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 Doha. It is a standing pipeline rather than a single advertised vacancy — Doha families brief us rarely and privately, and the GPs on this register who fit are contacted the day they do. Appointments are based in Doha 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 — private families in Doha who want their own physician
- Family Offices — a small number of exceptionally private family offices
The Doha Market for Family Medicine Physicians
Doha briefs are few and slow to close — and, once closed, extraordinarily stable. What families ask for is a travelling family medicine physician: one GP who knows the whole family, provides everyday and preventative care at the residence, arranges specialist input when it is needed and travels with the family wherever they go. Qatar’s compact geography keeps the residence close to the city’s hospitals; the physician’s value lies in continuity and in being there when the family is abroad. Our family-medicine demand brief describes the market.
Current Family Medicine Mandate in Doha
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, Doha — £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 Doha
- Private quarters within the residence; annual flights
- 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 Doha
Doha is compact, exceptionally safe and easy to navigate once you know its logic: West Bay and The Pearl on the waterfront, Lusail rising to the north, and the villa districts of Al Waab and Al Rayyan. Every appointment is live-in and single-status, with accommodation provided within the residence, and the Doha Metro and the airport’s proximity make the daily geography simple. Hamad International Airport flies non-stop to London several times a day.
How This Register Works
Doha families take longer to brief than their neighbours and rarely re-open a search once a physician is appointed. Registering means you are considered for the appointment before it is ever described to anyone else — 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.