Consultant Psychiatrist (Visiting Consultant)
Reference
PRI101134
Location
Priory Hospital Woking, Chobham Road, Knaphill, Surrey, GU21 2QF
Priory Group Division
Healthcare
Salary
Competitive
Hours
Sessional
Vacancy Type
Sessional
Job Advert Role Description
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About Priory Woking
The Priory Hospital, Woking provides private acute mental health and addiction services (inpatients and day patients), and extensive private outpatient clinics.
About the Role
Priory Hospital Woking are seeking an consultant psychiatrist for private acute general psychiatry and addiction patients. The role of a visiting consultant offers you the opportunity to build a private outpatient practice, alongside a private inpatient practice. You will be expected to adhere to Priory Group standards and policies throughout your practice.
‘All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check for all successful applicants.’
You will be required to provide support and advise nursing staff and hospital management on clinical issues. The role holder will be working in close liaison with other consultant teams and services within the Division as well as having continuing responsibility for the care of patients. You will have an excellent knowledge of Clinical Governance and regulatory requirements and will be qualified with full registration with GMC, as well as having experience working in a substance misuse setting and within a multidisciplinary team
The Priory group offers a number of other benefits including a strong commitment to personal development. You will develop a private case load in the outpatient department, and given admitting rights to the private wards and therapy centre.
What the role involves:
1. Assessing and treating outpatients
2. Looking after inpatients under your care
3. Working closely with therapists and psychology colleagues
4. Adding value through quality and governance involvement
5. Developing your business and expanding your practice symbiotically with Priory
6. Joining site on-call rota if that works for you
7. Networking with colleagues and referrers
8. Maintaining professional development and Revalidation
What are the advantages for VCs working with Priory?
9. The best known and premium brand name in private psychiatry is right behind you
10. World class facilities
11. Professional marketing support
12. Quality therapy for patients
13. You choose how much time you can give
14. Top expert consultant colleagues
15. Be at the vanguard and able to offer the latest evidence-based treatments and tailored prescribing
16. Financial rewards
17. Opens up entirely new career pathways
For more information, please see links below:
Division DBS info
About us
As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development.
Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated. As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.
Closing Date
06/07/2025