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Staff Physician, Retina Surgeon Ophthalmology for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Req#: 1132439
Location:
Professional Area: Physician
Department: Ophthalmology – Retinal Ophthalmology
Schedule: Full Time
JOB SUMMARY:
This is a physician position and is responsible for applying medical and surgical knowledge and skills to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of illnesses
for patients within the Integrated Surgical Institute – Retina Ophthalmology specialty at CCAD. This position treats patients directly and/or
may make referrals to different members of the health care professional team at CCAD.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Monitors and provides care to patients at CCAD within the Integrated Surgical Institute – Retina Ophthalmology specialty
- Prescribes or administers medication, therapy and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease or injury
- Analyzes records, reports and test results to diagnose patient’s medical condition
- Interacts with patient to gather additional history and information about medical condition
- Explains procedures and discusses test results or prescribed treatments with patient
- Provides specific treatments and/or performs operations to treat patient medical conditions
- Evaluates patient and records applicable notes about patient’s condition for purposes of serving as a record of treatment and/or making a
possible referral to another member of the health care medical staff team - Liaisons with other medical and non-medical staff at CCAD to ensure quality patient treatment
- Performs surgical procedures and operations as appropriate
- Supplies and provides care in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner
- Follows ethical and regulatory guidelines
- Takes part in administrative functions that ensure the continued operations of the clinical environment, such as committees, task forces
and performance improvement measures - Adheres to individual approved clinical privileges, as well as to all policies and procedures of the Medical Staff
- Provides supervision and training to residents and students
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Physicians from Tier 1 countries, not less than two (2) years additional experience post qualification, Tier 1 countries are listed in the DOH PQR https://www.doh.gov.ae/en/pqr
- Must hold a valid License/ Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment
- Fellowship or subspecialty training focused on surgical retina
- Should meet the Maintenance of Certification requirements (where applicable)
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a team of health care professionals
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients and staff
- Ability to speak and write in English is required
- Ability to speak and write in both English and Arabic is preferred
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- MD, MBBS, MBChB or equivalent basic medical degree
- Completion of a recognized specialization in Ophthalmology from Tier 1 Countries – Tier 1 countries are listed in the DOH PQR https://www.doh.gov.ae/en/pqr
- Fellowship or subspecialty training focused on surgical retina
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi combines its patient-centred model of care with state-of-the-art amenities and world-class clinical practices to deliver exceptional medical care that has redefined the healthcare landscape in the region.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a physician-led medical institution served by western board-certified physicians and multidisciplinary teams who bring expertise across more than 50 medical and surgical specialties. The hospital aligns with Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision 2030, fostering a robust healthcare ecosystem while providing patients with access to world-class care closer to home.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is composed of 8 institutes, each tailored to meet the region’s distinct healthcare needs while prioritizing the Patients First philosophy. Every aspect of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, from state-of-the-art clinical technology to thoughtfully curated patient spaces, has been meticulously crafted to ensure a seamless and culturally attuned experience. From tranquil, family-friendly waiting areas to wholesome culinary offerings and private, comfortable patient rooms, the hospital creates an environment that enhances patient outcomes.
As a designated research and teaching facility licensed by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is at the forefront of medical innovation, driving advancements in clinical care, research and education. It is the first hospital in the UAE to receive Provisional Accreditation from ACCME&174;, allowing it to certify Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s commitment to excellence has earned global recognition. For the second consecutive term, the hospital achieved the Magnet&174; designation for nursing and patient care, reaffirming its dedication to compassionate care. The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) named Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi the UAE’s top research hospital for the second consecutive year in 2024. The hospital was also ranked top UAE hospital on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals from 2022 to 2025, and World’s Best Smart Hospitals from 2022 to 2026, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to bringing world-class care to the region and redefining healthcare delivery.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi remains committed to transforming healthcare through innovation and exceptional patient care. Each milestone reflects the dedication of its caregivers, the trust of its patients, and its unwavering pursuit of excellence.
Ownership
Visit the CCAD website for more information on our Leadership and Board of Directors.
Estimated Service Area
442,681 square meters of hospital floor space
Number of Beds
411 beds
Community Details
Any application submitted without a CV will not be considered.
Please be advised that all information entered in your application will only be shared with Cleveland Clinic and will not be distributed to third parties.
Application Process
At Cleveland Clinic, we strive to make your journey to becoming a contributing caregiver as streamlined as possible. Here’s how it works.
