Specialist Staff Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum (Incl. of HCAS)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Slough, SL2 5BX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	17 Oct 2026

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Summary

Berkshire Healthcare is developing an innovative Assertive Outreach service to provide intensive, flexible and compassionate support to people living with severe and enduring mental health conditions who find it difficult to engage with traditional services. To support this, we are looking for a Specialist Staff Nurse.

This is an exciting Band 7 opportunity to join a newly established specialist multidisciplinary team and play a key role in leading and shaping how Assertive Outreach is delivered across Berkshire. Working from either our Reading or Slough hub, you will support individuals with complex needs, helping them remain engaged with services, avoid crisis and admission, and achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.

Location: Prospect House, Reading OR New Horizons, Slough

We have two full time posts available

Asa Specialist StaffNurse, you will:

• Manage a protected caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs, significant riskfactorsand multi-agency involvement.

• Deliver proactive and persistent outreach, including community visits and flexible engagement approaches.

• Develop collaborative care plans focused on recovery, relapsepreventionand admission avoidance.

• Work closely with carers, families and partner agencies including housing, social care, primary care,policeand voluntary services.

• Act as an expert practitioner within the multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership,supervisionand specialist advice.

• Contribute to service development, qualityimprovementand the implementation of innovative approaches to engagement and care.

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:

• Current NMC registration.

• Significant experience working with people with severe mental illness in community settings.

• Experience of working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency environments.

• Leadership experience or equivalent management experience, including line management and supervision.

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 welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact: martin.gill@berkshire.nhs.uk (CMHS Manager for Reading) or debra.broderick@berkshire.nhs.uk (Head of Service for Slough CMHS) 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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