Consultant - Infectious Diseases
Posted date [2026-07-06]
(ID: 47594)
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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 in a tertiary care or academic hospital
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 diagnosing and managing complex adult infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and multidisciplinary clinical consultation. This role is suited for a consultant who can provide evidence-based care for bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections while supporting ICU teams, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, outbreak response, and hospital infection control programs.
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 specialist clinical leadership for adult patients with complicated infections, high-risk presentations, antimicrobial resistance concerns, and hospital-acquired infections. The role has strong impact on patient safety, infection control, antibiotic optimization, ICU outcomes, and hospital quality standards. By combining expert diagnosis, careful treatment planning, multidisciplinary consultation, and stewardship leadership, the consultant will help improve infection management and support safer healthcare delivery in Dubai’s advanced clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose, treat, and manage a broad range of infectious diseases including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections.
* Manage complex infectious disease cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, resistant organisms, and recurrent infections.
* Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation services for adult infectious disease referrals, complex diagnostic cases, and treatment-resistant infections.
* Lead and support antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotic use, reduce inappropriate prescribing, and promote evidence-based treatment protocols.
* Collaborate with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, emergency medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and infection prevention teams for integrated patient care.
* Review microbiology results, blood cultures, imaging findings, inflammatory markers, antibiotic history, clinical progression, and risk factors to guide treatment plans.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives, outbreak management, surveillance activities, isolation guidance, and hospital-acquired infection reduction programs.
* Support ICU infectious disease consultation for critically ill patients with sepsis, pneumonia, bloodstream infections, device-related infections, and multi-organ complications.
* Ensure clinical practice aligns with hospital protocols, antimicrobial guidelines, infection control standards, patient safety requirements, and applicable UAE healthcare regulations.
* Maintain accurate medical documentation, consultation notes, antimicrobial plans, culture review summaries, infection control recommendations, and follow-up records.
* Educate patients and families on infectious disease diagnosis, treatment duration, medication adherence, prevention measures, and follow-up requirements.
* Contribute to teaching, staff training, audits, research activity, case reviews, continuing medical education, and quality improvement programs.
* Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, infection control committees, antimicrobial stewardship reviews, and complex case discussions.
* Stay updated with advances in infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, emerging infections, infection prevention, HIV care, tuberculosis treatment, and international clinical guidelines.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized medical institution.
* Board certification, fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
* Recognized qualification such as American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or equivalent is preferred.
* Valid consultant license or eligibility letter in Infectious Diseases from the relevant healthcare authority is preferred.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary care or academic hospital.
* Strong experience managing complex infectious disease cases, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and hospital infection control programs.
* Proven ability to manage sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, ICU infections, and resistant organisms.
* Experience in outbreak management and infection control program development is highly desirable.
* Exposure to ICU infectious disease consultation is an advantage.
* Research publications, academic teaching, audit activity, or clinical guideline development in infectious diseases will be valued.
* Excellent clinical judgment, communication, teamwork, leadership, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, high-acuity clinical environment.
* Commitment to patient safety, evidence-based medicine, ethical practice, accurate documentation, antimicrobial governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Bacterial infection management
* Viral infection management
* Fungal infection management
* Parasitic infection management
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Endocarditis treatment
* Osteomyelitis management
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Resistant organism management
* Microbiology interpretation
* Blood culture review
* Antimicrobial guideline compliance
* Multidisciplinary consultation
* Clinical documentation
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Research participation
* CME involvement
* UAE healthcare compliance
* Patient safety
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant - Infectious Diseases seeking a senior physician role in Dubai’s advanced healthcare sector. The position offers exposure to complex adult infectious disease cases, ICU consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, outbreak management, clinical governance, research, CME support, and multidisciplinary collaboration. The role may include a competitive tax-free salary, health insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, and professional development within a high-demand medical specialty.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across Dubai and the wider UAE by connecting experienced consultants and physicians with specialized medical opportunities. The company works with hospitals, clinics, and tertiary care providers to strengthen clinical teams, improve access to expert infectious disease care, and place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can support safer treatment, stronger infection control, and better patient outcomes.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant - Infectious Diseases will provide specialist clinical leadership for adult patients with complicated infections, high-risk presentations, antimicrobial resistance concerns, and hospital-acquired infections. The role has strong impact on patient safety, infection control, antibiotic optimization, ICU outcomes, and hospital quality standards. By combining expert diagnosis, careful treatment planning, multidisciplinary consultation, and stewardship leadership, the consultant will help improve infection management and support safer healthcare delivery in Dubai’s advanced clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose, treat, and manage a broad range of infectious diseases including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections.
