Medical Staff Talent
Private Medical Recruitment for the Gulf | UK & European Trained Specialists
Medical Staff Talent keeps a continuously open register of UK & European-trained family medicine physicians (GPs) for private families in Riyadh and the family offices of the capital. It is a standing pipeline rather than a single advertised vacancy: as a family or its family office confirms a mandate for a travelling family physician, the GPs on this register who fit are contacted directly and confidentially. Appointments are based in Riyadh and travel with the family, including aboard the family’s yacht in the Mediterranean when the family is at sea. When you travel with the family, all local arrangements (visa, licensed entity, coordination with local clinics) remain with the family’s own office and advisers.
Who We Place You With
- Private Families — family residences in the capital that want a physician of their own
- Family Offices — Riyadh’s leading business families, increasingly retaining a family physician directly
The Riyadh Market for Family Medicine Physicians
What Riyadh families ask us for is a travelling family medicine physician: a GP who becomes the family’s medical constant, provides first-contact, preventative and continuing care at the residence, arranges specialist input from the capital’s hospitals when it is needed, and travels with the family between residences and abroad. Vision 2030 has re-priced senior clinical talent in the capital, and private families now compete with the new private hospitals for UK & European-trained physicians.
Current Family Medicine Mandate in Riyadh
The appointment below is live on our desk today; the register exists for the ones that are never published.
- Travelling Family Medicine Physician — Private Family, Riyadh — £218,000 gross · free accommodation · flights & travel paid · medical insurance covered (professional indemnity not included)
Credential Standard
Every physician on this register holds family medicine / general practice training — a CCT in General Practice or a recognised European equivalent — together with current UK or European registration in good standing and a practice history that stands up to verification. Families also look for readiness to travel at short notice and the confidence to work as the only clinician present. Credentials are verified at source before a profile is presented. Full detail is on our Candidates page.
Scope of Our Role
Medical Staff Talent introduces and verifies clinicians. The engagement is contracted directly between the family and the clinician, and all local arrangements (visa, licensed entity, coordination with local clinics) remain with the family’s own office and advisers.
Typical Package
- £218,000 per annum, gross, with free accommodation, flights and travel paid, and medical insurance covered (professional indemnity insurance is not included) on travelling family medicine appointments in Riyadh
- Private quarters within the residence; annual flights
- All travel with the family arranged by the household
- Strict confidentiality throughout
The salary is agreed directly between the family and the clinician; each clinician should take advice from their own tax adviser on whether the income is taxable in their circumstances.
Living in Riyadh
Riyadh is the political and financial capital of the Kingdom. Every appointment is live-in and single-status, with accommodation inside the family’s residence; the Riyadh Metro, open since late 2024, and the King Salman Park and Sports Boulevard projects have changed the texture of daily life in ways most job descriptions have yet to catch up with. The city runs on a conservative professional rhythm, and clinicians who respect it are rewarded with a level of trust and continuity that hospital practice rarely offers.
How This Register Works
Private families do not advertise. Mandates reach us through the family or its family office and are filled from this register. Registering means you are already verified when that happens — you are not applying to one advertised role.
What Every Family Asks of You
- Availability to start within six weeks of offer.
- Complete flexibility around the family’s calendar.
- The ability to relocate alone and to travel with the family worldwide, often at short notice.
Register Your Confidential Interest
Review our Private & Concierge Physicians practice page, then submit your CV for a confidential briefing with our Executive Search Lead.
To apply for this job please visit medicalstafftalent.com.