Department: Allied Health Professionals and Psychology
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Cheadle Royal
Compensation: £78,250 / year
Priory Hospital Cheadle | Cheshire
Full-time | 37.5 hours per week | Site based
£78,250 per annum
HCPC registration required
We are seeking an experienced Head of Psychology to provide both clinical and operational leadership within a busy hospital environment.
Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal offers a range of comprehensive inpatient mental health services for young people and adults.
This senior role combines responsibility for leading and managing the psychology team, contributing to hospital wide governance, quality assurance and service improvement, with a substantive clinical role working directly into wards and services aligned to your area of specialist expertise. You will oversee professional standards, supervision, and service development while offering senior clinical input to complex cases and multidisciplinary formulation led care.
You can find additional information in the attached job description.
Essential
Applicants must be a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist with considerable post qualification experience, including demonstrated leadership and management experience, and a strong commitment to compassionate, high quality psychological care.
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.
Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.
Priory is the leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care in the UK.
We support 26,000 people a year to move towards a healthier future so they can live their lives as fully and independently as possible.
We treat more than 70 conditions, including depression anxiety, addictions and eating disorders, as well as children’s mental health, across our nationwide network of sites.
We also support autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome and brain injuries, as well as older people, within specialist residential care and supported living facilities.
With over 13,000 colleagues working at Priory, we have a long and prestigious history, and an unrivalled reputation for making a real and lasting difference to the lives of every individual in our care.
Priory is part of MEDIAN Group, a leading pan-European provider of mental health, specialist care and rehabilitation services, focussed on restoring quality of life through effective, evidenced and data-driven care.
