GP with SI/SAS Doctor-Eating Disorders– Temporary maternity cover


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£63,696 - £118,759 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Maidenhead, SL6 6DU
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	15 Jul 2026
Closing date:	14 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

GP or SAS Doctor with Eating Disorder experience to provide one day a week maternity leave cover for 5-6 months. The role is within the All-Age Berkshire Eating Disorder outpatient service.

To be a key part of a specialist Eating Disorders Team of Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists, and Allied Mental Health Practitioners, providing medical assessment, treatment and consultation service for patients referred to the Berkshire Eating Disorders Service (BEDS), as well as to provide professional support to primary care colleagues in Berkshire regarding patients with eating disorders. Please see attached JD.

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

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Experience in working with eating disorders.

2. Great collaborator and team player.

3. Well organised and excellent record keeping skills.

4. Compassionate and great communicator.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly 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. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to email Clare Moran, Head of Service – clare.moran@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jul 2026

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