Priory

For the NHS we provide:

● Acute and psychiatric intensive care (PICU)

● Brain injury services

● Rehabilitation and Recovery (R&R)

● NHS eating disorder services

● NHS CAMHS

Our adult social care division provides residential services, supported living and older people’s care.

Our private healthcare provision offers the following services:

Mental health
At Priory, we provide specialist mental health treatment that can help put our patients on a path to a positive, fulfilling future. Priory provides evidence-based mental health treatment, structured within National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. Our treatment programmes are delivered by a world class team of therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists at our network of UK hospitals and wellbeing centres.

Eating disorders
At Priory, we understand that without professional help, eating disorders can lead to serious health issues. However, it's crucial to know that recovery is possible, and Priory is here to support its patients at every step towards reclaiming their wellbeing. Our treatment programmes include inpatient, day care, one-to-one therapy and CBT.

Addiction treatment
At Priory, we ensure that patients are placed at the heart of their addiction treatment journey so that they benefit from a truly bespoke package of care, in order to produce the best possible outcomes for them as an individual - allowing them to overcome their substance misuse or addictive behaviours.

CAMHS and young people’s services
Our exceptional young people’s wellbeing services at Priory are comprised of highly skilled child psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals, many of whom are published experts in their field. Priory’s specialist team, coupled with our extensive national network of mental health hospitals and wellbeing centres, mean that we're extremely well-placed to deliver world class treatment, in a location that is convenient for patients.

Priory jobs and pay

Pay rates quoted below are based on pay details in advertisements on Nurses.co.uk in August 2024. They are presented to give an illustration of Priory pay and salaries. Please refer to our Priory job advertisements on this site for specific details.

Priory offers a variety of roles, from advanced nurse practitioner jobs and RMN jobs to support workers and clinical leads in mental healthcare, in hundreds of locations across the UK.

We support over 28,000 people every year, helping them improve their health and get the most from life. They may have addictions, mental health issues, learning disabilities, autism or one of many other conditions. We want all of them to live their lives to the fullest – and you can make the difference.

Our brilliant teams, which include leading experts in their fields, provide tailored programmes of care throughout Priory.

Whether you join us as a nurse, care assistant, support worker, manager, or medical specialist, you’ll be changing lives for the better. In return, we offer great career opportunities; the chance to work with some of the field’s brightest minds and develop across any one of our 280 locations in a secure and vital industry. There’s no telling how far you could go, or the impact you could make. Do something incredible. Join the Priory team.

Priory Advanced Nurse Practitioner jobs and pay

Pay guide
An Advanced Nurse Practitioner job for Priory in Woking in August 2024 was advertised as paying £52,000 - £58,000 per year.

Job role
The nurse practitioner is a member of the Senior Management Team. ANPs undertake initial assessments for service users, prepare discharge summaries, lead and participate in clinical supervision, Clinical Governance, clinical audit, and CPD among other key roles and responsibilities.

Priory Registered Nurse jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Registered Nurse job for Priory in Bedford in August 2024 was advertised as paying £20 per hour.

Job role
Registered nurses at Priory make autonomous decisions and also collaborate to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Our nurses, ideally, have significant previous nursing experience in older people's care homes and demonstrate true commitment both to their own personal development and to the development of their wider team. All nurses require an NMC qualification.

Priory Mental Health Nurse jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Mental Health Nurse job for Priory in Ayr, Scotland in August 2024 was advertised as paying £35,857 to £41,578 per year.

Job role
As a Mental Health Nurse you will be expected to have excellent interpersonal skills when liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team, external agencies and organisations, patients and relatives. Our RMNs also have a good working knowledge of the relevant government health acts and codes of conduct in England, Wales and Scotland. Experience in a related environment is often essential.

Priory Learning Disability Nurse jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Learning Disability Nurse job for Priory in Ayr, Scotland in August 2024 was advertised as paying £35,857 to £41,578 per year.

Job role
As a Learning Disability Nurse you will be expected to have excellent interpersonal skills when liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team, external agencies and organisations, patients and relatives. Our RNLDs also have a good working knowledge of the relevant government health acts and codes of conduct in England, Wales and Scotland. Experience in a related environment is often essential.

Priory Registered Manager jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Registered Manager job for Priory in Dover in August 2024 was advertised as paying £40,000 per year.

