Travelling Family Medicine Physician — Private Family, Mediterranean (Private Yacht)

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

Medical Staff Talent is introducing an experienced UK & European-trained Family Medicine Physician to a private family for a full-time, permanent appointment that travels with the family — ashore and, through the Mediterranean season, aboard the family’s private yacht.

Unlike rotational locum roles, this position demands total continuity of care. The physician is the family’s GP: assessment, preventative care, long-term conditions and acute presentations, at the family’s residence and wherever the family travels, including at sea.

The Mandate

  • Family medicine. First-contact and continuing care for the Principal and family, including the review of long-term conditions and immediate response to acute presentations, with clinical decisions taken autonomously.
  • Care coordination. Central point of contact for all medical needs, arranging diagnostics and specialist referral with private hospitals and clinics in Dubai, London or Zurich so that the patient journey is seamless.
  • Remote and yacht medicine. Precise standards of care during international travel, with the confidence to manage medical logistics and emergencies in remote aviation and maritime environments with limited resources.
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration. Close work with a standards-first private team — Private Nurse, Physiotherapist and Security detail — and clear, discreet communication with the family office.

Candidate Requirements

  • UK and European training: medical degree (MD or MBBS) from a recognised institution in the UK, Ireland or an accepted European jurisdiction.
  • Family medicine / general practice training: CCT in General Practice or a recognised European equivalent, with substantial independent experience as a GP or family medicine physician.
  • Registration: current registration with your UK or European regulator, in good standing.
  • Language: fluency in English.
  • Availability: able to start within six weeks of offer.
  • Flexibility: complete flexibility around the family’s calendar.
  • Mobility: the ability to relocate alone and to travel with the family worldwide, often at short notice.
  • Discretion: a proven history of protocol-led practice within private family settings.
  • Flexibility: willingness to undertake international travel, specifically yacht itineraries, with all logistics handled by the household.

Package

  • £240,000 per annum, tax-free, with accommodation and travel included.
  • High-quality private accommodation provided within the residence.
  • 30 days of paid annual leave.
  • All work-related international travel fully covered — business class or private aviation.
  • Permanent, full-time appointment; not rotational.

What this appointment asks of you

The family is the entire practice. Ashore, the work is that of a family GP — assessment, review of long-term conditions, screening and referral to specialist centres in Dubai, London or Zurich; at sea, it becomes remote medicine, with the physician responsible for stabilising and, if necessary, evacuating an acute presentation from a vessel that may be hours from a tertiary hospital. The team around you — a private nurse, a physiotherapist, a security detail and the family office — is small and standards-first, and the household selects for a physician who leads it quietly, plans every itinerary’s medical logistics in advance and communicates with the family office in a way that is clear, brief and discreet. A broad general practice background is the foundation; the deciding qualities are judgement, self-sufficiency and protocol-led composure. Every appointment is live-in and single-status.

Registration and sea-readiness

Clinical practice on board follows the law of the vessel’s flag state and, within territorial waters or in port, that of the coastal state. The family’s office and the management company confirm the framework for each itinerary. 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. The sequence is:

  • Home registration in good standing (GMC, NMC, HCPC or your European regulator) with a current certificate of good standing.
  • STCW basic safety training and a seafarer medical certificate (ENG1 or the national equivalent), which most management companies require before embarkation; maritime medical training is valued.
  • Onboarding with the household and the captain: NDA execution, cabin allocation, medical locker and inventory handover, and the evacuation protocols for the season’s itinerary.

Our notes on maritime governance for onboard clinicians, superyacht medical staffing and how Gulf households staff their vessels explain what to prepare before the season. Physicians should also read yacht doctor appointments in the Mediterranean.

Reading the package

Remuneration of £240,000 per annum is quoted net, with accommodation and travel included; living costs at sea are close to nil, which is why onboard appointments build savings faster than the headline figure suggests.

Onboard remuneration is only as tax-efficient as your residence planning allows: day-counts, flag state and where you spend the winter all matter, and independent cross-border advice is worth taking before contract. Cost of living and net position and wealth preservation for Gulf clinicians cover the planning points.

Insurance is the other line to read carefully — the vessel’s policy, your own indemnity and repatriation cover — and our insurance and liability resources list what to ask the management company for.

Life on board and between charters

The Mediterranean season runs from late spring to early autumn, port to port, with the vessel as home and the anchorage as the view. Clinicians who thrive on board are those who enjoy a compact, well-run community, who can work to an itinerary that changes with the weather and the family’s plans, and who value the flights home between charters as genuine leave. Where the household winters in the Gulf, the shore months are spent in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Riyadh with accommodation provided.

Read our overview of yacht appointments in the Mediterranean for the shape of a season and superyacht medical staffing for how vessels are equipped. Every appointment is single-status, with accommodation provided by the household aboard and ashore.

What happens when you apply

The household has retained us exclusively, which shapes how the search runs: there is no agency panel and no CV database. Vanessa, our Executive Search Lead, holds a confidential briefing call with every candidate we take forward — the appointment in detail, the household’s expectations and the life around the post — before anything is committed to paper.

From there the sequence is fixed: dossier and credential verification, an anonymised profile to the family office with your written authorisation, video interviews, an in-person meeting arranged by the household, then offer, NDA and a contract agreed directly with the family. The time-to-hire estimator shows what each stage takes for a physician appointment; confidential hiring process and confidentiality, NDA and vetting explain the household’s side.

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.

Related mandates and resources

Confidential Application

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

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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