Step 1: Apply
You can begin the application process by clicking on the “Start Application” button below. We highly recommend that you apply with a resume so we can understand your professional background, including education, work and volunteer experience(s). When you apply, you will be required to answer a few Human Resources policy questions. Some positions require additional prescreening questions, including years of experience and specific questions related to the minimum qualifications of the job.
Step 2: Screening
A Cleveland Clinic caregiver will carefully review your application and notify you of the next steps in the process. This notification may be through email, text message or a phone call. In addition, you can expect to complete some prescreening questions with a recruiter or you may be asked to answer additional questions via a pre-recorded video interview.
Step 3: Interview
If qualified for the position, you will receive a text or email with the next steps. Potential next steps could include scheduling either a live, in-person interview or completing an on-demand, recorded interview. During the interview process, your recruiter will share information about when you can expect to receive any relevant feedback or information regarding potential next steps.
Step 4: Hire
If you are hired and accept an offer for the position you applied to, you will receive a formal offer letter to initiate the new hire onboarding process.
After you accept your formal offer letter, you can expect your recruiter to review the following information with you:
- Confirmation of HR and Occupational Health appointments, including the date, time, location and required pre-work for the appointments.
- A background check will be initiated by our third-party vendor, Certiphi.
- Any additional orientation information specific to your new position.
Nursing Support Career Paths
Working for Cleveland Clinic is more than just a job – it can be a launching point for an exceptional career. Nursing Support plays a critical role in ensuring excellent care and positive patient experiences. There is a wide range of roles to contribute to this vital team. We are committed to providing you with the resources and support you need to define and follow your own unique career path, whether in Nursing Support or other areas of our organization. Nursing Support opportunities include:
Our Culture
Exceptional patient care takes exceptional caregivers. We have created an environment where caregivers feel like family. It is a place noted for constant learning, intense collaboration and caring the right way for the right reasons. Here, you’ll take on every challenge with our unwavering support.
At Cleveland Clinic, we have made it our mission to care for life, research for health and educate those who serve. These principles have always been our North Star. And it has led us to deliver an exceptional level of care alongside some of the industry’s most gifted, hardworking caregivers. Our mission has also helped us define our vision: to be the best place to receive care anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare. In delivering care, we recognize four priorities:
- Care for patients as if they are your own family.
- Treat fellow caregivers as if they are your own family.
- Demonstrate commitment to the communities we serve.
- Treat the organization as your home.
Our unique working environment is built on a strong foundation of unifying beliefs that includes:
- Learning from experiences – We are a world-class hospital with a unique and varied caseload. Here, each moment is a new chance to be challenged, to learn and to grow as a caregiver. Browse our stories to see firsthand how experiences build experience.
- Developing our people – We are always learning. Our multi-disciplinary teams and knowledge-sharing allow our caregivers to be students of each other. Trainings, courses and mentorships round out our culture of learning. Our Career Growth Pathways is a suite of resources that helps caregivers enrich their current skill set, explore other roles, move laterally throughout the organization or grow vertically within their team. As they further their careers, caregivers can move into leadership roles in their discipline. Our Mandel Global Leadership & Learning Institute (GLLI) delivers experiential learning, simulations, assessments and research-driven content to help you progress into a leader.
- Caring for our caregivers – Our Office of Caregiver Experience (OCE) supports the emotional, physical, spiritual and social well-being of caregivers through multiple initiatives, resources and events.
Cleveland Clinic is an organization where we support one another, our patients and the communities we serve. It takes each of us to foster a sense of belonging and mutual respect. Together, we will continue to build a culture of excellence, supporting one another to feel empowered and valued. Cleveland Clinic remains committed to:
- Having a workforce, including our vendors and suppliers, that reflects the communities we serve – We do this without discrimination or preference based on race, sex or other similar factors.
- Following our hiring practices – This includes skills-based hiring, identifying robust and new talent sources and ensuring that adequate and equitable career pathways for advancement exist for all caregivers.
- Continuing our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) – These important groups, open to all caregivers, offer an opportunity to relate to, grow with and support one another.
- Providing the most appropriate education to advance safe, highly reliable care – This includes support and programs that meet the unique needs of our patients and achieve the best possible outcomes.
