Senior Psycho-Oncology Consultant — Cancer Care Expert

Allocation Assist; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Allocation Assist Middle East is seeking a Consultant Psychologist - Psycho-Oncology in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to provide psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and emotional support to cancer patients within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires DHA-licensed clinical psychologist with oncology experience, delivering evidence-based interventions, family counselling, and support across diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care where applicable.

Qualifications

• Master's or Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology.
• Valid DHA professional license, eligibility, or ability to obtain appropriate authorization to practice in Dubai.
• Proven professional experience working as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Experience supporting oncology patients is required or strongly preferred.
• Practical knowledge of psycho-oncology and cancer-related psychological distress.
• Strong competence in psychological assessment and clinical formulation.
• Experience delivering evidence-based individual psychotherapy.
• Ability to provide effective family counselling and caregiver support.
• Strong experience addressing anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, trauma, grief, and bereavement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments for patients receiving oncology and other complex medical care.
• Evaluate emotional functioning, coping capacity, behavioral concerns, psychosocial stressors, and psychological risk.
• Assess anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, trauma symptoms, and cancer-related distress.
• Identify factors affecting treatment adherence, decision-making, relationships, and quality of life.
• Develop individualized treatment plans according to clinical findings and patient needs.
• Provide evidence-based individual psychotherapy to patients experiencing cancer-related emotional difficulties.
• Deliver supportive psychological counselling throughout diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and survivorship.
• Provide family counselling when illness affects relationships, communication, caregiving, or family functioning.
• Support patients adapting to changes in physical health, body image, independence, employment, and daily life.
• Help patients manage fear of recurrence, treatment uncertainty, medical procedures, and ongoing surveillance.
• Provide interventions for anxiety associated with investigations, treatment, hospitalization, and disease progression.
• Support patients experiencing depressive symptoms, loss of motivation, emotional withdrawal, or reduced quality of life.
• Address adjustment disorders associated with cancer diagnosis or major changes in health status.
• Provide trauma-informed psychological care where illness or treatment has resulted in distress.
• Support patients and families experiencing anticipatory grief, loss, and bereavement.
• Provide psychological assistance to individuals coping with chronic or life-threatening illness.
• Deliver crisis intervention when patients present with acute distress or deterioration.
• Conduct risk assessments and coordinate escalation or referral when specialist psychiatric intervention is required.
• Coordinate psychiatric referrals when medication evaluation or additional mental health treatment is indicated.
• Collaborate with oncologists regarding psychological factors influencing cancer treatment and recovery.
• Work with medical teams to integrate psychological needs into overall care.
• Participate in multidisciplinary oncology meetings and complex case discussions.
• Contribute to psycho-oncology service development and patient-care pathways.
• Educate patients about emotional responses to cancer and coping techniques.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Psycho-oncology

Oncology psychology

Psychological assessment

Clinical formulation

Individual psychotherapy

Supportive psychotherapy

Family counselling

Cancer-related distress

Anxiety management

Depression management

Trauma-informed care

Grief counselling

Bereavement support

Crisis intervention

Psychological risk assessment

Behavioral medicine

Stress management

Emotional regulation

Coping strategies

Patient counselling

Multidisciplinary oncology care

Psychiatric referral coordination

Education

Clinical Psychology degree

Job description

Allocation Assist Middle East is seeking a Consultant Psychologist - Psycho-Oncology in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to provide psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and emotional support to cancer patients within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires DHA-licensed clinical psychologist with oncology experience, delivering evidence-based interventions, family counselling, and support across diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care where applicable.