Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult Community Mental Health Service
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Maidenhead, SL6 1LDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 November 2026
39 days leftJob description
Help shape the future of adult mental healthcare in Berkshire. Join a forward-thinking community of Consultant Psychiatrists committed to delivering h...
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential: - Excellent knowledge in specialty; - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Desirable: - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
How to apply
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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