Consultant Rheumatologist

We are seeking an experienced Consultant Rheumatologist to join our growing multidisciplinary team at Optimal Healthcare in Grand Cayman.

You will deliver comprehensive rheumatology and musculoskeletal care in our purpose-designed, state-of-the-art 8,000 sq ft clinic, working closely with colleagues across medicine, imaging, orthopaedics, and primary care. Consultations are delivered both in person and via telehealth, supporting patients locally, across the wider region, and internationally.

We are building a highly patient-centred service that combines clinical excellence, integrated pathways, and an innovation-forward mindset, embracing the very best technologies and innovations that genuinely benefit patients and make clinicians’ lives easier.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape integrated and forward-looking services in areas of significant unmet need, while ensuring that the core fundamentals of rheumatology, including inflammatory and degenerative joint disease, autoimmune and connective tissue disorders, and musculoskeletal pain syndromes, remain at the centre of daily practice.

We are also embarking on several new multidisciplinary initiatives that will set fresh benchmarks for how modern healthcare can and should be delivered. For the right person, this is a chance to be part of something genuinely pioneering.

The role allows you the professional time and autonomy to manage each patient properly, with typical appointments of 30 minutes or longer if you wish. You will be supported by high-calibre nursing staff, advanced diagnostics, on-site laboratory and imaging, and a fully digital environment with AI-assisted clinical documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and management for acute and chronic rheumatologic and musculoskeletal conditions.
• Deliver outstanding care for inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue disease, crystal arthropathy, osteoporosis, and soft tissue rheumatism.
• Lead and participate in multidisciplinary pathways ensuring safe, timely, and joined-up care.
• Embrace innovation that enhances prevention, early identification, and long-term outcomes.
• Support the evolution of integrated services linking rheumatology with wider musculoskeletal, metabolic, and systemic health optimisation.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, and education within the wider team.
• Stay abreast of emerging developments in rheumatology, immunology, diagnostics, and digital health.
• Deliver healthcare you are proud of, care that reminds you daily why you became a doctor.

What Makes Optimal Special

• A patient-first ethos. Our employment model removes all conflicts of interest, and incentives are never tied to billing value.
• A professional and collegiate culture built on genuine respect, shared purpose, and collaboration across disciplines.
• An innovation-forward approach. We actively embrace technologies and innovations that improve patient experience and make clinicians’ work more rewarding and efficient.
• A values-driven organisation that lives by Health, Wellbeing, Integrity, Compassion, Passion, and Humility, applied equally to staff and patients.
• A commitment to our region, serving the Cayman Islands, the wider Caribbean, and international patients with excellence and responsibility.
• An employer of choice. We are proud to set the bar for what a great healthcare employer should be, offering some of the best terms and conditions available anywhere, including financially.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited institution and current licensure* to practise as a Consultant Rheumatologist.
  (*We can recruit specialists fully trained, for example CCT, and licensed in at least one of the following: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Jamaica.)
• Minimum five years’ experience at consultant level.
• Exceptional clinical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to inspire patients toward long-term health improvement.
• Proficient in using EHR systems and digital clinical tools.
• Strong organisational skills and commitment to multidisciplinary care.

Position Terms and Conditions

• Circa KYD $180,000 per annum basic salary, flexible depending on experience and scope.
• Highly competitive incentive scheme (disclosed individually and not linked to billing).
• 50 percent contributory and 50 percent non-contributory Health Insurance (mandatory by law).
• 50 percent contributory and 50 percent non-contributory Pension, based on capped maximum (mandatory by law).
• Five days paid study leave (excluding costs).
• Twelve public holidays per annum.
• Vacation leave and flexible working to be discussed personally, including telehealth options.

Join us in shaping the future of patient-centred rheumatology and musculoskeletal medicine, locally, across the wider region, and internationally, as part of a truly forward-thinking, innovation-driven healthcare team.