Consultant PICU Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care

Allocation Assist Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 614,000 - 893,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free remuneration

Housing and transportation allowance

Medical insurance

Annual leave

Airfare allowance

CME support

Family benefits

Job summary

Allocation Assist Middle East recruitment seeks a Consultant PICU Specialist in Saudi Arabia to lead pediatric critical care in a high-acuity setting.

The role requires ventilation management, invasive monitoring, and collaboration with subspecialists, with at least 5 years of PICU experience and appropriate licensing. Excellent clinical governance and family communication are essential.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent with specialist training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care.
• Board certification or equivalent credential required; UK/European/US boards highly relevant.
• Minimum 5 years of Consultant-level PICU experience in tertiary or international hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage critically ill neonates to adolescents in the PICU.
• Lead stabilization for respiratory failure, shock, and other emergencies.
• Oversee invasive/ non-invasive ventilation and airway management.
• Coordinate care with pediatric cardiology, neurology, surgery, and other subspecialties.
• Supervise residents and junior physicians; maintain high standards of documentation.

Skills

Pediatric critical care

PICU management

Pediatric ventilation

Endotracheal intubation

Hemodynamic monitoring

Invasive monitoring

Emergency stabilization

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical governance

Leadership

Education

MBBS / medical degree

Specialist training: Pediatrics

Board Certification / CCT / Fellowship

Saudi Commission licensing eligibility

Tools

Portable ventilators

Central venous access

Job description

Job Snapshot

• Role: Consultant PICU Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care
• Location: Saudi Arabia
• Country: Saudi Arabia
• City: Riyadh
• Industry: Medical Practice
• Function: Physician
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: 55000-80000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any

Role Context

The Consultant PICU Specialist will provide senior clinical management for children requiring continuous monitoring, organ support, mechanical ventilation, invasive procedures, and rapid intervention for life‑threatening illness or injury. The role requires confident decision‑making across respiratory failure, severe infection, neurological emergencies, postoperative deterioration, hemodynamic instability, and other complex pediatric presentations. Working closely with pediatric subspecialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and intensive care nurses, the consultant will coordinate individualized treatment while maintaining high standards of safety and clinical governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and manage critically ill neonates, infants, children, and adolescents admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
• Provide advanced pediatric life support for patients with severe or rapidly deteriorating medical conditions.
• Lead stabilization of children presenting with respiratory failure, shock, severe infection, neurological emergencies, and other critical illnesses.
• Perform and supervise endotracheal intubation and advanced pediatric airway management.
• Insert and manage central venous access when invasive monitoring or treatment is required.
• Perform arterial line placement for continuous blood pressure monitoring and blood gas assessment.
• Initiate and manage invasive and non‑invasive mechanical ventilation according to patient physiology and clinical response.
• Adjust ventilator strategies based on oxygenation, ventilation, lung mechanics, blood gases, and disease progression.
• Manage pediatric sedation and analgesia for ventilated, critically ill, or procedurally complex patients.
• Monitor cardiovascular status and coordinate fluid, medication, and vasoactive treatment where required.
• Develop individualized critical care plans using current evidence‑based pediatric intensive care practices.
• Respond to pediatric emergencies, rapid response calls, and clinical deterioration throughout the hospital.
• Coordinate care with pediatric cardiology, neurology, surgery, anesthesiology, infectious disease, and other subspecialties.
• Support postoperative management of high‑risk pediatric patients requiring intensive monitoring or organ support.
• Review laboratory investigations, imaging findings, physiological trends, and bedside monitoring data to guide ongoing treatment.
• Communicate clearly with families regarding critical illness, treatment priorities, prognosis, procedures, and expected progression.
• Supervise residents, junior physicians, fellows, and PICU clinical staff during routine and emergency care.
• Maintain accurate progress notes, procedural records, treatment plans, and critical care documentation.
• Participate in clinical governance, morbidity reviews, audits, patient‑safety initiatives, and departmental quality improvement.
• Contribute to continuing medical education, bedside teaching, simulation training, and professional development activities.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate will hold an MBBS, medical degree, or equivalent recognized qualification together with specialist training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Board Certification, CCT, Fellowship, European Board, American Board, or another equivalent recognized specialist credential is required. Applicants should bring at least 5 years of Consultant‑level PICU experience, preferably gained within a tertiary‑care or internationally accredited hospital. UK CCT, Irish, European, Australian, Canadian, or American Board credentials are particularly relevant to the preferred profile. Strong experience in high‑acuity intensive care, pediatric ventilation, sedation, invasive monitoring, airway management, and emergency stabilization is expected. Candidates must hold or be eligible for Saudi Commission for Health Specialties licensing and should demonstrate strong clinical leadership, multidisciplinary communication, and the ability to make sound decisions in rapidly changing critical care situations.

Skills Set

• Pediatric critical care
• Pediatric intensive care
• PICU management
• Pediatric ventilation
• Mechanical ventilation
• Non‑invasive ventilation
• Pediatric airway management
• Endotracheal intubation
• Central venous access
• Arterial line placement
• Pediatric sedation
• Pediatric analgesia
• Advanced life support
• Pediatric resuscitation
• Emergency stabilization
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Respiratory failure management
• Shock management
• Critical infection management
• Vasoactive therapy
• Intensive monitoring
• Blood gas interpretation
• Critical care pharmacology
• Pediatric emergency response
• Multidisciplinary intensive care
• Clinical supervision
• Medical documentation
• SCFHS licensing
• Clinical governance
• Clinical audit
• Quality improvement
• Patient safety
• Continuing medical education

Why Join Us

This opportunity provides an experienced pediatric critical care consultant with access to high‑acuity clinical practice within a modern tertiary healthcare environment in Saudi Arabia. The role offers meaningful exposure to advanced ventilation, complex pediatric emergencies, invasive monitoring, multidisciplinary intensive care, and challenging clinical decision‑making. Internationally qualified physicians can also benefit from long‑term professional development, advanced PICU infrastructure, leadership opportunities, and continued clinical education. The employment package includes competitive tax‑free remuneration, housing and transportation allowance, family benefits where applicable, medical insurance, annual leave, airfare allowance, and CME support.

About the Company

Allocation Assist Middle East works with hospitals and specialist healthcare organizations across the Middle East to recruit experienced consultant and specialist physicians. The company supports senior appointments across pediatric critical care, intensive care, emergency medicine, surgery, and other advanced medical specialties.