Medical Director
Bupa · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Description
To provide clinical leadership for the Integrated Care Center (ICC), ensuring delivery of high-quality, safe, and patient-centered care. The Medical Director is accountable for clinical governance, physician performance, regulatory compliance, and alignment of clinical services with organizational goals, including quality outcomes, patient experience, and cost-effective care.
Clinical Leadership, Governance,
Accreditation & Regulatory Compliance
- Provide overall clinical leadership for the ICC clinical services and medical operations
- Enforce clinical policies, protocols, and standards of care
- Lead clinical governance meetings and medical committee activities in the center
- Oversee the credentialing and privileging process for all medical staff
- Ensure compliance with MOH KSA regulations and CBAHI accreditation standards
- Lead CBAHI accreditation preparation and audit activities for the center with collaboration with Medical Quality team
- Maintain up-to-date policies per CBAHI chapter standards.
- Respond to regulatory authority inquiries and inspection findings
- Ensure maintenance of accurate medical records and documentation standards
Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
- Monitor clinical KPIs and quality indicators
- Lead root cause analysis for adverse events and near-misses
- Implement evidence-based clinical improvement initiatives
- Champion a culture of patient safety across all care team
- Oversee IPSG implementation and monitoring.
Medical Staff Management
- Lead center physician recruitment, onboarding, and retention processes
- Ensure that regular performance appraisals and competency assessments are conducted
- Manage physician scheduling and workload distribution
- Identify training needs for medical staff
- Handle medical staff disciplinary matters in line with HR policie
Mmedical Staff Management
- Oversee day-to-day clinical operations across the ICC clinic
- Ensure optimal patient flow and reduce wait times working with patient experience and service team
- Monitor adherence to clinical care pathways and referral protocols
Strategic Planning & Stakeholder Engagement
Contribute to the strategic vision and business planning of the ICC clinic
Represent the ICC in senior leadership discussions
Build and maintain relationships with MOH, and external entities.
Identify opportunities for new clinical services and program expansion
Report clinical performance outcomes to senior management
Any other duties assigned by Executive Director – Medical
Clinical Duties (40%)
Deliver safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered clinical care within scope of specialty by conducting patient consultations, assessments, diagnosis, and treatment.
Maintain clinical excellence while acting as a role model for medical staff.
Maintain accurate, timely medical documentation.
Ensure continuity, efficiency, and quality of patient services.
Skills
Clinical leadership and decision making
Demonstrated experience managing multi-specialty ambulatory care settings
Experience in clinical governance, quality improvement, and patient safety programs
Experience leading accreditation processes (CBAHI, JCI, or equivalent national/international standards)
Familiarity with MOH regulatory frameworks, healthcare policies, and licensing requirements
Excellent communication skills.
High standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and governance.
Risk management and problem solving
Strong judgement, professionalism and ethical practice
Excellent computer skills
Fluent Arabic and English languages
Education
Medicine and Surgery
About the employer

UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Middle East, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and India. · United Kingdom
Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We are an international healthcare company serving over 38 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, we reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. We directly employ around 85,000 people, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Middle East and Ireland. We also have associate businesses in Saudi Arabia and India. For more information, visit www.bupa.com
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