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Do you want to work as Consultant within an ‘Outstanding’ Trust alongside committed and likeminded professionals?

Are you driven to continually develop our service, providing the best possible care for a diverse community with wide ranging needs?

We’re seeking a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to join our Slough Community Mental Health Pathways Service. We are a multi-disciplinary integrated health and social care team, delivering joined-up support to adults with a huge range of mental health needs from moderate to complex, including psychosis, in a population that can face significant health inequalities.

Our Slough team offer a rich & rewarding clinical environment. We’ve an exceptional co-production network and prevention offering. This includes an in-house recovery college and a team of 17 volunteer peer mentors working within the community.

You’ll use your leadership skills to mentor & supervise junior doctors and senior colleagues, plus lead quality improvement initiatives and service developments.

Berkshire Healthcare is ranked third nationally among Mental Health and Community Trusts and rated as Outstanding by the CQC. We pride ourselves on high-quality care, continuous improvement culture, compassionate leadership & strong staff engagement -our staff consistently recommend us as a place to work in the NHS staff survey.

£15,000 Recruitment and Retention premium is available for external applicants and £8,000 Relocation allowance where applicable.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

You’ll provide senior clinical leadership within an integrated community mental health service covering both CMHT Pathways and MHICS, working closely with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. Key duties include:

• Managing an outpatient caseload of adults with severe, complex and diverse mental health needs
• Acting as Responsible Clinician, including Mental Health Act work and Community Treatment Orders
• Leading and contributing to MDT allocation and clinical decision-making
• Providing supervision, mentoring and leadership to junior doctors and SAS colleagues
• Working with senior managers on service development, CQC preparation and Royal College accreditation
• Supporting quality improvement, co-production, teaching and clinical governance

The role is based at New Horizons, Slough, with community work and some flexible/remote working where appropriate.

Applications for this role will be processed as received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

Watch our careers video to learn more.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

If you need help with your application, please contact us on [email protected]

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