Consultant Infectious Diseases - Adult Care
Posted date [2026-08-06]
(ID: 49125)
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Job Description and Requirements
Consultant Infectious Diseases - Adult CareJob Snapshot
Role: Consultant Infectious Diseases - Adult Care
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Medical Practice
Function: Medical Practitioner
Experience: 5-7 years post-specialist
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
The Consultant Infectious Diseases - Adult Care position in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Medical Practice opportunity focused on diagnosing and managing complex bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections. A leading healthcare institution is hiring an experienced consultant to provide inpatient and outpatient care, support antimicrobial stewardship, strengthen infection prevention programs, and collaborate across high-acuity clinical services.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Medical Practice
Function: Medical Practitioner
Salary: 60000-85000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Dubai; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
This consultant appointment provides specialist care for adults with severe, recurrent, unusual, or treatment-resistant
infections. The physician will assess complex clinical presentations, interpret microbiology and diagnostic findings, recommend targeted treatment, and coordinate care across intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, and other hospital departments.
The role also contributes to institutional safety by improving antimicrobial use, supporting outbreak response, and helping prevent healthcare-associated infections. Strong clinical judgment and close multidisciplinary collaboration will directly support better patient outcomes, reduced resistance, and safer hospital practice.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in adult patients.
* Provide specialist consultation for complex inpatient and outpatient infectious disease cases.
* Treat sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and other serious infections.
* Manage hospital-acquired and healthcare-associated infections.
* Review patient history, examination findings, cultures, imaging, laboratory results, and antimicrobial exposure.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical evidence, microbiology findings, resistance patterns, and patient risk factors.
* Lead or support antimicrobial stewardship programs that promote appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, and review.
* Advise clinical teams on de-escalation, escalation, combination therapy, and treatment monitoring.
* Coordinate infectious disease care with intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, and nursing teams.
* Provide recommendations for immunocompromised patients and other medically complex populations.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives across clinical departments.
* Support investigation and management of suspected outbreaks.
* Advise on isolation requirements, transmission precautions, screening, and exposure management.
* Contribute to hospital policies, clinical pathways, and evidence-based infectious disease protocols.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, treatment recommendations, antimicrobial plans, and follow-up documentation.
* Monitor treatment response, adverse effects, resistance concerns, and disease progression.
* Participate in clinical audits, morbidity reviews, quality improvement programs, and patient safety activities.
* Teach and mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
* Contribute to research, case presentations, publications, and continuing medical education.
* Follow hospital policies, professional standards, international clinical guidance, and applicable Dubai healthcare regulations.
Ideal Profile
Applicants must hold an MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution and possess Board Certification, Fellowship, or an equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
Accepted credentials may include American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or another recognized equivalent. Candidates should have at least five to seven years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary-care or academic hospital.
Strong capability in managing sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and other complex infectious diseases is essential. Experience with antimicrobial stewardship, ICU consultation, outbreak response, and infection control programs is highly preferred.
A valid Dubai Health Authority Consultant licence, eligibility letter, or confirmed eligibility to obtain one is required. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent clinical judgment, communication, documentation, and multidisciplinary teamwork.
Experience in research and publication within infectious diseases would strengthen an application. The role also requires confidence working in a multicultural and high-acuity healthcare environment.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Sepsis management
* HIV management
* Tuberculosis treatment
* Endocarditis management
* Osteomyelitis treatment
* Bacterial infection management
* Viral infection management
* Fungal infection management
* Parasitic infection management
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Microbiology interpretation
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* Isolation precautions
* ICU consultation
* Inpatient consultation
* Outpatient infectious disease care
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Clinical governance
* Quality improvement
* Clinical audit
* Medical education
* Clinical research
* Dubai Health Authority licensing
* Consultant-level clinical decision-making
Why Join Us
This position offers an experienced infectious diseases consultant the opportunity to manage complex cases within a high-acuity healthcare environment supported by intensive care, microbiology, pharmacy, and multidisciplinary specialist teams. The physician will have a direct impact on treatment outcomes, antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention, and hospital-wide clinical quality.
The employment package may include a competitive tax-free salary, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, and continuing medical education support. The role also provides scope for research, teaching, service development, and long-term professional advancement within Dubai\'s healthcare sector.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a medical recruitment consultancy connecting experienced physicians and healthcare professionals with hospitals, specialist centers, and medical institutions across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East. The company supports consultant-level candidates through vacancy matching, licensing guidance, relocation coordination, and recruitment assistance.
