Consultant Nurse – Assertive Outreach in Mental Health | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£68,852 - £79,638 per annum (Incl. of HCAS)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Slough, SL2 5BX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	18 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Nurse Consultant is a key clinical leadership role for our new innovative Assertive Outreachoffer,  tosupport local mental health services in both Slough and Reading.

 The role will work as part of a specialist team of NHS and VCSE staff to provide excellent care to patients with psychosis who find our conventional services harder to engage with. Clear best practice guidelines for assertive outreach,formulation basedcare delivery and shared caseload principles will support smooth-running of the service. 

As an Advanced Foundation Trust, with an Outstanding rating from the CQC,and  oneof the best staff survey results in the country, we are able to deliver positive changes for our service users and their carers via our mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development, whilst being a great place to work.

We areseekinga highly innovative practitioner who can provide senior clinical leadership and informed decision-making within a multidisciplinary team, whilst adopting creative and flexible clinical practice to engage people living with complex needs in meaningful ways. A focus on all four pillars of advanced practice, (expert clinical practice, clinical leadership, service development,educationand research) isrequiredto help improve outcomes, and will be supported through our excellent Nurse Consultant Network.  

Ourearly implementation of the new assertive outreach approach will focus on the geographical locations of Slough and Reading with an expectation to work across bothsites, and more widely across the Trust as the model evolves. Flexibility within job planningwill include agreement on which base best suits the successful candidate.

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:

A focus on all four pillars of advanced practice:

• Expert clinical practice

• Clinical leadership

• Service development

• Education and research

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

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, 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.

We have identified that this is a role where we have underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. As part of our commitment to inclusion and Unity Against Racism we offer guaranteed interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria and identify as: Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Mixed and ‘Other’ Ethnic Groups.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Reuben Pearce on Reuben.Pearce@berkshire.nhs.uk or Gwen Bonner on Gwen.Bonner@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

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 Thursday 24 Sep 2026

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