Consultant Family Medicine Physician — Private Family Deployment, Riyadh

Medical Staff Talent has been exclusively retained by a prominent private family in Riyadh to secure a Consultant Family Medicine Physician of exceptional calibre.

Working within the private family estate, the physician serves as primary clinical authority for a highly restricted patient panel — comprehensive primary care, preventative medicine and acute management from a state-of-the-art private medical suite.

The Mandate

• Primary clinical authority within a private family estate.
• Comprehensive primary care, preventative medicine and acute clinical management.
• Total continuity of care across a highly restricted patient panel.
• Absolute adherence to household protocol and non-disclosure frameworks.

Candidate Requirements

• Tier-1 UK or European certification in Family Medicine — CCST/CCT or an equivalent European fellowship.
• Minimum five years post-specialisation as a Consultant in a recognised UK or European healthcare system.
• Impeccable diplomatic etiquette and absolute fluency in English.
• Demonstrated adaptability in autonomous, high-pressure clinical settings.
• Eligibility for SCFHS licensing.

Package

• £260,000 – £360,000 per annum, entirely tax-free and paid directly as liquid capital.
• Fully funded high-end private villa within a secure premium diplomatic compound.
• Full international travel coverage, business-class flights and dedicated chauffeur logistics.
• Comprehensive malpractice insurance, elite private healthcare, and 40 annual leave days.
• We map the SCFHS licensing and Dataflow verification route and brief you at each stage; the application is made in your name and activated by the appointing licensed entity — see Gulf Healthcare Licensing Support.

What this appointment asks of you

Primary clinical authority for a highly restricted patient panel within a private family estate: comprehensive primary care, preventative medicine, acute management and the coordination of specialist input from a state-of-the-art private suite. The consultant is the family’s first and continuing physician, and the household expects total continuity — the same doctor, present and reachable, over years. Family medicine certification with five years as a consultant in a UK or European system is the requirement; the qualities the household will test are diplomatic etiquette, adaptability in autonomous, high-pressure settings and absolute adherence to household protocol. Forty days of annual leave and full travel coverage recognise the intensity of the commitment.

Licensing sequence: SCFHS, Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom’s regulator is the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), and every step runs through its Mumaris Plus platform. For this appointment the route is:

• DataFlow primary source verification of your primary medical degree, specialist certification (CCT, CCST, Facharzt or the equivalent European fellowship), current registration, certificate of good standing and experience letters — typically four to eight weeks when the dossier is complete on submission.
• SCFHS professional classification, which sets your title and grade; Tier-1 specialist certification normally classifies at Consultant grade, which removes the assessment requirement for most physicians.
• Professional registration and licence issuance, followed by the work visa, the medical fitness examination and the iqama (residency permit) on arrival.
• Household onboarding: NDA execution, accommodation, banking and the practical steps we coordinate with the family office before your first day.

With a complete dossier on day one we usually see SCFHS eligibility inside ten to fourteen weeks; the visa and residency stage then runs in parallel with relocation planning. Our notes on SCFHS and Mumaris Plus in 2026 and on the DataFlow workflow set out what to prepare, and good-standing certificates explains the one document that most often delays a file. Consultants should also read Saudi medical licensing for consultants.

Reading the package

Base remuneration for this appointment is £260,000 – £360,000 per annum, paid without deduction: there is no personal income tax on employment earnings in Saudi Arabia, which is why a Gulf figure should never be compared line-for-line with a gross UK or European salary.

Villa or residence accommodation, transport, health cover and flights are provided in addition to base, and indemnity is arranged by the household; before signing, read the policy territory and the run-off provision — medical liability in the UAE and Saudi Arabia sets out the questions to ask.

An end-of-service gratuity accrues for every completed year of service and is settled on departure — see end-of-service gratuity and repatriation for the calculation and the contract clauses that govern it.

Your home-country tax position on departure — split-year treatment for UK residents, exit formalities elsewhere in Europe — is worth settling before the first salary lands; we introduce candidates to a cross-border adviser, and cost of living and net position for Gulf clinicians gives the household-level numbers.

Run your own comparison with the UK versus GCC net position calculator or the Gulf net package estimator; we are happy to walk through the result with you before any interview.

Living in Riyadh

The capital rewards clinicians who arrive with a plan for their time off: the Diplomatic Quarter’s parks and restaurants, the compounds’ pools and sports clubs, Diriyah’s historic district, and a winter calendar of concerts, sport and exhibitions that did not exist a few years ago. Accommodation for a household appointment is provided by the family, usually on the estate or in a compound they select, which removes the largest relocation variable at a stroke.

Direct flights to London take around seven hours; Jeddah and the Red Sea coast are an hour’s flight for a weekend. Our Riyadh districts and compounds guide covers districts, compounds and commuting in detail, the Gulf family relocation brief explains schooling and spousal employment, and the cultural adjustment guide covers what nobody puts in the offer letter.

How we run this search

Every appointment of this kind follows the same discipline. It begins with a confidential briefing call with Vanessa, our Executive Search Lead, covering your clinical profile, your motivations and your family situation; nothing is written down that you have not agreed to share. Your dossier is then reviewed against the licensing route above so that we know, before anyone else is involved, whether your file will classify cleanly.

The household or its family office is briefed anonymously. Your name and documents are shared only with your written authorisation, first-stage interviews are held by video, and a final meeting is arranged in person — usually with travel organised by the household. Offer, NDA and contract follow, and licensing and mobilisation begin the same week. Our time-to-hire estimator shows how long each stage takes; the confidential hiring process and confidentiality, NDA and vetting pages explain how the household side is governed.

Related mandates and resources

• Doctors practice: how we appoint physicians to Private Families
• Private doctor for a private family
• Ongoing physician opportunities in Riyadh — register
• Doctor jobs in Riyadh: market overview
• The private concierge physician retainer for private families
• GCC physician salary trends 2026
• Questions that protect your career when a family office hires you
• Live GCC mandates by specialty

Process

The household is never identified until mutual interest is established. See our Doctors practice.

Submit a confidential profile through the Candidate Portal, or contact us directly.