Consultant Infectious Diseases

Consultant Infectious Diseases
- Infection Control

Location:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Physician

Experience:
Minimum 5 years consultant-level experience

Job Type
Full-time Consultant Infectious Diseases
- Infection Control in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Hospital and Health Care opportunity for a board-certified physician with expertise in complex infections, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare-associated infections, outbreak management, and communicable disease prevention. The hiring organization is seeking an experienced consultant who can manage high-risk infectious cases, guide hospital infection control strategy, and collaborate across critical care, internal medicine, microbiology, and public health services. Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Hospital and Health Care Function: Physician

Salary:
65000-85000 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

Key Responsibilities
- Diagnose and manage a broad range of bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, and other infectious diseases.
- Provide consultant-level care for complex inpatient and outpatient infectious disease cases.
- Lead management of severe sepsis and complicated infections requiring multidisciplinary treatment.
- Diagnose and treat HIV and associated opportunistic infections using evidence-based treatment pathways.
- Manage tuberculosis, including complex, drug-resistant, and clinically challenging presentations.
- Provide specialist care for viral hepatitis and related infectious complications.
- Assess immunocompromised patients with suspected or confirmed infections and coordinate individualized treatment strategies.
- Provide expert consultation on healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired infections.
- Review microbiology results, culture findings, antimicrobial susceptibility data, serology, molecular diagnostics, and imaging to guide treatment.
- Develop and oversee antimicrobial stewardship initiatives focused on appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing, duration, and de-escalation.
- Work closely with clinical pharmacists and microbiology teams to monitor antimicrobial resistance patterns and prescribing practices.
- Develop, review, and implement infection prevention and control policies across clinical departments.
- Advise on isolation requirements, transmission-based precautions, and appropriate infection containment measures.
- Participate in outbreak investigation, epidemiological surveillance, case tracing, and hospital response planning.
- Monitor compliance with infection prevention standards and recommend corrective actions where risks are identified.
- Collaborate with intensive care, internal medicine, emergency medicine, microbiology, pharmacy, nursing, and public health teams.
- Provide specialist guidance during emerging infectious disease events and unusual communicable disease presentations.
- Educate physicians, nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and support teams on infection prevention and responsible antimicrobial use.
- Maintain accurate consultation notes, infection control documentation, treatment plans, and clinical reports.
- Participate in morbidity and mortality reviews, clinical audits, quality improvement projects, and governance committees.
- Support hospital preparedness for infectious disease emergencies and evolving public health risks.
- Remain current with international infectious disease guidelines, antimicrobial resistance trends, diagnostic advances, and clinical research.
- Contribute to continuing medical education, departmental teaching, and professional development activities. Ideal Profile
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree from a recognized institution.
- Board Certification in Infectious Diseases is mandatory.
- Minimum 5 years of consultant-level experience in infectious disease practice.
- Appropriate UAE consultant licensing or eligibility to obtain the required professional license.
- Strong experience managing severe, complicated, and communicable infectious diseases.
- Demonstrated expertise in sepsis, HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, and infections affecting immunocompromised patients.
- Practical experience developing or leading antimicrobial stewardship programs.
- Strong knowledge of infection prevention, healthcare-associated infections, surveillance, and outbreak control.
- Ability to interpret complex microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility results in clinical context.
- Excellent clinical judgment when managing high-risk patients with rapidly evolving infections.
- Experience collaborating with intensive care, microbiology, pharmacy, public health, and hospital infection control teams.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence clinical practice across multiple departments.
- Experience working effectively within a multicultural heal