Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry

NHS; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Thatcham is seeking a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry to provide high-quality mental health care. This role offers flexible working options, excellent career development opportunities, and a supportive environment for research and quality improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should possess substantial clinical skills and experience relevant to older adults. Salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave rising with service

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme

Access to wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at popular retailers

Staff networks for diversity and inclusion

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the service.
• Support research projects and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Wide range of specialist experience within NHS or comparable service

Experience in additional medical specialty related to older adults

Job description

Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry 10 PAs - Job share applicants are also encouraged to apply.

We have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff survey results are one of the best in the country, we are leaders in digital maturity and have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development.

Besides our achievements, we offer the chance to have time to pursue your own interests, such as R&D, QI, or management & leadership, and we'll support you.

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

We are active in quality improvement, including the opportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications.

If you wish to play a pivotal role in leading and developing the service, the opportunities are there, and if you wish to develop in this area, we are happy to support and nurture your talent.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Consultant job description and person specification for this role.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust, rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, and committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

Our values include:

• 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, and some benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• 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

Job responsibilities and Person Specification

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Experience in additional medical specialty and especially when relevant to older adults e.g. elderly care medicine, neurology, end of life care.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata per annum