Consultant – Infectious Diseases (Full-time)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospital and Health Care
Salary: 75,000 – 95,000 AED (estimated)
Experience: 5–7 years post‑specialist experience.
Overview
Consultant – Infectious Diseases in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior 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.
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 (e.g., 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
- TB 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.
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