Consultant Infectious Diseases
Posted date [2026-07-01]
(ID: 47316)
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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: Minimum 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 a physician experienced in managing complex adult infectious disease cases, antimicrobial stewardship, hospital infection control, and multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient consultation. This role supports a leading healthcare institution with clinical operations in Abu Dhabi and is suited for a consultant with strong expertise in bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and hospital-acquired infections.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Function: Physician
Salary: 70000-90000
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 planning, and clinical guidance for adult patients with acute, chronic, complicated, and hospital-associated infections. The role has strong impact on patient safety, antibiotic optimization, infection prevention, outbreak response, ICU case support, and evidence-based hospital care. Working with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, infection control, and nursing teams, the consultant will help strengthen infectious disease services and improve outcomes for high-risk patients in a complex clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose, treat, and manage a broad spectrum of infectious diseases, including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections.
* Manage complex adult infectious disease cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and infections in high-risk patients.
* Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation for infectious disease cases requiring specialist review, advanced diagnostic interpretation, and long-term care planning.
* Lead and support antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, resistance prevention, and safe prescribing practices.
* Collaborate with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, emergency medicine, nursing, and multidisciplinary teams for integrated patient care.
* Review microbiology results, blood cultures, imaging findings, laboratory data, antimicrobial sensitivity reports, and clinical progress to guide treatment decisions.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives, including surveillance, policy support, clinical education, and outbreak management.
* Provide specialist input for ICU infectious disease cases involving sepsis, ventilator-associated infections, bloodstream infections, complicated pneumonia, and post-surgical infections.
* Ensure compliance with DOH Abu Dhabi regulations, hospital protocols, antimicrobial policies, infection control standards, and international clinical guidelines.
* Contribute to teaching, training, audits, research, case reviews, continuing medical education, and continuous quality improvement programs.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, antimicrobial recommendations, infection control documentation, progress records, discharge plans, and follow-up instructions.
* Support patient safety, ethical clinical practice, confidentiality, evidence-based medicine, and multidisciplinary communication in all infectious disease care activities.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by DOH Abu Dhabi.
* Board Certification, Fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
* American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or equivalent international qualification will be strongly valued.
* Valid DOH Consultant License or DOH Eligibility Letter in Infectious Diseases.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary care hospital, academic hospital, or advanced clinical setting.
* Strong experience managing complex infectious disease cases and antimicrobial stewardship programs.
* Practical expertise in sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, resistant organisms, and infection prevention.
* Experience in outbreak management and hospital infection control programs will be an advantage.
* Exposure to ICU infectious disease consultation is preferred.
* Research publications, teaching activity, audit participation, or academic involvement in infectious diseases will be an added advantage.
* Excellent clinical judgment, communication, teamwork, documentation, and patient counseling skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, high-acuity clinical environment.
* Strong commitment to evidence-based care, patient safety, clinical governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Endocarditis treatment
* Osteomyelitis care
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Bacterial infections
* Viral infections
* Fungal infections
* Parasitic infections
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* Microbiology interpretation
* Blood culture review
* Antimicrobial sensitivity review
* Multidisciplinary consultation
* Inpatient infectious disease care
* Outpatient infectious disease care
* Resistant organism management
* Clinical audits
* Medical research
* Teaching and training
* DOH consultant licensing
* Clinical documentation
* Patient safety
* Evidence-based medicine
Why Join Us
This Consultant Infectious Diseases role offers a strong opportunity to work within the UAE’s advanced Hospital and Health Care sector, where demand for infectious disease expertise, antimicrobial stewardship, hospital infection control, and high-acuity consultation continues to grow. The position provides exposure to complex clinical cases, ICU collaboration, multidisciplinary care pathways, quality improvement, research activity, and professional development. Benefits include a competitive tax-free salary, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and the opportunity to contribute to safer, more effective infection management across a respected healthcare environment.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across the UAE and wider Middle East by connecting qualified physicians with specialist and consultant medical roles. Through its Dubai-based recruitment support, the company helps hospitals, clinics, tertiary care providers, and advanced medical facilities secure experienced doctors in high-demand specialties such as infectious diseases, internal medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and multidisciplinary hospital-based care.
