Specialty Doctor (Mental Health Inpatient Service)

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Reading is seeking an experienced Specialty Doctor for the Mental Health Inpatient Service. This role offers opportunities to lead initiatives, participate in research, and develop your skills in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong medical background in psychiatry and be fully registered with the GMC. Competitive salary range from £61,542 to £99,216 per annum is offered.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
• Eligible for section 12 approval.
• Section 12 approved.
• AC approved.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the service in mental health.
• Participate in research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support and nurture talent in the team.

Skills

Good medical and psychiatric knowledge

Experience in relevant specialty or sub-specialty

Experience of working in an inpatient mental health team

Education

MBChB or equivalent

MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry

Job description

Specialty Doctor (Mental Health Inpatient Service)

It is no secret that we have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff survey results are among the best in the country, we are leaders in digital maturity and we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development.

What else can we offer you? Besides all of this, there is the chance to have time to pursue your own interests. If they lie in R&D, QI, or management and leadership, we will support you.

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

QI: The Trust is very active in terms of 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. Equally, if you wish to develop in this area, we are happy to support and nurture your talent to enable you to take on such roles in the future.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Specialty Doctor job description together with the person specification for this role.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) was formed in April 2001 and 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. There are also major populations at Newbury, Wokingham in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot in the East, as well as many significant urban developments in smaller towns forming essentially a single conurbation along the M4 Corridor.

Berkshire is characterized 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 materially 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, the best place to get care.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Specialty Doctor job description together with the person specification for this role.

Person Specification

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

Knowledge

• Good medical and psychiatric knowledge

Skills/abilities

• For details of all other criteria, please see the attached job description together with the person specification for this role.

Experience

• Experience in the relevant specialty or sub-specialty
• Experience of working in an inpatient mental health team

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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£61,542 to £99,216 a year, pro rata per annum