Specialist Pediatric Neurologist - Child Neuro Care

Allocation Assist Middle East; Dubai; Sur place; AED 40 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Allocation Assist Middle East seeks a Specialist Pediatric Neurologist to manage neurological and developmental conditions in children in Dubai, UAE. The role combines detailed neurological assessments, coordination with pediatric and neuroscience specialists, and individualized treatment planning for inpatient and outpatient care.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years post-specialization experience, board certification in pediatric neurology, and DHA licensing eligibility to practice in the

Qualifications

• MBBS, MD, or equivalent medical qualification.
• Completion of an accredited Pediatric residency program.
• Fellowship or recognized subspecialty training in Pediatric Neurology.
• Board Certification or equivalent specialist qualification recognized by licensing authority.
• DHA Eligibility Letter or eligibility to obtain DHA specialist license.
• Minimum 3-5 years of post-specialization experience in pediatric neurology.

Responsabilités

• Provide specialist neurological assessment for infants, children, and adolescents.
• Manage epilepsy and seizure disorders with individualized antiseizure plans.
• Coordinate inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology care with multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop long‑term management plans for neurodevelopmental disorders and cerebral palsy.
• Interpret EEG findings and review neuroimaging as part of diagnostic pathways.
• Educate families about treatment options, prognosis, and follow-up requirements.

Connaissances

Pediatric neurology

Epilepsy management

Neurodevelopmental assessment

Multidisciplinary care

Formation

MBBS/MD or equivalent

Pediatric residency training

Fellowship/subspecialty in Pediatric Neurology

Board certification or equivalent

DHA Specialist license eligibility

Description du poste

Specialist Pediatric Neurologist - Child Neuro Care Job Snapshot Role: Specialist Pediatric Neurologist - Child Neuro Care Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Medical Practitioner Experience: Minimum 3-5 years post-specialization experience Job Type: Full-time

Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Medical Practitioner Salary: 40000-55000 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 Specialist Pediatric Neurologist will support children with acute, chronic, congenital, developmental, and progressive neurological conditions that may affect movement, learning, behavior, communication, sensation, or overall development. The position combines detailed neurological assessment, interpretation of advanced diagnostic investigations, individualized treatment planning, family education, inpatient and outpatient care, and coordination with pediatric and neuroscience specialists to improve long-term neurological and developmental outcomes.

