Consultant-Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Role & responsibilities

Provide inpatient, outpatient, and emergency consultations for complex infectious diseases, including bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, and opportunistic infections.

Manage sepsis, bloodstream infections, pneumonia, complicated UTIs, surgical-site infections, multidrug-resistant infections, and infections in immunocompromised patients.

Guide clinical teams on microbiological testing, antimicrobial selection, dosage, duration, de-escalation, and monitoring.

Lead the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP), including antibiotic guidelines, prescription audits, restricted-antibiotic reviews, and feedback.

Coordinate with Microbiology, Pharmacy, ICU, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Urology, Surgery, and other clinical departments.

Collaborate with the Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) to strengthen infection prevention and control practices.

Monitor hospital-acquired infections, including CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, and surgical-site infections.

Support isolation practices, hand hygiene, outbreak investigations, sterilization, disinfection, and corrective action plans.

Contribute to NABH readiness, infection control policies, clinical audits, mortality reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.

Conduct regular staff training and maintain consultation records, antimicrobial review logs, surveillance reports, and stewardship documentation.

Preferred candidate profile

MBBS with MD/DNB in General Medicine and DM/DrNB in Infectious Diseases, or another applicable recognized qualification.

Candidates with structured postdoctoral training in Infectious Diseases may also be considered, subject to appropriate designation, credentialing, and applicable regulations.

Preferably 35 years of relevant clinical experience.

Experience in ICU infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and multidrug-resistant infections is preferred.

Familiarity with hospital infection prevention and control practices and NABH standards is desirable.

Valid medical registration and hospital credentialing are mandatory.

Strong clinical decision-making, interdisciplinary coordination, documentation, and staff-training skills.