At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a compassionate team to provide expert mental health care and support patient recovery.
- Company: Priory Healthcare, the UK's leading provider of mental health services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on teamwork and patient-centred care.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while advancing your career in psychiatry.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified psychiatrist with experience in mental health care.
The predicted salary is between 180000 - 180000 £ per year.
Priory Roehampton is looking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the team on our adult ward. This is a full-time/37.5 hours role. At Priory Hospital Roehampton, we can deliver expert mental health treatment to everyone who seeks support with us. We'll help you to alleviate your symptoms, tackle the underlying causes and triggers for your mental health problems, and improve your wellbeing.
Main duties of the job:
- Provide senior medical leadership and psychiatric care for adult inpatients, delivering high-quality assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and risk management.
- Lead and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support recovery-focused care and positive patient outcomes.
- Conduct ward rounds, psychiatric reviews, Mental Health Act responsibilities, and contribute to clinical governance and service development.
- Supervise and support junior medical staff and contribute to teaching, training, and professional development activities.
- Ensure care is delivered in line with evidence-based practice, regulatory standards, and organisational policies while maintaining excellent clinical documentation and communication.
Person Specification Requirements Essential:
- Resilience is key; no two days are the same!
- Natural empathy to support others through both the highs and lows.
- Candidates should hold a recognized medical qualification and specialist certification in Psychiatry, with full professional registration and licensure to practice.
- Substantial clinical experience in diagnosing, treating, and managing a broad range of mental health conditions across diverse patient populations.
- Previous experience working as a Consultant Psychiatrist or in a senior psychiatric role is essential, with demonstrated expertise in risk assessment, treatment planning, psychopharmacology, and multidisciplinary team collaboration.
- Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills are required, alongside the ability to provide compassionate, patient-centred care while maintaining high clinical and ethical standards.
- Experience in supervising junior medical staff, contributing to service development, and participating in clinical governance, research, or teaching activities would be advantageous.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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