We value your consistent dedication to exceptional patient care. We recognize and respect your life away from work. Being able to enjoy a fulfilling life can recharge you and enable you to be an even more effective contributor in your career. We are proud to provide a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program for regular full-time, part-time and weekender benefits-eligible caregivers where they can accrue time off for vacations, holidays, sickness and personal days.
At Cleveland Clinic, we have made it our mission to care for life, research for health and educate those who serve. These principles have always been our North Star. And it has led us to deliver an exceptional level of care alongside some of the industry’s most gifted, hardworking caregivers. Our mission has also helped us define our vision: to be the best place to receive care anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare. In delivering care, we recognize four priorities:
- Care for patients as if they are your own family.
- Treat fellow caregivers as if they are your own family.
- Demonstrate commitment to the communities we serve.
- Treat the organization as your home.
Our unique working environment is built on a strong foundation of unifying beliefs that includes:
- Learning from experiences – We are a world-class hospital with a unique and varied caseload. Here, each moment is a new chance to be challenged, to learn and to grow as a caregiver. Browse our stories to see firsthand how experiences build experience.
- Developing our people – We are always learning. Our multi-disciplinary teams and knowledge-sharing allow our caregivers to be students of each other. Trainings, courses and mentorships round out our culture of learning. Our Career Growth Pathways is a suite of resources that helps caregivers enrich their current skill set, explore other roles, move laterally throughout the organization or grow vertically within their team. As they further their careers, caregivers can move into leadership roles in their discipline. Our Mandel Global Leadership & Learning Institute (GLLI) delivers experiential learning, simulations, assessments and research-driven content to help you progress into a leader.
- Caring for our caregivers – Our Office of Caregiver Experience (OCE) supports the emotional, physical, spiritual and social well-being of caregivers through multiple initiatives, resources and events.
Cleveland Clinic is an organization where we support one another, our patients and the communities we serve. It takes each of us to foster a sense of belonging and mutual respect. Together, we will continue to build a culture of excellence, supporting one another to feel empowered and valued. Cleveland Clinic remains committed to:
- Having a workforce, including our vendors and suppliers, that reflects the communities we serve – We do this without discrimination or preference based on race, sex or other similar factors.
- Following our hiring practices – This includes skills-based hiring, identifying robust and new talent sources and ensuring that adequate and equitable career pathways for advancement exist for all caregivers.
- Continuing our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) – These important groups, open to all caregivers, offer an opportunity to relate to, grow with and support one another.
- Providing the most appropriate education to advance safe, highly reliable care – This includes support and programs that meet the unique needs of our patients and achieve the best possible outcomes.
We value your consistent dedication to exceptional patient care. We recognize and respect your life away from work. Being able to enjoy a fulfilling life can recharge you and enable you to be an even more effective contributor in your career. We are proud to provide a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program for regular full-time, part-time and weekender benefits-eligible caregivers where they can accrue time off for vacations, holidays, sickness and personal days.
Benefits Offerings
Our caregivers deliver the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. We are committed to providing them with the kind of exceptional care they bring to our patients. Caregivers like you come to work each day with a passion for what you do. So, we are always focused on fueling that passion, empowering you to be your best both inside our hospitals and in your life. Our outstanding, comprehensive offerings are an investment in your health, well-being and future. Explore the following benefits and get a closer look at how we’re focused on what matters most to you.
We offer the following choices to cover your health, dental and vision care as well as life insurance.
- Health Plan Options – You have the choice between two comprehensive Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan options: EHP and EHP Plus. Both plans are administered by Aetna and feature minimal copays for in-network care. Although the benefit designs of EHP and EHP Plus are identical, they differ in their provider network size, with EHP offering a narrow network and EHP Plus providing access to the wide Aetna Open Access Select network. Both plans include access to Cleveland Clinic providers. The health plan also offers Healthy Choice, a voluntary program where participants earn premium discounts for achieving wellness goals.
- Dental Care – Four plan options administered by Cigna are available.
- Vision Care – Two plan options administered by EyeMed are available.
- Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs are available to help you pay for eligible expenses with pre-tax dollars.
- Life Insurance – Employer-paid life insurance equals 1x your annual salary with an option to purchase supplemental life insurance up to 10x your salary. You may also purchase dependent life insurance for a spouse and dependent children
- Short- and Long-term Disability Coverage – Short-term disability is available after one continuous year of regular full-time service; long-term disability begins after 90 days.
