Pediatric Anesthesia Consultant

Woodston Personnel are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Consultant Pediatric Anesthetist to join our client’s hospital in Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering safe, high-quality anaesthetic care to neonates, infants, children, and adolescents across a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures. The role includes clinical leadership, teaching, and active participation in service development and clinical governance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level pediatric anesthesia for elective and emergency surgical procedures.

• Deliver anesthetic care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents, including high-risk and complex cases.

• Provide perioperative assessment and optimisation of pediatric patients.

• Manage pediatric pain services, including acute and postoperative pain control.

• Participate in on-call rotas covering pediatric anesthesia and emergency services.

• Provide anesthetic support for pediatric diagnostic and interventional procedures outside the operating theatre (e.g. MRI, CT, endoscopy).

• Ensure the highest standards of patient safety, monitoring, and clinical care.

• Adhere to national and international guidelines and best practice standards.

• Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings, incident reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Provide clinical leadership within the pediatric anesthesia service.

• Contribute to departmental policies, protocols, and service development.

• Participate in clinical audit, risk management, and governance activities.

• Support accreditation, regulatory compliance, and patient safety initiatives.

• Supervise, teach, and mentor junior doctors, trainees, and allied healthcare professionals.

• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.

• Engage in continuing professional development (CPD) and appraisal processes.

• Participate in or support clinical research and academic activities where appropriate.

• Work closely with pediatric surgeons, intensivists, neonatologists, nurses, and allied health professionals.

• Communicate effectively with children and their families, ensuring informed consent and compassionate care.

• Contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and case discussions.

Full time contracts with excellent renumeration and benefits available

Please apply with your CV to register your interest in this role.

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

US Board/ FRCS - Irish, UK, Canadian, New Zealand or Australian/ Diploma d'Etudes Specialises (DES)/ CIS French Board/ Fachart & Sub- Board/ Fellowship / Board / Fellowship / Sweden / Belgium / Finland / Spain

Must have at least 3-5 years of post-consultant or senior specialist experience

Eligible for consultant licensure with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS)