Ticehurst House

Priory Hospital Ticehurst, part of the Priory Group, provides care and treatment for adults with complex mental health conditions. Our interventions are underpinned by best practice guidelines and are delivered in accordance with our regulatory framework. The teams across the site are RMNs, RGNs, healthcare assistants, psychologists, occupational therapists, staff grade doctors and consultant psychiatrists.

Here at Ticehurst House in Wadhurst, East Sussex, we care for both male and female patients across five wards. Ticehurst House was built to care for those with mental health issues nearly three hundred years ago and continues to do so today. Our patients value the peace and tranquillity, along with the professional and therapeutic approach of all colleagues across all disciplines.

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Careers at Priory's Ticehurst House

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 290 sites nationwide. So you’ll be joining a secure, stable employer that you can trust with your future.

Ticehurst House employs the following professionals:

• Registered general nurses
• Mental health nurses
• Healthcare assistants
• Consultant psychiatrists
• Staff grade doctors
• Psychologists
• Therapists

Priory has a diverse team of practitioners who are committed to providing the best treatment to everyone they support. They take pride in placing patients at the heart of the treatment journey, ensuring that each individual is allocated to the best expert for their needs and benefits from a tailored treatment programme.

Mental Health Nurses

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.

Adult Nurses

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.

Other Support and Healthcare Careers

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.

Staff benefits

• Competitive salary
• Free parking
• Subsidised meals
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Pension
• Gym access
• Priory Perks
• Birthday holiday
• IT technology access
• Gym membership
• Private healthcare
• Professional growth: Sponsorship for qualifications, leadership development, CPD top-up.

Additional support: Fully funded DBS, NMC registration, mentorship, and relocation assistance.

We offer a £7000 welcome bonus for Nurses.

Practical information about working in Ticehurst

• Free ample on site parking for staff
• Quiet village location with good amenities (shop, pub and hourly bus service to larger towns)
  

Reviews

Our patients rate us as 4.8 out of 5 on Doctify.

They tell us:

‘Amazing staff’‘

"I take so much inspiration from my stay at Ticehurst’‘

"I found the staff friendly and respectful’'

"My stay helped me get over my problems"

Our colleagues told us:

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