead clinical governance frameworks and patient safety initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with UAE healthcare regulations and accreditation standards (JCI-aligned).
• Oversee incident reporting, risk management, and clinical audits.
• Ensure ethical practice, safeguarding, consent, and confidentiality.
• Act as the accountable authority for psychiatric clinical quality.
• Provide senior oversight for complex detox, dual-diagnosis, and high-risk psychiatric cases.
• Lead multidisciplinary treatment planning and case reviews.
• Ensure safe prescribing practices and medication governance.
• Support emergency and escalation decision-making.
• Ensure continuity of care and discharge planning.
• Lead recruitment, supervision, and development of psychiatric staff.
• Ensure licensing, credentialing, competency assessment, and CPD compliance.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentoring, and performance oversight.
• Support staff wellbeing and resilience in high-intensity environments.
• Contribute to workforce planning and clinical coverage models.
• Ensure psychiatric services meet licensing requirements.
• Lead readiness for inspections, audits, and accreditation surveys.
• Maintain compliant clinical documentation and reporting.
• Act as the primary clinical liaison with regulators when required.
• Ensure policies and SOPs align with mental health and addiction standards.
• Contribute to departmental budgeting and cost control.
• Support workforce cost planning, including staffing models and on-call coverage.
• Monitor utilization of clinical resources and medications.
• Provide clinical input into service demand forecasting and capacity planning.
• Support business cases for new psychiatric services and programs.
• Act as a senior clinical advisor to executive leadership and the Board.
• Support organizational strategy, service expansion, and program development.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across clinical, HR, finance, and operations.
• Build external relationships with referral partners and healthcare networks.
• Enhance the center’s clinical reputation and credibility.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Governance

Regulatory Compliance

Patient Safety

Risk Management

Team Leadership

Education

MD/DO

Board Certification Psychiatry

Fellowship in Psychiatry

MBA/MHA advantageous

Job description

As a wellness campus, our purpose is to create an environment where individuals can reset, grow, thrive and achieve their full potential in mind, body and spirit.

Everything we do is guided by our core values: Forward with Courage, Compassion, Be the Best, Foster Community, and Celebrate the Journey.

These values shape the way we care for and support those we serve. We move forward with courage by embracing new opportunities and challenges, lead with compassion in every interaction, and strive to be the best in the services and experiences we provide.

We believe that meaningful connections are essential to wellbeing, which is why we work to foster community and create a sense of belonging for all. Along the way, we celebrate the Journey, recognizing every step of growth, achievement and progress.

Job Summary

1. Clinical Leadership & Service Development

• Establish and lead psychiatric services across detox, rehabilitation, and continuing care.
• Develop evidence-based clinical pathways for addiction, dual diagnosis, and complex mental health cases.
• Support commissioning and phased service rollout aligned with regulatory approvals.
• Ensure integrated, multidisciplinary models of care.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in psychiatric services.

2. Clinical Governance, Quality & Patient Safety

• Lead clinical governance frameworks and patient safety initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with UAE healthcare regulations and accreditation standards (JCI-aligned).
• Oversee incident reporting, risk management, and clinical audits.
• Ensure ethical practice, safeguarding, consent, and confidentiality.
• Act as the accountable authority for psychiatric clinical quality.

3. Medical Oversight & Case Management

• Provide senior oversight for complex detox, dual-diagnosis, and high-risk psychiatric cases.
• Lead multidisciplinary treatment planning and case reviews.
• Ensure safe prescribing practices and medication governance.
• Support emergency and escalation decision-making.
• Ensure continuity of care and discharge planning.

4. Workforce Leadership & Clinical Supervision

• Lead recruitment, supervision, and development of psychiatric staff.
• Ensure licensing, credentialing, competency assessment, and CPD compliance.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentoring, and performance oversight.
• Support staff wellbeing and resilience in high-intensity environments.
• Contribute to workforce planning and clinical coverage models.

5. Regulatory Compliance & Accreditation

• Ensure psychiatric services meet DOH licensing requirements.
• Lead readiness for inspections, audits, and accreditation surveys.
• Maintain compliant clinical documentation and reporting.
• Act as the primary clinical liaison with regulators when required.
• Ensure policies and SOPs align with mental health and addiction standards.
• Contribute to departmental budgeting and cost control.
• Support workforce cost planning, including staffing models and on-call coverage.
• Monitor utilization of clinical resources and medications.
• Provide clinical input into service demand forecasting and capacity planning.
• Support business cases for new psychiatric services and programs.

7. Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a senior clinical advisor to executive leadership and the Board.
• Support organizational strategy, service expansion, and program development.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across clinical, HR, finance, and operations.
• Build external relationships with referral partners and healthcare networks.
• Enhance the center’s clinical reputation and credibility.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 10-12 8years of relevant professional experience,
• Proven experience in a healthcare, mental health, addiction, or rehabilitation setting (as applicable to the department).
• Demonstrated experience in service development, team leadership, and operational delivery.
• Strong track record of working in regulated environments, including compliance, audits, and inspections.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and senior leadership.
• Exposure to start-up, greenfield, or transformation environments is an advantage.
• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school is required.

Educational Requirements

• Board certification in the relevant specialty (e.g., Psychiatry) is required.
• Completion of a relevant fellowship (e.g., Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) is strongly preferred.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., MBA, MHA, MPH, or Clinical Master’s) is advantageous