Chief of Medical Oncology
Black Pearl- Posted 13 hours ago
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Job Description
Black Pearl Consult is looking for a Chief of Medical Oncology to lead clinical services at a comprehensive cancer centre in the UAE. This senior appointment offers the opportunity to shape a high-quality medical oncology service with a strong focus on multidisciplinary care, education, research and innovation.
The opportunity
You will guide the development of medical oncology services across inpatient, outpatient and day-care settings, while maintaining an active clinical practice. Working with senior clinical and academic partners, you'll help strengthen disease-specific programmes, improve patient pathways and grow the division's research and teaching activities.
The role also offers the opportunity to advance precision oncology, including genomics, biomarker-led treatment, immunotherapy and other emerging cancer therapies.
Your responsibilities
- Set the clinical direction and standards for the Medical Oncology division.
- Lead multidisciplinary tumour boards and coordinate care with surgical, radiation and other oncology specialties.
- Develop disease-specific programmes, clinical pathways and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support clinical trials, investigator-led research and academic collaboration.
- Mentor consultants, trainees and multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Build and develop the team, while overseeing service performance, patient access and resource planning.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Consultant-level qualifications that meet Tier 1 requirements under the UAE Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Requirements (PQR).
- A fellowship in Medical Oncology or equivalent.
- A confirmed DHA Consultant licence.
- At least 10 years of consultant-level Medical Oncology experience in a comprehensive cancer centre, academic medical centre or comparable institution.
- At least 5 years of leadership experience in a Medical Oncology department, service line or cancer centre.
- A record of leading oncology programmes, multidisciplinary care, clinical trials or research.
- Experience with precision oncology and advanced systemic cancer treatments.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
A Master's degree or PhD in healthcare management or a related field is preferred.
