Consultant Psychiatrist (Visiting Consultant)

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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 a 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 be given admitting rights to the private wards and therapy centre.

What the role involves:

• Assessing and treating outpatients
• Looking after inpatients under your care
• Working closely with therapists and psychology colleagues
• Adding value through quality and governance involvement
• Developing your business and expanding your practice symbiotically with Priory
• Joining site on-call rota if that works for you
• Networking with colleagues and referrers
• Maintaining professional development and Revalidation

What are the advantages for VCs working with Priory?

• The best known and premium brand name in private psychiatry is right behind you
• World class facilities
• Professional marketing support
• Quality therapy for patients
• You choose how much time you can give
• Top expert consultant colleagues
• Be at the vanguard and able to offer the latest evidence-based treatments and tailored prescribing
• Financial rewards
• Opens up entirely new career pathways