Consultant - Infectious Diseases
Posted date [2026-07-06]
(ID: 47595)
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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 years as a Consultant Infectious Disease specialist
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 with advanced expertise in diagnosing, treating, and preventing infectious diseases across inpatient, outpatient, and high-acuity hospital settings. This role is suited for an experienced consultant who can manage complex infections, support antimicrobial stewardship, guide infection control policies, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and improve patient safety through evidence-based infectious disease care.
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 clinical leadership for patients with complex communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, resistant organisms, sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and infections in immunocompromised patients. The role has strong hospital-wide impact because infectious disease practice directly supports safe prescribing, outbreak prevention, ICU outcomes, infection control compliance, and clinical governance. Within Dubai’s advanced healthcare market, the consultant will help strengthen infection prevention systems, antimicrobial stewardship, and high-quality multidisciplinary care.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage a wide range of infectious diseases in inpatient and outpatient settings, including bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, communicable, and healthcare-associated infections.
* Lead the clinical management of complex cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, hospital-acquired infections, emerging infections, and infections in immunocompromised patients.
* Provide expert consultation for hospital-acquired infections, device-related infections, resistant organisms, post-operative infections, ICU infections, and difficult diagnostic cases.
* Develop, support, and implement antimicrobial stewardship programs to improve antibiotic use, reduce resistance risk, and align treatment with evidence-based guidelines.
* Advise on infection control policies, isolation protocols, surveillance practices, outbreak prevention, and hospital infection prevention standards.
* Collaborate with intensive care, internal medicine, microbiology, emergency medicine, surgery, pharmacy, nursing, public health, and infection prevention teams.
* Participate in outbreak investigation, contact tracing support, infection surveillance, risk review, and implementation of containment measures.
* Review microbiology results, culture reports, antimicrobial sensitivities, inflammatory markers, imaging findings, and clinical progression to guide treatment decisions.
* Oversee infection control compliance within clinical areas and provide specialist input on patient isolation, staff safety, environmental precautions, and transmission prevention.
* Educate and train physicians, nurses, allied healthcare staff, and clinical teams on infection prevention, antimicrobial use, emerging infection risks, and hospital safety practices.
* Stay updated with emerging infectious disease trends, international guidelines, antimicrobial resistance patterns, public health alerts, and infectious disease research.
* Contribute to clinical audits, antimicrobial reviews, quality improvement projects, morbidity discussions, hospital governance activities, and patient safety initiatives.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, antimicrobial recommendations, infection control advice, treatment plans, discharge guidance, and follow-up documentation.
* Ensure clinical practice follows hospital policies, UAE healthcare licensing requirements, infection prevention standards, ethical practice, and patient confidentiality rules.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MBBS or equivalent from a recognized medical institution.
* Board certification in Infectious Diseases is mandatory.
* Minimum 5 years of experience as a Consultant Infectious Disease specialist.
* Strong expertise in managing complex infectious diseases, communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, resistant organisms, and infections in immunocompromised patients.
* Practical experience in infection control programs, antimicrobial stewardship, outbreak investigation, and hospital infection prevention systems.
* Proven ability to manage sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, hospital-acquired infections, ICU infections, and emerging infectious disease cases.
* Eligibility for UAE medical licensing is preferred.
* Experience working in multicultural healthcare environments and high-acuity hospital settings is highly desirable.
* Excellent clinical judgment, decision-making, leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
* Ability to educate clinical staff and support hospital-wide infection prevention standards.
* Commitment to patient safety, evidence-based medicine, ethical care, accurate documentation, clinical governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Communicable disease management
* Hospital-acquired infection management
* Healthcare-associated infections
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Viral hepatitis management
* Immunocompromised patient infection care
* Emerging infectious diseases
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Infection control
* Infection prevention
* Outbreak investigation
* Surveillance programs
* Isolation protocols
* Resistant organism management
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Microbiology interpretation
* Culture and sensitivity review
* Public health collaboration
* Staff infection control training
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Hospital governance
* Patient safety
* Medical documentation
* UAE medical licensing eligibility
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant - Infectious Diseases seeking a senior physician role in Dubai’s growing healthcare sector. The position offers exposure to complex infectious disease cases, antimicrobial stewardship leadership, outbreak management, infection control programs, advanced diagnostics, modern hospital facilities, multidisciplinary collaboration, continuous professional development, and structured career growth. It is a strong fit for a consultant who wants to improve patient safety while supporting stronger infection prevention and evidence-based clinical outcomes.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across Dubai and the wider UAE by connecting experienced physicians and consultants with specialized medical opportunities. The company works with hospitals, clinics, and advanced healthcare providers to strengthen infectious disease services, improve access to expert medical care, and place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can support safer hospitals, better infection control, and improved patient outcomes.