• Provide specialist neurological assessment for infants, children, and adolescents.
• Take detailed medical, developmental, neurological, and family histories.
• Perform comprehensive age-appropriate neurological examinations.
• Identify disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems.
• Develop differential diagnoses for complex pediatric neurological presentations.
• Establish individualized investigation and treatment plans.
• Manage acute and chronic pediatric neurological disorders.
• Diagnose and treat epilepsy and recurrent seizure disorders.
• Classify seizure types using clinical history, EEG findings, and relevant investigations.
• Develop individualized antiseizure medication plans.
• Monitor treatment response, seizure frequency, and medication-related adverse effects.
• Identify children with difficult-to-control epilepsy requiring advanced evaluation.
• Coordinate referral for epilepsy surgery assessment when clinically appropriate.
• Provide emergency neurological assessment for prolonged seizures or acute deterioration.
• Develop seizure action plans with families where required.
• Evaluate children with developmental delay.
• Assess motor, cognitive, language, behavioral, and social developmental concerns.
• Determine whether developmental abnormalities may have neurological, genetic, metabolic, or structural causes.
• Coordinate developmental investigations according to clinical findings.
• Develop long-term management plans for neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Manage children with cerebral palsy.
• Assess motor impairment, tone abnormalities, functional limitations, and associated neurological complications.
• Coordinate rehabilitation with physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and other relevant services.
• Monitor neurological complications associated with cerebral palsy.
• Evaluate spasticity and movement abnormalities.
• Coordinate specialist treatment for tone and movement problems where appropriate.
• Diagnose and manage neuromuscular disorders.
• Assess weakness, fatigue, hypotonia, abnormal reflexes, gait changes, and motor regression.
• Review EMG and nerve conduction studies where applicable.
• Coordinate further neuromuscular investigations when required.
• Evaluate children with recurrent or chronic headaches.
• Diagnose migraine and other pediatric headache syndromes.
• Identify warning features requiring neuroimaging or additional investigation.
• Develop acute and preventive headache treatment strategies.
• Assess pediatric movement disorders.
• Evaluate tremor, dystonia, chorea, tics, ataxia, and other abnormal movements.
• Develop management plans according to the underlying diagnosis.
• Diagnose and manage appropriate neurogenetic conditions.
• Identify neurological presentations that may indicate inherited disease.
• Obtain detailed family histories where genetic disorders are suspected.
• Collaborate with clinical geneticists regarding genetic testing and counseling.
• Coordinate molecular or metabolic investigations when clinically appropriate.
• Assess children with peripheral nervous system disorders.
• Evaluate neuropathy, neuromuscular junction disorders, and muscle disease within specialist scope.
• Manage neurological manifestations of systemic pediatric disease.
• Recognize neurological complications associated with infectious, metabolic, autoimmune, and genetic conditions.
• Request appropriate neurological investigations.
• Interpret EEG studies in conjunction with clinical presentation.
• Review MRI findings relevant to pediatric neurological disease.
• Interpret CT imaging in acute or appropriate neurological settings.
• Review EMG and NCS reports where applicable.
• Integrate laboratory findings into neurological diagnostic pathways.
• Determine when lumbar puncture or cerebrospinal fluid assessment is appropriate.
• Coordinate advanced neurodiagnostic testing for complex cases.
• Provide inpatient neurological consultations.
• Manage hospitalized children requiring specialist neurological input.
• Conduct outpatient pediatric neurology clinics.
• Provide long-term follow-up for chronic neurological disorders.
• Monitor disease progression and adjust treatment when necessary.
• Provide consultations and second opinions for difficult neurological cases.
• Work closely with general pediatricians.
• Collaborate with pediatric neurosurgeons when structural or surgical conditions are identified.
• Coordinate with neuroradiologists and radiologists for advanced imaging interpretation.
• Work with rehabilitation specialists on functional recovery and disability management.
• Collaborate with psychologists when neurological disease affects behavior, cognition, or emotional wellbeing.
• Coordinate with geneticists for suspected inherited neurological conditions.
• Work with physiotherapists on mobility and motor rehabilitation.
• Collaborate with occupational therapists to improve functional independence.
• Coordinate speech and language therapy where communication or swallowing is affected.
• Participate in multidisciplinary pediatric neuroscience meetings.
• Present complex neurological cases for collaborative review.
• Support coordinated care for children with multiple neurological and developmental needs.
• Counsel families regarding neurological diagnoses.
• Explain treatment options, expected outcomes, prognosis, and follow-up requirements.
• Discuss diagnostic uncertainty clearly and sensitively.
• Educate parents on medication administration and monitoring.
• Provide guidance regarding seizure safety and emergency response where applicable.
• Support families managing chronic neurological conditions.
• Maintain accurate and timely medical records.
• Document neurological assessments, investigations, diagnoses, treatment plans, and clinical progress.
• Ensure medical records comply with DHA requirements and organizational policies.
• Maintain appropriate electronic medical documentation.
• Follow international clinical guidelines relevant to pediatric neurology.
• Adhere to institutional medication and patient safety standards.
• Participate in departmental clinical governance activities.
• Contribute to audits of pediatric neurological care and outcomes.
• Support quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in departmental case reviews and clinical meetings.
• Assist with development and review of pediatric neurology clinical pathways.
• Participate in continuing medical education.
• Maintain current knowledge of developments in epilepsy, neurodevelopment, neuromuscular medicine, movement disorders, and neurogenetics.
• Contribute to teaching of junior physicians and clinical staff where appropriate.
• Participate in academic or research initiatives when opportunities are available.
• Support evidence-based practice across pediatric neuroscience services.

