Consultant Psychiatrist, Assertive Outreach | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Slough, SL2 5BX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Oct 2026

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Summary

We are pleased to offer a recruitment premium of £15,000 and a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (where applicable) for external candidates.

We are looking for a consultant psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership and support the ongoing development of anew innovative Assertive Outreach Functionto support local mental health services in the urban centres of Slough and Reading.

The role will work very flexibly with a team of NHS and VCSE staff to provide excellent care to patients with psychosis who find our conventional services harder to engage with. A caseload for the function capped at an agreed optimal (AO-compatible) level will ensure that patients in greatest need of additional input will receive it. Clear best practice guidelines, formulation based care delivery and shared caseload principles will support smooth-running of the service.

As an Advanced Foundation Trust, with an 'outstanding' rating from the CQC,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.

The post holder will be working in a new post as the Consultant Psychiatrist for the new AO function across the Reading and Slough localities. They will be expected to case manage a cohort of around 30 patients in each location, giving a total full caseload of 60 for the AO function in Reading and Slough. This is open to review. Those patients will be selected by the place MDT (including input from the AO team members) from the cohort of patients with psychosis as those most requiring an AO approach for their wellbeing and for the safety of our communities.

The post holder will be expected to take a lead role in the clinical management of patients and to be the Responsible Clinician. Some of these patients with be subject to community treatment orders. The majority of these patients will be under existing services and the postholder will be expected to receive transfer of care of these patients in a manageable agreed timescale.

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.

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

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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