Consultant Psychiatrist Inpatient Service
For this role, we are very happy to consider both consultant and locum consultant applications.
We have an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission, our staff survey results are among the best in the country, we are leaders in digital maturity and have a mature Quality Improvement (QI) approach to innovation and development. We are also very popular with the trainee doctors, are viewed as extremely helpful and supportive, and receive excellent feedback.
For International Medical Graduates, we will support you to get Section 12 and Approved Clinician status and, in the longer term via CESR, we will support you to become substantive consultants on the GMC specialist register. That being said, we treat all of our consultants the same; as far as we are concerned, a consultant is a consultant whether they are on the specialist register or not.
For consultants, there is the chance to pursue your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, QI, or management & leadership, we will 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. We have refreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to develop and implement the Trust's research programme.
The Trust is very active in terms of quality improvement, including the opportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Consultant job description 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 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 and Wokingham in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor, and Ascot in the East, along with significant urban developments in smaller towns forming essentially a single conurbation along the M4 Corridor.
Berkshire is characterised by concentrations of population and large rural areas. It includes some of the most affluent and least deprived communities in the country, but also has pockets of markedly deprived wards. The Trust is part of two Integrated Care Systems (Frimley ICS and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West ICS) and partners with six local unitary authorities.
The Trust has an outstanding CQC rating.
BHFT employs over 4000 people working from more than 100 sites.
At Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, our mission is to maximise independence and quality of life. Our vision is to be the best place to give care and the best place to get care.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Consultant job description together with the person specification for this role.
Person Specification
Experience
* Has worked in a senior non-consultant level post in acute adult psychiatry, within an inpatient and/or community setting.
* Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
* Development of services within inpatient settings.
Qualifications
* Section 12 (Mental Health Act) Approved or eligible.
* Hold Approved Clinician [AC] status or be eligible.
* Higher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medical, psychological or other studies.
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists Guidelines).
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.
£105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata per annum.
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