Specialist Infectious DiseasesSpecialist Infectious Diseases

REF 1801014

11.05.2025 | Abu Dhabi | full time

Description: We are looking for a compassionate infectious disease Specialist/Consultant to provide long-term, comprehensive care to our patients and manage both common and complex diseases. You should be able to effectively diagnose patients and suggest a successful course of treatment.

Some of the Responsibilities include:
• Consulting with patients to understand their symptoms and health concerns.
• Diagnosing and treating acute illness, such as bacterial and viral infections, as well as chronic diseases and conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes.
• Prescribing or administering medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Explaining procedures and discussing test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Monitoring patients conditions and progress, and re-evaluating treatments, as necessary.

Requirements:
• The successful candidate must have completed at least 3-5 years of experience post specialist training and preferably more.
• Additional training or certifications, especially those supported by the Center for Disease Control, may be a benefit.
• A willingness to travel to conduct research.
• Good computer literacy skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, reasoning, and research skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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.