Consultant Psychiatrist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join its community specialist team in Reading. The role focuses on providing psychiatric services to children and young people, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and ensuring safe patient care. The organization offers a supportive work environment with a commitment to inclusivity and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

Cycle to Work and car leasing schemes

Free parking across Trust sites

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric services to children and young people in the community.
• Collaborate with other consultants to ensure service delivery.
• Manage a varied caseload with clinical supervision.
• Participate in meetings with team members and external agencies.

Skills

Supportive clinical leadership

Enthusiastic and self-motivated

Good sense of humour

Education

Professional registration with GMC

Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval

Approved Clinician status

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our innovative and experienced community specialist CAMHS team in Berkshire West. This is a replacement post for a 6 PAs community CAMHS consultant psychiatrist vacancy in our West Specialist Community team (Wokingham locality). The role is mainly based at Erlegh House, within the grounds of Reading University, with some travel to other trust sites for meetings and a small element of home working. The Consultant will be based within the West Business Unit, covering Wokingham, Reading and Newbury. The Consultant will primarily provide psychiatric services to children and young people in the Wokingham locality, while collaborating with other Consultants within the West Business Unit to ensure services are provided relative to demand across the unit and to contribute to cross-cover across CAMH services to ensure safe patient care.

Responsibilities

• The Multi-Disciplinary Team provides an outpatient Tier 3 Specialist CAMH service to children and adolescents up to 18 years old for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders.
• Work closely with adult services and support a trust-wide transition policy.
• Orient to a team approach and work with CAMHS teams such as CAMHS Common Point of Entry (CPE), CAMHS Rapid Response (Crisis team), CAMHS Phoenix (Tier 4 alternative to admission adolescent unit), and with parents/carers and other CYPF colleagues including Community Paediatricians, the Children & Young People’s Integrated Therapy Team, Health Visitors, School Nurses, GPs, Children’s Social Care and other local authority services and partners.
• Collaborate with other CYPF colleagues and clinical support staff in the Trust and MDT members.
• Contribute to assessment of children and young people presenting to the team.
• Treat children and young people with mental health disorders in a manner tailored to individual needs within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Manage a caseload that varies with clinical complexity, with regular caseload supervision with the line manager.
• Provide consultation and collaboration with other agencies in the assessment and treatment of complex presentations.
• Attend meetings and provide consultations with team members and external agencies as required.
• Plan and co-ordinate mental health services for children, young people and families, where appropriate.

About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Benefits

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + option to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Cycle to Work and car leasing schemes including electric vehicles
• Access to wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and Armed Forces community
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Requirements / The 4 “must haves”

• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, be on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, have Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician status, and abide by professional codes of conduct.
• Able to provide supportive clinical leadership to the clinical team
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Have a good sense of humour

Additional information

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

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our accreditations include 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.

How to apply / contact

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please contact Marie Duffield, Service Manager, at [e-mail] for help, or Dr Anne Carbonnier, Interim Medical Lead for CAMHS, at [e-mail] for more information and informal discussion.

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. This advert closes on Sunday 9 Nov 2025.