Ideal Profile

• MBBS, MD, or equivalent medical qualification from a recognized institution.
• Completion of an accredited Pediatric residency program.
• Fellowship or recognized subspecialty training in Pediatric Neurology.
• Board Certification or equivalent specialist qualification recognized by the relevant UAE licensing authority.
• DHA Eligibility Letter, valid DHA Specialist license, or eligibility to obtain the required professional license.
• Minimum 3-5 years of post-specialization experience in Pediatric Neurology.
• Strong experience managing infants, children, and adolescents with neurological conditions.
• Demonstrated expertise in pediatric epilepsy.
• Experience treating developmental delay and neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Strong knowledge of cerebral palsy management.
• Experience assessing neuromuscular disease.
• Competence in pediatric headache and migraine management.
• Experience diagnosing movement disorders.
• Familiarity with neurogenetic conditions.
• Strong neurological examination and clinical localization skills.
• Ability to interpret EEG findings.
• Experience reviewing pediatric MRI and CT imaging.
• Familiarity with EMG and NCS findings is advantageous.
• Ability to integrate laboratory, imaging, neurophysiology, and clinical findings.
• Experience working across inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology services.
• Previous work in a tertiary-care or internationally accredited hospital is preferred.
• Turkish Board Certification or specialist training from Turkey is preferred.
• Turkish language proficiency is highly desirable.
• Strong clinical judgment and diagnostic reasoning.
• Ability to manage complex and chronic neurological disorders.
• Strong communication skills with children, parents, and caregivers.
• Ability to explain complex neurological information clearly and compassionately.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary pediatric teams.
• Teaching experience is advantageous.
• Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement is desirable.
• Research or academic involvement is preferred.
• Strong professional ethics and clinical governance standards.
• Commitment to evidence-based medicine, patient safety, family-centered care, and continuous professional development.

Skills Set

• Pediatric neurology
• Child neurology
• Pediatric neurological assessment
• Neurological examination
• Pediatric epilepsy
• Seizure disorders
• EEG interpretation
• Antiseizure medication management
• Developmental delay
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Cerebral palsy
• Spasticity assessment
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Pediatric neuropathy
• Muscle disorders
• Hypotonia assessment
• Pediatric headache
• Pediatric migraine
• Movement disorders
• Tremor assessment
• Dystonia
• Ataxia
• Tic disorders
• Neurogenetic disorders
• Genetic neurological conditions
• Central nervous system disorders
• Peripheral nervous system disorders
• MRI interpretation
• CT interpretation
• EMG interpretation
• Nerve conduction studies
• Neurophysiology
• Neuroimaging
• Laboratory interpretation
• Neurological emergency assessment
• Inpatient pediatric neurology
• Outpatient pediatric neurology
• Long-term neurological management
• Developmental assessment
• Functional assessment
• Multidisciplinary pediatric care
• Pediatrician collaboration
• Neurosurgery collaboration
• Radiology collaboration
• Rehabilitation collaboration
• Psychology collaboration
• Genetics collaboration
• Physiotherapy coordination
• Occupational therapy coordination
• Speech therapy coordination
• Family counseling
• Caregiver education
• Seizure safety education
• Clinical documentation
• Electronic medical records
• DHA compliance
• Patient safety
• Clinical governance
• Quality improvement
• Clinical audit
• Medical teaching
• Clinical research
• Continuing medical education

Why Join Us

Pediatric neurology is a growing specialty within Hospital and Health Care as healthcare systems expand advanced epilepsy services, developmental neurology, neurogenetics, neuromuscular medicine, neuroimaging, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. This opportunity provides exposure to a diverse pediatric neurological caseload supported by modern diagnostic technology and specialist teams while offering strong potential for professional development, clinical education, quality improvement, research, and long-term career growth.

About the Company

Allocation Assist Middle East connects qualified physicians with specialist and consultant opportunities across hospitals and advanced healthcare organizations throughout the UAE and wider Middle East. Its medical recruitment portfolio includes pediatric neurology, pediatrics, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, neurodiagnostics, genetics, and other specialized services requiring clinicians experienced in complex neurological and developmental care.