Consultant - Infectious Diseases
Posted date [2026-05-29]
(ID: 45777)
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Allocation Assist Middle East was founded by Emilie Davies in 2015, after she recognised a gap in the market for assisting highly skilled Western-trained doctors to find rewarding and fulfilling opportunities in top-tier hospitals in the UAE and other Gulf countries. We are now the fastest growing medical consulting company in the Middle East, having helped hundreds of senior consultant doctors from various specialties and backgrounds advance their careers and lifestyle while contributing to the dynamic and growing healthcare sector in this progressive and dynamic region of the world.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Consultant - Infectious DiseasesJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant - Infectious Diseases
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Experience: 5-7 years post-specialist experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Consultant - Infectious Diseases in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care opportunity for an experienced physician specializing in complex adult infections, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and multidisciplinary infectious disease care. This role is suited for a consultant who can manage high-acuity infectious disease cases, support hospital infection control programs, and contribute to safe, evidence-based clinical outcomes.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 75000-95000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant - Infectious Diseases will provide expert diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for adult patients with bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, hospital-acquired, and complex systemic infections. The position combines direct patient consultation, ICU collaboration, antimicrobial optimization, infection prevention, outbreak response, teaching, audits, and research. The consultant will play an important role in strengthening infectious disease care and patient safety standards within a leading healthcare environment in Dubai.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose, treat, and manage a wide range of infectious diseases, including bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, and complex systemic infections.
* Manage high-acuity cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and complicated post-surgical infections.
* Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation services for adult infectious disease cases requiring specialist evaluation and follow-up.
* Lead and support antimicrobial stewardship programs to improve antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, resistance control, and patient safety.
* Collaborate with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, microbiology, pharmacy, infection control, and nursing teams for integrated patient care.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives, outbreak investigation, surveillance activities, isolation planning, and hospital safety programs.
* Review microbiology reports, blood cultures, imaging findings, laboratory results, and clinical progress to guide evidence-based treatment decisions.
* Support ICU infectious disease consultations for critically ill patients with sepsis, ventilator-associated infections, bloodstream infections, and multidrug-resistant organisms.
* Ensure compliance with UAE healthcare regulations, hospital protocols, infection control policies, and international infectious disease guidelines.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, treatment plans, antimicrobial recommendations, follow-up documentation, and clinical reports.
* Contribute to teaching, training, clinical audits, research activities, case discussions, and continuous quality improvement programs.
* Provide clear communication to patients, families, and clinical teams regarding diagnosis, treatment options, infection risks, and prevention measures.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by UAE healthcare authorities.
* Board certification, fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases, such as American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or equivalent.
* Valid UAE Consultant License or eligibility in Infectious Diseases.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary care or academic hospital.
* Strong experience managing complex infectious disease cases, sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and multidrug-resistant organisms.
* Proven involvement in antimicrobial stewardship programs and evidence-based antibiotic management.
* Experience in outbreak management, hospital infection control programs, and ICU infectious disease consultation will be an advantage.
* Research publications, academic teaching, audit activity, or clinical guideline development in infectious diseases is preferred.
* Excellent clinical judgment, communication, documentation, leadership, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, high-acuity healthcare environment.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Infection prevention and control
* Sepsis management
* HIV management
* Tuberculosis care
* Endocarditis management
* Osteomyelitis care
* Hospital-acquired infection management
* Multidrug-resistant organism management
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Outbreak management
* Microbiology report interpretation
* Antibiotic optimization
* Infection surveillance
* Clinical documentation
* Multidisciplinary care coordination
* Research and audits
* Quality improvement
* Teaching and training
Why Join Us
This role offers a strong opportunity for a Consultant - Infectious Diseases to work in Dubai’s advanced healthcare sector, where demand for infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and complex infectious disease expertise continues to grow. The position provides exposure to high-acuity adult cases, ICU consultation, multidisciplinary teamwork, outbreak preparedness, research, teaching, and continuous quality improvement. It is well suited for a consultant seeking professional stability, tax-free earning potential, family benefits, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and meaningful clinical impact.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare providers across the UAE and wider Middle East by connecting experienced physicians with specialist and consultant-level medical opportunities. The company works with hospitals, clinics, and advanced healthcare facilities to place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can strengthen clinical outcomes, improve patient safety, and support high-quality specialist healthcare delivery.