* Manage complex infectious disease cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, resistant organisms, and recurrent infections.
* Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation services for adult infectious disease referrals, complex diagnostic cases, and treatment-resistant infections.
* Lead and support antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotic use, reduce inappropriate prescribing, and promote evidence-based treatment protocols.
* Collaborate with ICU, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, emergency medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and infection prevention teams for integrated patient care.
* Review microbiology results, blood cultures, imaging findings, inflammatory markers, antibiotic history, clinical progression, and risk factors to guide treatment plans.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives, outbreak management, surveillance activities, isolation guidance, and hospital-acquired infection reduction programs.
* Support ICU infectious disease consultation for critically ill patients with sepsis, pneumonia, bloodstream infections, device-related infections, and multi-organ complications.
* Ensure clinical practice aligns with hospital protocols, antimicrobial guidelines, infection control standards, patient safety requirements, and applicable UAE healthcare regulations.
* Maintain accurate medical documentation, consultation notes, antimicrobial plans, culture review summaries, infection control recommendations, and follow-up records.
* Educate patients and families on infectious disease diagnosis, treatment duration, medication adherence, prevention measures, and follow-up requirements.
* Contribute to teaching, staff training, audits, research activity, case reviews, continuing medical education, and quality improvement programs.
* Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, infection control committees, antimicrobial stewardship reviews, and complex case discussions.
* Stay updated with advances in infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, emerging infections, infection prevention, HIV care, tuberculosis treatment, and international clinical guidelines.
Ideal Profile
* MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized medical institution.
* Board certification, fellowship, or equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
* Recognized qualification such as American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or equivalent is preferred.
* Valid consultant license or eligibility letter in Infectious Diseases from the relevant healthcare authority is preferred.
* Minimum 5-7 years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary care or academic hospital.
* Strong experience managing complex infectious disease cases, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and hospital infection control programs.
* Proven ability to manage sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, ICU infections, and resistant organisms.
* Experience in outbreak management and infection control program development is highly desirable.
* Exposure to ICU infectious disease consultation is an advantage.
* Research publications, academic teaching, audit activity, or clinical guideline development in infectious diseases will be valued.
* Excellent clinical judgment, communication, teamwork, leadership, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, high-acuity clinical environment.
* Commitment to patient safety, evidence-based medicine, ethical practice, accurate documentation, antimicrobial governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Bacterial infection management
* Viral infection management
* Fungal infection management
* Parasitic infection management
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Endocarditis treatment
* Osteomyelitis management
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Resistant organism management
* Microbiology interpretation
* Blood culture review
* Antimicrobial guideline compliance
* Multidisciplinary consultation
* Clinical documentation
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Research participation
* CME involvement
* UAE healthcare compliance
* Patient safety
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant - Infectious Diseases seeking a senior physician role in Dubai’s advanced healthcare sector. The position offers exposure to complex adult infectious disease cases, ICU consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, outbreak management, clinical governance, research, CME support, and multidisciplinary collaboration. The role may include a competitive tax-free salary, health insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, and professional development within a high-demand medical specialty.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across Dubai and the wider UAE by connecting experienced consultants and physicians with specialized medical opportunities. The company works with hospitals, clinics, and tertiary care providers to strengthen clinical teams, improve access to expert infectious disease care, and place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can support safer treatment, stronger infection control, and better patient outcomes.
