# Consultant Psychiatrist - EDU

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Priory Healthcare
- **Location:** Cheadle Royal
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £170,000 / year
- **Contract type:** Permanent - Full Time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T08:16:11.979Z
- **Source information URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/bf91e43f-4891-4ba9-8dad-fb0072f7610c
- **Application URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/bf91e43f-4891-4ba9-8dad-fb0072f7610c
- **Employer website:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/

## Job Content

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal Full Time | 37.5 hours | Site Based£170,000HCPC registration requiredWe have an opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team at Priory Hospital Cheadle. Working on our EDU ward, this is an excellent role for a Psychiatrist.Set within picturesque landscaped gardens in Stockport, Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal offers a range of comprehensive inpatient mental health services for young people and adults. The focus of our service is to help people to live their best life in a safe and supportive environment. Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal is accessible by public transport, with local bus routes along Wilmslow Road and Cheadle Hulme and East Didsbury railway stations approximately 1–2 miles from the service.

### What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of this role is to deliver outstanding clinical care to patients referred to the hospital, ensuring they receive compassionate, evidence-based treatment tailored to their individual needs. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will help provide holistic, person-centred care that supports recovery, wellbeing, and positive long-term outcomes.You will take clinical responsibility for a defined patient caseload, leading key aspects of care delivery, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk assessments and reviews, strategic care planning, and the development of a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused environment.As part of your responsibilities, you will also fulfil the role of Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, providing clinical leadership and ensuring the highest standards of care, governance, and legal compliance.You can find additional information in the attached job description.

### What we will give you in return

- Free on-site parking
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and Healthcare Cash Plan (Simply Health Scheme)
- 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

## Person Specification

### What you'll bring to the role

**Essential**

- A collaborative and proactive team player with a strong commitment to multidisciplinary working, contributing effectively to assessment, formulation, treatment planning, and patient management.
- Demonstrable experience working within inpatient mental health services, providing care and treatment for individuals with complex and severe mental health needs.
- Proven ability to provide clinical leadership within multidisciplinary teams, supporting high-quality, recovery-focused, and patient-centred care.
- Excellent communication, decision-making, and risk management skills, with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic clinical

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