The posting
Job Summary
We are seeking experienced UK CCT-qualified Psychiatrists to join leading healthcare facilities across the UAE. The ideal candidates will have extensive clinical experience in assessing, diagnosing, and managing a wide range of mental health conditions, providing evidence-based psychiatric care, and supporting patients through comprehensive treatment and recovery programmes.
International candidates are welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments, including mental health evaluations, clinical interviews, and patient history reviews.
- Diagnose and manage a wide range of psychiatric and psychological disorders.
- Develop individualized treatment plans based on patients' clinical needs and mental health conditions.
- Manage conditions including depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, and other complex psychiatric conditions.
- Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychiatric medications in accordance with clinical guidelines.
- Provide ongoing psychiatric consultations, medication reviews, and treatment monitoring.
- Assess patients presenting with acute psychiatric symptoms and manage mental health emergencies.
- Conduct suicide risk assessments, evaluate self-harm risks, and implement appropriate safety and management plans.
- Provide appropriate psychiatric interventions and coordinate inpatient and outpatient treatment when required.
- Collaborate with clinical psychologists, therapists, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
Requirements
- MBBS / MD or equivalent medical qualification.
- UK Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Psychiatry.
- Relevant post-CCT clinical experience.
- Current or previous specialist registration with the UK General Medical Council (GMC).
- Experience in managing a broad range of psychiatric disorders and complex mental health cases.
- Eligibility for the relevant UAE healthcare authority licensing requirements.
- Excellent clinical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Benefits
- Attractive tax-free salary package.
- Accommodation or housing allowance.
- Annual air tickets.
- Medical insurance.
- Family benefits, subject to employer policy.
- Opportunities to work with reputed healthcare institutions across the UAE.



