SPECIALTY DOCTOR (MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT SERVICE)
It isno secret that we have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff surveyresults are one of the best in the country, that we are leaders in digitalmaturity and that we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovationand development.
In2021 Berkshire Healthcare was 4th out of the 48 community and mentalhealth trusts for the number of research projects we recruited to, and haverefreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues todevelop and implement our research programme.
QI,the Trust is very active in terms of quality improvement, including theopportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Specialty Doctor jobdescription together with the person specification for this role.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust(BHFT) was formed in April 2001 and successfully became licensed as aFoundation Trust in May 2007. In April 2011 the community serviceswhich were previously the provider arms of NHS Berkshire East and NHS BerkshireWest PCTs merged with the Trust.
The maincentres of population are Reading in the West of the County and Slough in theEast. Within Berkshire there are alsomajor populations at Newbury, Wokingham in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead,Windsor and Ascot in the East, as well and many significant urban developmentsin smaller towns forming essentially a single conurbation along the M4Corridor.
Berkshireis characterised by concentrations of population and large rural areas. It includes some of the most affluent andleast deprived communities in the country, but also has pockets of markedlydeprived wards. The Trust is part of two IntegratedCare Systems (Frimley ICS and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire WestICS) and partners with six local unitary authorities.
The trust has an outstanding CQCrating.
BHFT employs over 4000people working from more than100sites.
At Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,our mission is to maximise independence and quality of life. Our vision is tobe the best place to give care, the best place to get care.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Specialty Doctor jobdescription together with the person specification for this role.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience in the relevant speciality or sub-specialty
* Experience of working in an inpatient mental health team
Qualifications
* Fully registered with the General Medical Council
* MBChB or equivalent
* Eligible for section 12 approval
* MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry
* Section 12 approved
* AC approved
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.
Associate Medical Director- MH Inpatient Service
£59,175 to £95,400 a yearpro rata, per anum
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