Travelling Family Medicine Physician

Client of Medical Staff Talent; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 216,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Travel with family

Job summary

Medical Staff Talent is seeking a UK/European-trained Family Medicine Physician for a private family in Abu Dhabi. The role is a live-in, single-family appointment with travel alongside the family between residences and abroad.

The contract is direct with the family; base salary is 240000 AED per year, gross, with accommodation and travel provided. Applicants should have CCT in General Practice or European equivalent and be ready to relocate on short notice.

Qualifications

• UK/European trained GP with eligibility to practice in UAE/Europe.
• Willingness to relocate on short notice and travel with the family.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous family-based GP care for a private family in Abu Dhabi.
• Coordinate care with family and external clinics when needed.
• Ensure patient safety and compliance with local regulations.

Skills

English fluency

Willingness to relocate

Travel readiness

Discretion

Confidentiality

Education

CCT in General Practice or European equivalent

UK/European medical regulator registration

Job description

Medical Staff Talent is introducing a strong UK amp European-trained Family Medicine Physician strong to a private family based in Abu Dhabi. The physician is the family’s own GP at the residence and on the road travelling with the family between residences and abroad. It is a personal appointment rather than a clinic post. One family, a small patient panel, and continuity of care wherever the family happens to be.

The Mandate

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.

Reading the Package

• Base remuneration for this appointment is 240 000 per annum with accommodation and travel included.
• It is a gross salary agreed directly with the family and paid into the bank account of your choice.
• Take advice from your own tax adviser on whether the income is taxable in your circumstances.
• Private accommodation within the residence and travel with the family are provided in addition to base.
• Before signing confirm how indemnity will be arranged and read the policy territory and the run-off provision medical liability in the UAE and Saudi Arabia sets out the questions to ask.
• Your home-country tax position on departure split-year treatment for UK residents exit formalities elsewhere in Europe is worth settling with an independent cross-border adviser before the first salary lands and cost of living and net position for Gulf clinicians gives the household-level numbers.
• Run your own comparison with the UK versus GCC gross package calculator or the Gulf package estimator.
• We are happy to walk through the result with you before any interview.

Living in Abu Dhabi

The capital is the Gulf city most often described as livable. Saadiyat and Al Reem, the Corniche for early mornings a cultural calendar anchored by the Louvre Abu Dhabi and a pace that suits clinicians who want a settled base between trips. The family provides accommodation for this post within the residence. Direct flights to London take around seven hours and Dubai is an hour by road. Every appointment is live-in and single-status the families we work with require clinicians who relocate alone and the cultural adjustment guide covers the unwritten rules.

What happens when you apply

The family 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 family’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 family, 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 and NDA and vetting explain the family’s side.

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Process

The family 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.

Requirements

• Family medicine / general practice training CCT in General Practice or a recognised European equivalent.
• Substantial independent experience as a GP or family medicine physician in a UK or European healthcare system.
• Current registration with your UK or European regulator, in good standing.
• Readiness to travel with the family worldwide, often at short notice, and complete flexibility around the family’s calendar.
• Willingness to relocate alone: this is a live-in, single-status appointment.
• Composure, discretion and native-level or fluent English.
• Availability to start within six weeks of offer.