Speciality Doctor - WAM Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
| Posting date: | 02 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,542 - £99,216 (pro rata /per annum) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | Maidenhead, SL6 1LD |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7712646/371-D721 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Speciality Doctor to join our Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead Community Mental Health Team, part of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
WAM CMHT provides comprehensive mental health care for working-age adults across a diverse population of approximately 153,000. Working closely with inpatient services at Prospect Park Hospital, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, and other specialist services to ensure seamless care.
You will join a well-established multidisciplinary team comprising psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and support staff. The medical team includes two Consultant Psychiatrists and SAS colleagues, ensuring collaborative working and cross-cover arrangements.
The post is based at a newly refurbished facility in Maidenhead town centre, offering easy access to local amenities and excellent transport links, including the Elizabeth Line and M4 corridor. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a vibrant area with outstanding schools, cultural attractions, and beautiful outdoor spaces along the River Thames and Chiltern Hills.
It is no secret that we have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff survey results are one of the best in the country, and we are leaders in digital maturity and that we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development.
In 2021 Berkshire Healthcare came 4thof the 48 community and mental health trusts for the number of research projects we recruited to.
We have refreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to develop and implement our research programme.
Please refer to the attached Speciality Doctor job description and person specification for this role.
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.
Your wellbeing is important to us and some benefits of working for us include:
• Excellent CPD, career development, and study leave opportunities.
• A supportive, collaborative environment within a forward-thinking Trust.
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Genrous NHS pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• ‘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
• Free parking across Trust sites
The chance to work in a locality that combines professional challenge with exceptional lifestyle benefits
Besides all of this is the chance to have time to pursue your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, or management & leadership we’ll support you. The Trust is very active in terms of quality improvement, including the opportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications
Please refer to the attached Speciality Doctor job description and person specification for this role.
This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Speciality Doctor to join our Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead Community Mental Health Team, part of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
WAM CMHT provides comprehensive mental health care for working-age adults across a diverse population of approximately 153,000. Working closely with inpatient services at Prospect Park Hospital, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, and other specialist services to ensure seamless care.
You will join a well-established multidisciplinary team comprising psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and support staff. The medical team includes two Consultant Psychiatrists and SAS colleagues, ensuring collaborative working and cross-cover arrangements.
The post is based at a newly refurbished facility in Maidenhead town centre, offering easy access to local amenities and excellent transport links, including the Elizabeth Line and M4 corridor. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a vibrant area with outstanding schools, cultural attractions, and beautiful outdoor spaces along the River Thames and Chiltern Hills.
It is no secret that we have an outstanding rating from the CQC, our staff survey results are one of the best in the country, and we are leaders in digital maturity and that we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation and development.
In 2021 Berkshire Healthcare came 4thof the 48 community and mental health trusts for the number of research projects we recruited to.
We have refreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to develop and implement our research programme.
Please refer to the attached Speciality Doctor job description and person specification for this role.
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.
Your wellbeing is important to us and some benefits of working for us include:
• Excellent CPD, career development, and study leave opportunities.
• A supportive, collaborative environment within a forward-thinking Trust.
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Genrous NHS pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• ‘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
• Free parking across Trust sites
The chance to work in a locality that combines professional challenge with exceptional lifestyle benefits
Besides all of this is the chance to have time to pursue your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, or management & leadership we’ll support you. The Trust is very active in terms of quality improvement, including the opportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications
Please refer to the attached Speciality Doctor job description and person specification for this role.
This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026
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