Medical Director & Consultant in Internal Medicine — Private Family, Jeddah

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Medical Staff Talent

Private Medical Recruitment for the Gulf | UK & European Trained Specialists

Medical Staff Talent is appointing a UK & European-trained Consultant in Internal Medicine as Medical Director to a private family’s medical office in Jeddah.

The appointment sits inside a secure private family estate on the Red Sea coast. The successful physician commands total clinical authority over the household’s long-term preventative health strategy and wellness optimisation protocols, working from an exclusive private clinic with advanced diagnostic infrastructure.

The Mandate

  • Clinical directorship of a private clinic serving a single private family.
  • Total authority over preventative strategy, chronic disease optimisation and wellness protocol design.
  • Operation under non-negotiable NDAs and established household protocol.
  • A balanced, optimised workflow — clinical depth rather than throughput.

Candidate Requirements

  • Tier-1 board certification in Internal Medicine — CCT/CCST or an equivalent European fellowship.
  • Minimum seven years post-consultancy experience.
  • Background in UK or European academic medical centres, executive health units or diplomatic assignments.
  • Impeccable emotional intelligence, command of protocol and absolute discretion.
  • Eligibility for SCFHS licensing.

Package

  • £320,000 – £410,000 per annum, entirely tax-free and liquid, distributed monthly without local deductions.
  • Fully serviced luxury villa within an exclusive high-security coastal compound.
  • Global malpractice indemnity, top-tier private health cover for the family, and premium residency processing managed by the household’s office.
  • Generous annual leave with first-class return airfare.
  • SCFHS licensing and Dataflow verification guided at every step — see Gulf Healthcare Licensing Support.

What this appointment asks of you

Clinical directorship of a private clinic serving a single private family on the Red Sea coast: total authority over preventative strategy, chronic disease optimisation and wellness protocol design, exercised from an exclusive facility with advanced diagnostic infrastructure. The workflow is optimised for depth rather than throughput — a restricted panel, long consultations, decisions taken with time to think — and the consultant is expected to run the clinic as a small, superb institution. Internal medicine certification with seven years post-consultancy in an academic centre, executive health unit or diplomatic assignment is the requirement; impeccable emotional intelligence, command of protocol and absolute discretion are the qualities the household will assess.

Licensing sequence: SCFHS, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia licenses clinicians through the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) on the Mumaris Plus platform. For a residential appointment the sequence runs as follows:

  • 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.

How the package is structured

The figure quoted above — £320,000 – £410,000 per annum — is base remuneration, and it is paid tax-free: Saudi Arabia levies no personal income tax on employment earnings, so the number on the offer is the number that arrives.

Accommodation, transport, medical cover and repatriation flights sit outside the base figure, and global malpractice indemnity is provided by the household in the mandates we run — we ask every physician to check the territory, the limits and the run-off cover before signing, and our note on malpractice insurance in the Gulf explains what to look for.

End-of-service gratuity accrues under local labour law for each completed year and is paid when the contract ends; our note on end-of-service gratuity and repatriation explains how it is calculated and what to check in the contract.

If you are leaving the UK part-way through a tax year, split-year treatment under the Statutory Residence Test usually applies; keep a day-count from the date you leave and take advice from a cross-border adviser — we point every candidate to one, and tax-free wealth preservation for Gulf clinicians sets out the planning points.

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 Jeddah

Jeddah is the Kingdom’s Red Sea gateway and its most relaxed major city: a long Corniche, the historic district of Al-Balad, a diving coastline within reach of a day trip, and a merchant culture that has always been more open than the interior. Household appointments come with accommodation provided by the family, often in a secure coastal compound, so relocation is about settling in rather than searching.

The climate is warm and humid for much of the year, with a pleasant winter. King Abdulaziz International Airport connects directly to London and the main European hubs. Families will find established British and American curriculum schools — our international school fees benchmark sets out fees — and the Gulf family relocation brief and cultural adjustment guide cover schooling, spousal employment and the cultural adjustments worth anticipating.

How the search is run

We run this search as a full-cycle search under a retained, confidential mandate. The first conversation is with Vanessa, our Executive Search Lead, and it is a briefing rather than a screening: what the appointment involves day to day, what the household selects for, and whether it fits the life you want. Your CV goes nowhere until you say so.

If you proceed, your dossier is checked against the licensing route above, the household is briefed on an anonymised profile, and interviews run by video before an in-person meeting arranged by the family. Offer, NDA and contract are settled before any licensing fee is incurred. The time-to-hire estimator gives realistic timings for a physician appointment; confidential hiring process and confidentiality, NDA and vetting explain the household’s side of the process.

Related mandates and resources

Process

The household is never identified until mutual interest is established and confidentiality documentation is in place. See our Doctors practice for the wider picture.

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

To apply for this job please visit medicalstafftalent.com.

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