Because financial security is essential to a secure retirement, we sponsor a comprehensive retirement program to help you build for your financial future:
- Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan offers eligible employees an excellent opportunity to build a retirement account for the future. It is fully funded by Cleveland Clinic and equal to 2.5% of your salary (increasing with more years of service).
- The 401(k) / 403(b) Plan also provides an important source of retirement savings. It allows participants to take responsibility for their financial future by making retirement savings a part of their normal routine while working. In addition to your contributions to the plan, Cleveland Clinic matches a portion of your contributions (50% on up to your first 6% in contributions).
- Paid Time Off (PTO) – Eligible caregivers receive Paid Time Off (PTO) that can be allotted toward vacation, holidays, sick time, etc.
- Caregiver discounts – We offer discounted rates for auto, home and pet insurance, identify theft protection and more.
- Adoption assistance – We provide financial assistance of up to $5,000/per child ($10,000 maximum lifetime benefit) for caregivers who choose to legally adopt a child.
- Employee Assistance Program – The Program provides free, confidential short-term counseling for caregivers and their families, whether for relationships or legal challenges.
- Employee Hardship Fund – This fund provides aid for caregivers experiencing unexpected financial difficulties.
- Paid maternity and parental leave – You will enjoy up to eight consecutive weeks for maternal care after the birth of your child to bond with your baby and up to four weeks for parental care.
We offer the following choices to cover your health, dental and vision care as well as life insurance.
- Health Plan Options – You have the choice between two comprehensive Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan options: EHP and EHP Plus. Both plans are administered by Aetna and feature minimal copays for in-network care. Although the benefit designs of EHP and EHP Plus are identical, they differ in their provider network size, with EHP offering a narrow network and EHP Plus providing access to the wide Aetna Open Access Select network. Both plans include access to Cleveland Clinic providers. The health plan also offers Healthy Choice, a voluntary program where participants earn premium discounts for achieving wellness goals.
- Dental Care – Four plan options administered by Cigna are available.
- Vision Care – Two plan options administered by EyeMed are available.
- Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs are available to help you pay for eligible expenses with pre-tax dollars.
- Life Insurance – Employer-paid life insurance equals 1x your annual salary with an option to purchase supplemental life insurance up to 10x your salary. You may also purchase dependent life insurance for a spouse and dependent children
- Short- and Long-term Disability Coverage – Short-term disability is available after one continuous year of regular full-time service; long-term disability begins after 90 days.
Because financial security is essential to a secure retirement, we sponsor a comprehensive retirement program to help you build for your financial future:
- Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan offers eligible employees an excellent opportunity to build a retirement account for the future. It is fully funded by Cleveland Clinic and equal to 2.5% of your salary (increasing with more years of service).
- The 401(k) / 403(b) Plan also provides an important source of retirement savings. It allows participants to take responsibility for their financial future by making retirement savings a part of their normal routine while working. In addition to your contributions to the plan, Cleveland Clinic matches a portion of your contributions (50% on up to your first 6% in contributions).
- Paid Time Off (PTO) – Eligible caregivers receive Paid Time Off (PTO) that can be allotted toward vacation, holidays, sick time, etc.
- Caregiver discounts – We offer discounted rates for auto, home and pet insurance, identify theft protection and more.
- Adoption assistance – We provide financial assistance of up to $5,000/per child ($10,000 maximum lifetime benefit) for caregivers who choose to legally adopt a child.
- Employee Assistance Program – The Program provides free, confidential short-term counseling for caregivers and their families, whether for relationships or legal challenges.
- Employee Hardship Fund – This fund provides aid for caregivers experiencing unexpected financial difficulties.
- Paid maternity and parental leave – You will enjoy up to eight consecutive weeks for maternal care after the birth of your child to bond with your baby and up to four weeks for parental care.
International
We are committed to continuously growing our capabilities and serving more patients than ever before, including those who need our expertise outside of the U.S. We are bringing our unrivaled level of care to completely new populations through our hospitals in these international locations:
- London – Located near Buckingham Palace at 33 Grosvenor Place, our new center of excellence is bringing our world-class team to the U.K., determined to make an impact on private healthcare.
- Toronto – Join a multidisciplinary team of physicians, technicians and wellness experts in the heart of downtown Toronto. Our leading-edge outpatient clinic specializes in executive health, lifestyle management and sports health.
- Abu Dhabi – We have brought a world-renowned model of care to patients in the Middle East. For you, this is an opportunity to gain an international perspective alongside global healthcare experts.
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