Role Context
The Consultant Infectious Diseases will provide expert diagnosis, treatment planning, and clinical guidance for adult patients with acute, chronic, complicated, and hospital-associated infections. The role has strong impact on patient safety, antibiotic optimization, infection prevention, outbreak response, ICU case support, and evidence-based hospital care. Working with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, infection control, and nursing teams, the consultant will help strengthen infectious disease services and improve outcomes for high-risk patients in a complex clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose, treat, and manage a broad spectrum of infectious diseases, including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections.
* Manage complex adult infectious disease cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and infections in high-risk patients.
* Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation for infectious disease cases requiring specialist review, advanced diagnostic interpretation, and long-term care planning.
* Lead and support antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, resistance prevention, and safe prescribing practices.
* Collaborate with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, emergency medicine, nursing, and multidisciplinary teams for integrated patient care.
* Review microbiology results, blood cultures, imaging findings, laboratory data, antimicrobial sensitivity reports, and clinical progress to guide treatment decisions.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives, including surveillance, policy support, clinical education, and outbreak management.
* Provide specialist input for ICU infectious disease cases involving sepsis, ventilator-associated infections, bloodstream infections, complicated pneumonia, and post-surgical infections.
* Ensure compliance with DOH Abu Dhabi regulations, hospital protocols, antimicrobial policies, infection control standards, and international clinical guidelines.
* Contribute to teaching, training, audits, research, case reviews, continuing medical education, and continuous quality improvement programs.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, antimicrobial recommendations, infection control documentation, progress records, discharge plans, and follow-up instructions.
* Support patient safety, ethical clinical practice, confidentiality, evidence-based medicine, and multidisciplinary communication in all infectious disease care activities.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree recognized by DOH Abu Dhabi.
* Board Certification, Fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
* American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or equivalent international qualification will be strongly valued.
* Valid DOH Consultant License or DOH Eligibility Letter in Infectious Diseases.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary care hospital, academic hospital, or advanced clinical setting.
* Strong experience managing complex infectious disease cases and antimicrobial stewardship programs.
* Practical expertise in sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, resistant organisms, and infection prevention.
* Experience in outbreak management and hospital infection control programs will be an advantage.
* Exposure to ICU infectious disease consultation is preferred.
* Research publications, teaching activity, audit participation, or academic involvement in infectious diseases will be an added advantage.
* Excellent clinical judgment, communication, teamwork, documentation, and patient counseling skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, high-acuity clinical environment.
* Strong commitment to evidence-based care, patient safety, clinical governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Endocarditis treatment
* Osteomyelitis care
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Bacterial infections
* Viral infections
* Fungal infections
* Parasitic infections
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* Microbiology interpretation
* Blood culture review
* Antimicrobial sensitivity review
* Multidisciplinary consultation
* Inpatient infectious disease care
* Outpatient infectious disease care
* Resistant organism management
* Clinical audits
* Medical research
* Teaching and training
* DOH consultant licensing
* Clinical documentation
* Patient safety
* Evidence-based medicine
Why Join Us
This Consultant Infectious Diseases role offers a strong opportunity to work within the UAE’s advanced Hospital and Health Care sector, where demand for infectious disease expertise, antimicrobial stewardship, hospital infection control, and high-acuity consultation continues to grow. The position provides exposure to complex clinical cases, ICU collaboration, multidisciplinary care pathways, quality improvement, research activity, and professional development. Benefits include a competitive tax-free salary, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, CME support, and the opportunity to contribute to safer, more effective infection management across a respected healthcare environment.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across the UAE and wider Middle East by connecting qualified physicians with specialist and consultant medical roles. Through its Dubai-based recruitment support, the company helps hospitals, clinics, tertiary care providers, and advanced medical facilities secure experienced doctors in high-demand specialties such as infectious diseases, internal medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and multidisciplinary hospital-based care.
