Consultant psychiatrist for adult community mental health service

Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult Community Mental Health Service

Help shape the future of adult mental healthcare in Berkshire. Join a forward-thinking community of Consultant Psychiatrists committed to delivering high-quality compassionate care, driving clinical excellence, and working collaboratively to improve outcomes for patients.

As an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll join a friendly, well-established multidisciplinary team based in Maidenhead and Windsor. We are a CQC 'Outstanding' rated community and we're proud to be one of the first to achieve Advanced Foundation Trust (AFT) status - a new national mark of excellence from NHS England.

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

You'll play a central role in a supportive, clinically led service, where your knowledge and expertise directly influence how care is delivered. We'll support you to build a career that reflects your interests, whether that's advancing your clinical practice, getting involved in service transformation, research and development or stepping into leadership.

All of this comes with the added benefit of living and working in one of the UK's most desirable regions, offering an excellent balance between career and lifestyle.

If you meet the essential criteria and would like an informal discussion before applying, please contact one of the team (see details below).

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Psychiatrist you will:

• Provide consultant-level clinical leadership within the WAM Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), working with locality psychiatry colleagues to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care
• Deliver direct and consultative psychiatric input into assessment, formulation, and ongoing patient management, supporting recovery-focused outcomes
• Contribute to initial psychiatric assessments via the Common Point of Entry (CPE), supporting triage and referral management from primary care
• Undertake Mental Health Act duties, including community-based assessments, and act as Responsible Clinician for a small number of patients on CTO
• Lead within the Care Programme Approach (CPA), ensuring patients' psychiatric, physical health, and social needs are effectively addressed
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical, service and pathway development discussions
• Engage with GPs and primary care colleagues, supporting coordinated, integrated and seamless care pathways
• Participate in CMHT referral meetings and provide prescribing input, including for clozapine and depot clinics, ensuring safe and effective medication management.

This is a full-time role, with three days based in our Maidenhead office. Flexible options can be discussed.

About us

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
• 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.

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

• Hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Be included on the GMC Specialist Register for Psychiatry, or be within six months of achieving CCT
• Hold Approved Clinician status, or be able to obtain this within three months of appointment
• Be approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act or be able to achieve this within three months of appointment.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearpro rata per annum