Consultant in Adult Community Psychiatry

Job summary

This is an NHS Locum Consultant Post, fixed term for 12 months

The vacancy has arisen due to a consultant leaving the post. This is a full time Community General Adult Psychiatry Consultant post.

The role of the post is for the provision of psychiatric care and consultant responsibilities within a multidisciplinary team serving Bracknell locality

Main duties of the job

The post holder is expected to provide clinical leadership and expert clinical care to the allocated catchment within the Bracknell locality. The post holder will be based at Churchill House, Bracknell

This post will be covered by the terms and conditions of service for hospital medical and dental staff (England and Wales) as amended from time to time. Travel expenses are covered by National Terms and Conditions. Appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) was formed in April 2001 and successfully became licensed as a Foundation Trust in May 2007. In April 2011 the community services which were previously the provider arms of NHS Berkshire East and NHS Berkshire West PCTs merged with the Trust.

The main centres of population are Reading in the West of the County and Slough in the East. Within Berkshire there are also major populations at Newbury, Wokingham in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot in the East, as well and many significant urban developments in smaller towns forming essentially a single conurbation along the M4 Corridor.

It is no secret that we have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff survey results are one of the best in the country, that we are leaders in digital maturity and that we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development.

What else we can offer you? Besides all of this is the chance to have time to pursue your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, QI, or management & leadership well support you.

In 2021 Berkshire Healthcare was 4th out of the 48 community and mental health trusts for the number of research projects we recruited to and have refreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to develop and implement our research programme.