Senior Physiotherapist

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities Medical Staff Talent is appointing a UK & European-trained Senior Physiotherapist to a Royal Household in Dubai. The work is one-to-one manual therapy and neuromuscular rehabilitation in a dedicated private treatment room within the household s residence. There is no caseload, no throughput target and no shared diary. The Mandate Discreet one-to-one manual therapy and neuromuscular rehabilitation. A private treatment room within the residential setting no shared clinical space. Direct continuity of care with a single household. Clinical autonomy over programme design and progression. Private accommodation, flights and full medical cover included. Guidance through DHA accreditation and Dataflow verification see Gulf Healthcare Licensing Support . A rare posting inside a Royal Household, bound by strict NDA. What this appointment asks of you The treatment room is private, the diary is yours, and the caseload is one household. The senior physiotherapist provides one-to-one manual therapy and neuromuscular rehabilitation with full clinical autonomy over programme design and progression, coordinating with visiting consultants when a case calls for imaging or surgical input. The seniority of the post is reflected in the range of the package and in the expectation that you will bring a mature, evidence-led practice advanced manual skills, a considered approach to longevity conditioning, clear communication with informed patients and set the clinical standard for the household rather than follow one. Six years of substantive musculoskeletal work is the threshold; the household will want to see depth, not breadth. Licensing sequence: DHA, Dubai The regulator in Dubai is the Dubai Health Authority (DHA); applications run through the Sheryan portal and the route for this appointment is: DataFlow primary source verification of your physiotherapy degree, current registration (HCPC, CORU or your European regulator), certificate of good standing and experience letters on institutional letterhead typically four to eight weeks with a complete dossier. DHA eligibility assessment: HCPC, CORU and equivalent European registrations are generally accepted at Tier-1, and we confirm the assessment position before you commit. Issue of the eligibility letter, then licence activation under the licensed private medical entity associated with the household, followed by the residence visa and Emirates ID. 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 DHA eligibility inside eight to twelve weeks. Our DHA licensing guide walks through each stage, registration versus licence explains why the eligibility letter is not yet a licence, and licensing for private residences explains how a household appointment is sponsored. Physiotherapists should also read DHA physiotherapist licensing in 2026 . Reading the package Base remuneration for this appointment is £80,000 £130,000 per annum, paid without deduction: there is no personal income tax on employment earnings in the UAE, which is why a Gulf figure should never be compared line-for-line with a gross UK or European salary. Because accommodation, flights and health cover sit outside the base figure, the practical comparison is with your current net pay after rent, commuting and tax not with your gross salary. Our note on reading the real numbers behind a tax-free salary walks through that arithmetic. 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 Dubai The city is easy to arrive in and easy to leave from, which matters when a household travels as much as this one: Dubai International sits twenty minutes from most of the city and flies direct to London, Zurich, Athens and the main European hubs. Accommodation for the appointment is provided by the family, which removes the one part of Dubai relocation that is genuinely difficult. For days off there is the coast, the desert, the sporting calendar and a restaurant scene that is now among the best in the world. Families will want our Dubai districts and school catchments guide for catchments and commuting, the international school fees benchmark for fees, and the cultural adjustment guide for the unwritten rules. What happens when you apply The household has retained us exclusively, which shapes how the search runs: there is no advertisement beyond this page, 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, the licensing route and the life around the post before anything is committed to paper. From there the sequence is fixed: dossier and licensing check, 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 contract before licensing fees are incurred. The time-to-hire estimator shows what each stage takes for a physiotherapist appointment; confidential hiring process and confidentiality, NDA and vetting explain the household s side. Related mandates and resources Physiotherapists practice: how we appoint physiotherapists to Royal Households and UHNW families Private physiotherapist for Royal Households and UHNW families Ongoing physiotherapy opportunities in Dubai register Physiotherapy jobs in Dubai: market overview Private duty physiotherapy for Royal Households Physiotherapy salary benchmarks in the Gulf 2026 Evaluating a physiotherapy job offer in the Gulf Live GCC mandates by specialty Process The household is never identified until mutual interest is established. See our Physiotherapists practice. Submit a confidential profile through the Candidate Portal , or contact us directly. To apply for this job please visit medicalstafftalent.com . Desired Candidate Profile Registered Physiotherapist with valid licence and current registration. Minimum six years in manual therapy or musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Trained and licensed in a Tier-1 UK or European healthcare system UK, Ireland, or an accepted European jurisdiction. Fluent English. Eligibility to meet DHA accreditation standards. Company Industry MedicalHealthcareDiagnosticsMedical Devices Department / Functional Area DoctorNurseParamedicsHospital TechniciansMedical Research Keywords Senior Physiotherapist Get real-time job updates only on our App