Job role
The role of a CQC Registered Manager at Priory is varied, and will ensure you are responsible for all areas of the home including budgets, quality, compliance and ensuring that the people we support have the best care and support possible.

Priory Deputy Manager jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Deputy Manager job for Priory in Lincoln in August 2024 was advertised as paying £13per hour.

Job role
As a Deputy Manager you will be confident enough to make autonomous decisions, while collaborative enough to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ideally applicants to these jobs have significant previous Deputy Manager experience. Our deputy managers demonstrate true commitment both to their own personal development and to the development of their wider team.

Priory Clinical Lead jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Clinical Lead job for Priory in High Wycombe in August 2024 was advertised as paying £55,000 per year.

Job role
Clinical leads work closely to support the running of a hospital. Clinical leads also oversee the much valued nursing team, with the support of the full MDT team including a Ward Manager and Deputy Ward Manager. This role is close to Matron/Team Lead/Clinical Lead within the NHS.

Priory Support Worker jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Support Worker job for Priory in Cambridgeshire in August 2024 was advertised as paying£12 per hour.

A Support Worker job for Priory in Dover was advertised as paying £12.30 per hour.

A Senior Support Worker job for Priory in Birmingham was advertised as paying £12.80 per hour.

Job role
Support our qualified staff with the delivery of care to our patients. Support workers are involved in the personal care, and meeting the psychological needs, of a diverse group of residents with varying degrees of mental and physical issues.

Priory Healthcare Assistant (HCA) jobs and pay

Pay guide
A Healthcare Assistant job for Priory in Bourne in August 2024 was advertised as paying £12.30 per hour.

An HCA job in Wadhurst was advertised as paying £12.50 per hour, while a HCA job in Woking was advertised as paying £23,464 per year.

Job role
Care assistants support our patients and residents with their day to day lives, encouraging them to live as independently as possible.

Browse and apply to all of our Priory's jobs here on Nurses.co.uk

Priory employee benefits

● Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training

● 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

● Online benefits and cashback rewards

● Cycle to work scheme

● Pensions options

Why you should choose a career with Priory

We change lives – on an incredible scale. As the leading independent provider of mental healthcare and adult social care in the UK, we help thousands of people to become happier and healthier every year.

We treat over 70 different conditions and have 280 sites nationwide. So you’ll be joining a secure, stable employer that you can trust with your future. There’s a huge variety of roles and endless career opportunities.

For instance, did you know that you can join us in Social Work, Healthcare, Central Services, Therapy, Adult Care, Medical or Psychology? And that there are clearly defined career paths in each of these areas? As you learn and progress, you’ll have the chance to move between paths, depending on your role. With our excellent training, you can advance alongside experts in your field.

Priory’s 2024 annual Colleague Engagement Survey demonstrated high levels of satisfaction among colleagues.

● 86% of Priory colleagues described themselves as motivated to do their best work

● 85% of colleagues were confident that they could discuss career development with their line manager

● 93% of colleagues said they understood the difference their work was making to the lives of people they care for

Our values

Putting people first
We put the needs of the people we support above all else.

Being supportive
We support our colleagues, our patients, residents and their families when they need us most.

Acting with integrity
We are honest, transparent and decent. We treat each other with respect.

Striving for excellence
For over 140 years, we have been trusted by our patients and residents with their care. We take this trust seriously and constantly strive to improve the services that we provide.

Being positive
We see the best in the people we support and each other, and we strive to get things done. We never give up and we learn from our mistakes.

Testimonials from Priory staff

“You can give people a voice, help them live more meaningful lives. That’s the real reward.”

“No matter the role, you can feel your value to the patient journey.”

“You get to see people transform. You get to see lives change.”

“Compassion unites us all. People here care.”

“You get to put patients first. And you have the support to do it.”

“Different roles, different experiences – it’s a real career journey.”

“We’re all working towards the same goal. It sets the pace.”

Priory career development

In our adult care career pathway at Priory you will provide support to adults over the age of 18, either in their own home as part of our Supported Living Services or in our bespoke Residential Services, with autism, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge.

You may also work in a residential and nursing setting for older people with varying levels of need including dementia. In our healthcare career pathway you will be helping people improve their mental health and wellbeing. You will provide mental health care services such as inpatient and outpatient treatment programmes, therapy and psychiatric services, specialist secure mental health services, and rehabilitation and care for adults suffering from mental health-related disorders needing complex care plans to help their recovery.