Consultant Psychiatrist

Kemple View is situated in the beautiful Ribble Valley. It provides low secure and rehabilitation and recovery services to 90 male patients.

We strive to provide high quality care to all of our patients and received a rating of Outstanding in all five areas by the CQC in August 2019.

Our treatments are recovery focused and provided by an experienced multidisciplinary team. We offer a range of specific therapeutic programs and a variety of occupational therapy activities, both hospital and community-based.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team of 4.7 consultants.

Applications are welcome from applicants with a CCT in Forensic Psychiatry or Rehabilitation Psychiatry.

You will lead your MDT to provide high quality care.

Key Accountabilities:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.
• Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to assessment, formulation and treatment.

For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service).
• Birthday Leave.
• Enhanced maternity pay.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings.
• Support and training from the beginning of your career.
• Supplemented meals.
• Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes.
• Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest-free Apple Products loan scheme).