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Consultant - Infectious Diseases will provide expert clinical leadership for patients with complex communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, resistant organisms, sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and infections in immunocompromised patients. The role has strong hospital-wide impact because infectious disease practice directly supports safe prescribing, outbreak prevention, ICU outcomes, infection control compliance, and clinical governance. Within Dubai’s advanced healthcare market, the consultant will help strengthen infection prevention systems, antimicrobial stewardship, and high-quality multidisciplinary care.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage a wide range of infectious diseases in inpatient and outpatient settings, including bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, communicable, and healthcare-associated infections.
* Lead the clinical management of complex cases such as sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, hospital-acquired infections, emerging infections, and infections in immunocompromised patients.
* Provide expert consultation for hospital-acquired infections, device-related infections, resistant organisms, post-operative infections, ICU infections, and difficult diagnostic cases.
* Develop, support, and implement antimicrobial stewardship programs to improve antibiotic use, reduce resistance risk, and align treatment with evidence-based guidelines.
* Advise on infection control policies, isolation protocols, surveillance practices, outbreak prevention, and hospital infection prevention standards.
* Collaborate with intensive care, internal medicine, microbiology, emergency medicine, surgery, pharmacy, nursing, public health, and infection prevention teams.
* Participate in outbreak investigation, contact tracing support, infection surveillance, risk review, and implementation of containment measures.
* Review microbiology results, culture reports, antimicrobial sensitivities, inflammatory markers, imaging findings, and clinical progression to guide treatment decisions.
* Oversee infection control compliance within clinical areas and provide specialist input on patient isolation, staff safety, environmental precautions, and transmission prevention.
* Educate and train physicians, nurses, allied healthcare staff, and clinical teams on infection prevention, antimicrobial use, emerging infection risks, and hospital safety practices.
* Stay updated with emerging infectious disease trends, international guidelines, antimicrobial resistance patterns, public health alerts, and infectious disease research.
* Contribute to clinical audits, antimicrobial reviews, quality improvement projects, morbidity discussions, hospital governance activities, and patient safety initiatives.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, antimicrobial recommendations, infection control advice, treatment plans, discharge guidance, and follow-up documentation.
* Ensure clinical practice follows hospital policies, UAE healthcare licensing requirements, infection prevention standards, ethical practice, and patient confidentiality rules.
Ideal Profile
* Medical degree such as MBBS or equivalent from a recognized medical institution.
* Board certification in Infectious Diseases is mandatory.
* Minimum 5 years of experience as a Consultant Infectious Disease specialist.
* Strong expertise in managing complex infectious diseases, communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, resistant organisms, and infections in immunocompromised patients.
* Practical experience in infection control programs, antimicrobial stewardship, outbreak investigation, and hospital infection prevention systems.
* Proven ability to manage sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, hospital-acquired infections, ICU infections, and emerging infectious disease cases.
* Eligibility for UAE medical licensing is preferred.
* Experience working in multicultural healthcare environments and high-acuity hospital settings is highly desirable.
* Excellent clinical judgment, decision-making, leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
* Ability to educate clinical staff and support hospital-wide infection prevention standards.
* Commitment to patient safety, evidence-based medicine, ethical care, accurate documentation, clinical governance, and continuous professional development.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Communicable disease management
* Hospital-acquired infection management
* Healthcare-associated infections
* Sepsis management
* HIV care
* Tuberculosis management
* Viral hepatitis management
* Immunocompromised patient infection care
* Emerging infectious diseases
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Infection control
* Infection prevention
* Outbreak investigation
* Surveillance programs
* Isolation protocols
* Resistant organism management
* ICU infectious disease consultation
* Microbiology interpretation
* Culture and sensitivity review
* Public health collaboration
* Staff infection control training
* Clinical audit
* Quality improvement
* Hospital governance
* Patient safety
* Medical documentation
* UAE medical licensing eligibility
Why Join Us
This opportunity is ideal for a Consultant - Infectious Diseases seeking a senior physician role in Dubai’s growing healthcare sector. The position offers exposure to complex infectious disease cases, antimicrobial stewardship leadership, outbreak management, infection control programs, advanced diagnostics, modern hospital facilities, multidisciplinary collaboration, continuous professional development, and structured career growth. It is a strong fit for a consultant who wants to improve patient safety while supporting stronger infection prevention and evidence-based clinical outcomes.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East supports healthcare organizations across Dubai and the wider UAE by connecting experienced physicians and consultants with specialized medical opportunities. The company works with hospitals, clinics, and advanced healthcare providers to strengthen infectious disease services, improve access to expert medical care, and place qualified doctors in roles where their expertise can support safer hospitals, better infection control, and improved patient outcomes.
