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Sharjah licenses doctors through MOHAP, the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention, and its hospitals range from the teaching wards of University Hospital Sharjah to the government referral beds of Al Qassimi and the private Zulekha group. We match internationally trained doctors to these hospitals and handle MOHAP licensing alongside the search. Government physician pay runs from around AED 35,000 to 98,000 a month, tax-free.
Sharjah sits under the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention, so a doctor practising in the emirate licenses through MOHAP rather than Dubai's DHA or Abu Dhabi's DOH. The same authority covers Ajman, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, and Umm Al Quwain, which means a MOHAP licence carries across all five northern emirates rather than being tied to a single city. Much of Sharjah's government hospital network is run by Emirates Health Services, the federal operator, giving the emirate a mix of large public referral hospitals and established private groups.
For a doctor, the practical effect is that the authority you apply to is set by where the job sits, not by where you live. Many doctors working in Sharjah hospitals commute from neighbouring Dubai, since the two emirates share a continuous urban border. The consultancy that manages your MOHAP application knows how the federal system differs from the two single-emirate authorities, which is where doctors most often lose time.
Sharjah's hospitals divide between the federal government network and private multi-specialty groups, and both recruit internationally trained doctors. The names below are the emirate's principal teaching and referral hospitals.
The emirate's teaching hospital, sitting alongside the University of Sharjah College of Medicine. Founded in 2010 and JCI-accredited since 2015, it holds 325 beds, a 22-bed intensive care unit, seven operating theatres, a 20-cot neonatal ICU, and 46 outpatient clinics. It is a regional centre for maternity care and runs the first Breast Care Centre in Sharjah.
The 362-bed government flagship for Emirates Health Services, a JCI-accredited tertiary hospital delivering care across two dozen specialties. It is an approved training centre for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, and its Cardiac Center has served as a regional cardiovascular referral point since 2012.
Opened in 2017 and JCI-accredited since 2018, this is the emirate's specialist facility for maternity, paediatric, and neonatal care.
The founding hospital of the Zulekha Healthcare Group, MOHAP-licensed and multi-specialty, covering fields from cardiology and oncology to obstetrics, orthopaedics, and general surgery.
See which Sharjah roles are open and check your MOHAP eligibility.
Across these hospitals, recruitment runs in cardiology, oncology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, general and orthopaedic surgery, internal medicine, and emergency care. The Sharjah hospitals guide sets out the wider network, including Kuwait Hospital and the eastern-region facilities.
A MOHAP licence is the registration you need to practise anywhere in Sharjah and the northern emirates, and eligibility depends on your qualifications, grade, and country of training. Doctors who hold a recognised specialty certificate from a Tier-1 country, which includes the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and much of Western Europe, may be exempt from the MOHAP licensing exam. That exemption applies to the exam only, does not remove the other requirements, and does not apply where there has been a gap in practice of more than three years. Doctors from other countries, and general practitioners, are assessed against recognised examination records.
The route runs through the MOHAP licensing portal and DataFlow primary source verification, using the same document set and exemption logic as the DHA and DOH systems. You apply, upload your documents, complete DataFlow, and sit the MOHAP exam only if you are not exempt. Detailed help with each step is available through the MOH licence consultancy service, which manages eligibility, portal registration, DataFlow, and credentialing on your behalf.
Government physician salaries in Sharjah follow the MOHAP federal pay scale, which runs from around AED 35,000 to 98,000 a month depending on grade, specialty, and experience, with all income tax-free. Private hospitals such as Zulekha negotiate packages individually and often add performance-linked pay on top of the basic salary. Alongside the salary, hospital packages typically include accommodation or a housing allowance, annual flights, employer medical insurance, 30 days of paid leave, and end-of-service gratuity.
Because Sharjah borders Dubai, some doctors weigh a Sharjah hospital role against the cost of living in either emirate, since housing in Sharjah is generally lower than in central Dubai. Pay is set by the hospital and the specialty rather than a single fixed figure, so the range moves with your grade.
For a Sharjah role, the consultancy's value is knowing the federal MOHAP system and the emirate's hospitals well enough to run your licensing and job search together. Your eligibility is checked against the MOHAP requirements for your specialty, your documents are prepared to the current federal checklist, and your CV reaches Sharjah hospitals while DataFlow is still processing. Because hospitals pay the placement fee, this support costs the doctor nothing, and one team stays with you from the first eligibility check through licensing, interviews, and the contract.
Book a free consultation to confirm your MOHAP eligibility and see which Sharjah hospitals are hiring in your specialty. The team checks your qualifications against the requirements for your grade, confirms your exemption status, and sets out your licensing and application timeline in one call.
Our office is located in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai. Consultations run in person at the office, or by phone and video for doctors still overseas, Sunday to Friday, 8am to 8pm, so your MOHAP application and interviews can begin before you relocate.
Allocation Assist Middle East
Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 4 273 3477
Hours: Sunday to Friday, 8am to 8pm
Founder and CEO, Allocation Assist Middle East. Emilie founded Allocation Assist in 2015 after seeing how much internationally trained doctors needed clear, reliable guidance to relocate and license in the UAE. She graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with First Class Honours in Nursing and worked in the Acute Medical Unit and Emergency Department at Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust before founding the consultancy.
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