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REF 1798630
22 hours ago | Abu Dhabi | full time
- General
- Location: Abu Dhabi
- Occupancy: full time
- Description
- The title of clinical infectious disease specialist refers to any physician who works in a clinical care facility and possesses a certification of knowledge regarding the treatment, spread, containment, and outcomes for patients who are suffering from an infectious disease. This specialization addresses more current concerns in healthcare, such as drug resistant strains of bacteria, mutated forms of viruses, and even the natural resistance of individuals within a community when there is an outbreak of a disease.
Specialist Infectious Diseases responsibilities:
- Reviewing patient information of referrals from other medical professionals.
- Running diagnostic tests on patients with unidentified or drug resistant infections.
- Analyzing test results to create a viable treatment plan for patients.
- Consulting with other medical professional about difficult infection cases.
- Providing treatment regimens that are tailored to specific patient and population needs.
- Requirements
- This specialty requires a four year degree and as well as four years of medical school and three years of training as an internist. You will need to be licensed to practice as a physician in the state in which you are working, and also stay current with continuing education requirements. Further, the position of clinical infectious disease specialist requires that you also receive at least three years of training specifically in infectious diseases and pass the AMA certification for becoming a specialist.
As many drug resistant infections are becoming more prevalent, the demand for clinical infectious disease specialists is steadily growing. The projected increase in jobs in this area is estimated at about 12% over the next ten years. For such a specific area of public health, that is considered an above average increase, and with the educational requirements, there is concern that not enough applicants will be available in the coming years.
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Transportation
- Publisher
- recruitment agency
- up to 50 employees