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 independent provider of mental health services.
- Benefits: Full-time role with flexible working hours and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for teaching and clinical governance.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while advancing your career in psychiatry.
- Qualifications: Medical qualification and specialist certification in Psychiatry required.
The predicted salary is between 71235 - 87065 £ 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:
- Be part of a compassionate team committed to our patients' wellbeing.
- Take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.
- Play a key part in patient recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans.
- Undertake routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity, and treatment of patients.
- 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.
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.
Job responsibilities:
- Candidates should hold a recognised medical qualification and specialist certification in Psychiatry, with full professional registration and licensure to practice.
- Applicants should have 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.
- 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.
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