Job summary
Join an Outstanding Trust with Advanced Foundation Trust status, where external candidates may be eligible for a £15,000 recruitment premium and a relocation package (where applicable) of up to £8,000.

We are proud of our Outstanding CQC rating, strong staff engagement, sector-leading digital maturity, and a culture that embraces innovation through Quality Improvement (QI).

What else we can offer you? Besides all of this is the chance to have time to pursue your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, QI, or management & leadership we'll 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, and 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 allow you to take on such roles in the future.

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 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 at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• 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
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• 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

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 371-TAPD733-C
Closing date: 29 November 2026

Person Specification
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Essential: Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Essential: 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

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Essential: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Essential: Ability to work in and lead team
• Desirable: Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address: Nicholson House, Maidenhead, SL6 1LD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of MH Service - Mental Health, Rita Morrison, Rita.Morrison@berkshire.nhs.uk, 07881788608

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