The role also contributes to institutional safety by improving antimicrobial use, supporting outbreak response, and helping prevent healthcare-associated infections. Strong clinical judgment and close multidisciplinary collaboration will directly support better patient outcomes, reduced resistance, and safer hospital practice.
Key Responsibilities
* Diagnose and manage bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in adult patients.
* Provide specialist consultation for complex inpatient and outpatient infectious disease cases.
* Treat sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and other serious infections.
* Manage hospital-acquired and healthcare-associated infections.
* Review patient history, examination findings, cultures, imaging, laboratory results, and antimicrobial exposure.
* Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical evidence, microbiology findings, resistance patterns, and patient risk factors.
* Lead or support antimicrobial stewardship programs that promote appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, and review.
* Advise clinical teams on de-escalation, escalation, combination therapy, and treatment monitoring.
* Coordinate infectious disease care with intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, microbiology, pharmacy, and nursing teams.
* Provide recommendations for immunocompromised patients and other medically complex populations.
* Participate in infection prevention and control initiatives across clinical departments.
* Support investigation and management of suspected outbreaks.
* Advise on isolation requirements, transmission precautions, screening, and exposure management.
* Contribute to hospital policies, clinical pathways, and evidence-based infectious disease protocols.
* Maintain accurate consultation notes, treatment recommendations, antimicrobial plans, and follow-up documentation.
* Monitor treatment response, adverse effects, resistance concerns, and disease progression.
* Participate in clinical audits, morbidity reviews, quality improvement programs, and patient safety activities.
* Teach and mentor junior physicians, residents, fellows, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
* Contribute to research, case presentations, publications, and continuing medical education.
* Follow hospital policies, professional standards, international clinical guidance, and applicable Dubai healthcare regulations.
Ideal Profile
Applicants must hold an MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution and possess Board Certification, Fellowship, or an equivalent specialist qualification in Infectious Diseases.
Accepted credentials may include American Board, UK CCT, Canadian Board, or another recognized equivalent. Candidates should have at least five to seven years of post-specialist experience in a tertiary-care or academic hospital.
Strong capability in managing sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, hospital-acquired infections, and other complex infectious diseases is essential. Experience with antimicrobial stewardship, ICU consultation, outbreak response, and infection control programs is highly preferred.
A valid Dubai Health Authority Consultant licence, eligibility letter, or confirmed eligibility to obtain one is required. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent clinical judgment, communication, documentation, and multidisciplinary teamwork.
Experience in research and publication within infectious diseases would strengthen an application. The role also requires confidence working in a multicultural and high-acuity healthcare environment.
Skills Set
* Infectious diseases
* Adult infectious disease care
* Sepsis management
* HIV management
* Tuberculosis treatment
* Endocarditis management
* Osteomyelitis treatment
* Bacterial infection management
* Viral infection management
* Fungal infection management
* Parasitic infection management
* Hospital-acquired infections
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* Antibiotic optimization
* Microbiology interpretation
* Infection prevention
* Infection control
* Outbreak management
* Isolation precautions
* ICU consultation
* Inpatient consultation
* Outpatient infectious disease care
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Clinical governance
* Quality improvement
* Clinical audit
* Medical education
* Clinical research
* Dubai Health Authority licensing
* Consultant-level clinical decision-making
Why Join Us
This position offers an experienced infectious diseases consultant the opportunity to manage complex cases within a high-acuity healthcare environment supported by intensive care, microbiology, pharmacy, and multidisciplinary specialist teams. The physician will have a direct impact on treatment outcomes, antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention, and hospital-wide clinical quality.
The employment package may include a competitive tax-free salary, medical insurance, annual airfare allowance, paid annual leave, and continuing medical education support. The role also provides scope for research, teaching, service development, and long-term professional advancement within Dubai\'s healthcare sector.
About the Company
Allocation Assist Middle East is a medical recruitment consultancy connecting experienced physicians and healthcare professionals with hospitals, specialist centers, and medical institutions across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East. The company supports consultant-level candidates through vacancy matching, licensing guidance, relocation coordination, and recruitment assistance.
