At a Glance
- Tasks: Support patients' mental health through personalised care and therapeutic interventions.
- Company: Join Priory, the UK's leading provider of mental health care.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Located in London with excellent transport links.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while growing your career in mental health.
- Qualifications: Postgraduate qualification in psychology and experience in mental health settings required.
The predicted salary is between 37035 - 45265 £ per year.
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.
Located in London, Priory Hospital Roehampton has excellent links to motorways, trains, tubes, and buses. Our address is: Priory Hospital Roehampton, Priory Lane, Roehampton, London, SW15 5JJ.
Main duties of the job:
- You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients' wellbeing.
- We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.
- You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients.
- Develop, implement, and regularly review individualised, recovery-focused treatment plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Facilitate a range of therapeutic interventions, including structured group programmes and one-to-one therapy sessions, to promote emotional wellbeing and resilience.
- Maintain high standards of clinical documentation, risk assessment, and outcome monitoring, ensuring compliance with professional, ethical, and regulatory frameworks.
- Actively contribute to clinical governance, audit, service development, and research, while also supporting supervision, teaching, and reflective practice within the team.
About us:
Priory is the UK's leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and children's mental health and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.
Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows. Candidates should hold a recognised postgraduate qualification in Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Psychology and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Experience working within mental health settings is essential, ideally with exposure to inpatient or complex care environments. Applicants should demonstrate strong skills in psychological assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based therapies, along with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication, risk management, and report-writing skills are required, alongside a commitment to ongoing professional development and high standards of clinical practice.
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.
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