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 — and wherever the family travels.

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, credentials and references checked against source, not taken on trust.
• Local arrangements stay with the family. We introduce and verify; local arrangements (visa, licensed entity, coordination with local clinics) remain with the family’s own office and advisers.
• 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 live-in physician. The search is scoped to that position and closes when it is filled.

2. Annual Household Agreement

For households with ongoing or rotational 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 on the clinician’s first day in the role.

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

The private families we work with require clinicians who relocate alone: every role is live-in and single-status. Within that, there are five deployment models.

• 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 live-in 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 live-in cover for an existing clinician’s leave.

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, process licences or advise on them. Medical Staff Talent introduces and verifies clinicians; all local arrangements (visa, licensed entity, coordination with local clinics) remain with the family’s own office and advisers.
• We do not place clinicians in hospitals or clinics. We work only for Private Families.

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