Engagement Options for Private Families & Family Offices

Exclusively sourcing UK & European-trained Private & Concierge Physicians, Physiotherapists & Osteopaths, and Private & Maternity Nurses for Private Families across the GCC.

This page sets out how an engagement with Medical Staff Talent works: what every household receives, the three ways to engage us, and the limits of our role. Fees are shared in our Commercial Terms after a first confidential conversation, never in public.

What every engagement includes

• A confidential brief under NDA. We sign before we listen. The household’s name, residences and medical context never leave the brief.
• A verified shortlist. Every clinician presented has had registration, references and right-to-practise checked against source, not taken on trust.
• The licensing route mapped. We set out the route in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Qatar for each candidate and guide both sides through it.
• Nurses in pairs. Private and maternity nursing is always proposed as a pair, so continuity of care never depends on one person.
• A 90-day rebate period. Every placement is protected by a rebate period, set out in full in our Commercial Terms.
• A single point of contact. One person, one confidential channel, from brief to placement.

Three ways to engage

1. Position-Based

For a single, defined requirement: a maternity nurse pair for a due date, a travelling physiotherapist for the summer, a retainer physician. The search is scoped to that position and closes when it is filled.

2. Annual Household Retainer

For households with ongoing or rotating clinical staff across more than one residence, a residence rota or regular travel. One annual agreement covers the clinical categories the household needs, with priority on every brief within them.

3. Fully Contingent (exclusive)

For households that prefer to pay only on successful placement. We work the search exclusively; the fee falls due only when the family and clinician sign.

Fees for each model are set out in our Commercial Terms, shared after a first conversation.

How we respond

Every brief is read personally by David Vilchez, founder of Medical Staff Talent, and you will hear back within 48 hours. Timelines for the brief call and the first shortlist are agreed with the household in writing at the outset, according to the role and the urgency of the requirement.

Deployment models

• Live-Out: the clinician lives independently and attends the residence on an agreed schedule.
• Live-In: the clinician lives within the family’s residence.
• Rotational: paired clinicians rotate on a fixed rota, preserving continuity of care.
• Fixed-Term: a defined period, such as a pregnancy and the newborn months, or a recovery programme.
• Travelling: the clinician accompanies the family between residences, by private jet, and on Mediterranean yachts when travelling with the family.
• Locum: short-notice cover for an existing clinician’s leave.
• Sessional / Retainer: a physician or therapist on call to the household, attending as needed.

What we do not do

Clarity on our role protects the household.

• We are not the employer. The family contracts the clinician directly and pays the clinician directly.
• We do not sponsor visas or process licences. We map the route and guide you through it.
• For physicians, the practical routes are the family’s own licensed entity, often with the physician as Medical Director, or a non-resident travelling physician who keeps UK or European registration and coordinates care.
• We do not place clinicians in hospitals or clinics. We work only for Private Families.

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