Consultant Pediatrician

Sword Health

Pediatrician providing clinical validation and oversight in AI-driven healthcare at Sword. Developing guidelines and frameworks to enhance pediatric care with AI technology.

Posted 5/26/2026contractPorto • 🇵🇹 PortugalMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing pediatric clinical guidelines, care protocols, and evidence-based frameworks that directly inform Sword's AI models and care programs.
Translating clinical knowledge into structured content that product, engineering, and data teams can build on.
Reviewing and validating AI-generated recommendations and interventions for clinical accuracy, safety, and developmental appropriateness.
Contributing to the design of pediatric care pathways, assessment criteria, and outcome metrics.
Bringing innovative thinking on how AI and digital tools can reshape pediatric care — challenging conventional approaches and proposing new ones.
Flagging clinical risks or gaps as the product evolves and working with the team to resolve them.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active medical license and board certification in Pediatrics.
Proven clinical experience across broad pediatric health.
Comfortable creating clinical documents, frameworks, and structured deliverables.
Genuine curiosity about AI and digital health — excited to work at the intersection of clinical medicine and technology.
Strong written communication in English — able to translate complex clinical concepts for non-clinical audiences.
Comfortable working asynchronously in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, dental and vision insurance
Meal allowance
Equity shares
Remote work allowance
Flexible working hours
Work from home
Discretionary vacation
Snacks and beverages

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical guidelines developmentcare protocolsevidence-based frameworksclinical document creationclinical validationpediatric care pathways designassessment criteria developmentoutcome metricsAI-generated recommendations reviewclinical risk assessment

Soft Skills

strong written communicationcuriosity about AIability to translate complex conceptsinnovative thinkingcollaboration in cross-functional teamsadaptability in fast-moving environmentsproblem-solvingcritical thinkingattention to detailinterpersonal skills

Certifications

active medical licenseboard certification in Pediatrics