Specialty Doctor

Description

Priory Hospital North London
Salary - £75,000 per annum
Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

Priory Hospital North London has an opportunity for a Speciality Doctor to join our team. This is a site-based role working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Priory Hospital North London, Southgate, London is a specialist mental health and addiction treatment centre providing care for conditions including addictions, depression, anxiety, stress and OCD, as well as private autism assessments for adults. It is accessible by public transport, with Southgate Underground station nearby and local bus routes serving the surrounding area.
What you'll be doing

What you'll be doing

Join Priory as a Speciality Doctor and play a key role in delivering high-quality psychiatric and physical healthcare to patients. Working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you’ll provide comprehensive assessment, treatment and ongoing medical support, helping patients move towards recovery in a safe and supportive environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide psychiatric and medical care to adult inpatients, working closely with Consultant Psychiatrists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Complete assessments, medical clerking, risk assessments, physical health reviews and appropriate admission investigations.
• Prescribe, review and reconcile psychiatric and physical health medication in line with Priory policies and clinical standards.
• Contribute to ward rounds, MDT reviews, CPA meetings and ongoing risk management, providing clinical advice and support to colleagues.
• Liaise with GPs, acute hospitals, specialists and community teams to ensure patients receive appropriate and coordinated physical and mental healthcare.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.

What you'll bring to the role

Essential for the role
You will hold an MBBS qualification or equivalent recognised medical qualification, with full registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC). You must remain in good standing with the GMC and demonstrate a commitment to maintaining the professional standards expected of medical practitioners working within psychiatric services.

The following experience would be beneficial

• S12 approval/MRCPsych

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

• Enhanced maternity pay
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.

About Priory

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.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. Learn more about the accessibility support we offer here.

For agency enquiries and applications, please view our legal statement here.

All roles are subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.