Job summary

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, that we are leaders in digital
maturity and that we have a mature Quality Improvement approach to innovation
and development.

What
else we can offer you? Besides all of this is the chance to have time to pursue
your own interests, so if they lie in R&D, QI, or management &
leadership well support you.

In
2021 Berkshire Healthcare was 4th out of the 48 community and mental
health trusts for the number of research projects we recruited to, and have
refreshed our research strategy and are looking for enthusiastic colleagues to
develop and implement our research programme.

QI,
the Trust is very active in terms of quality improvement, including the
opportunity to gain fully accredited QI qualifications.

If
you wish to play a pivotal role in leading and developing the service, the
opportunities are there. Equally if you wish to develop in this area, we are
happy to support and nurture your talent to allow you to take on such roles in
the future.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
(BHFT) was formed in April 20and successfully became licensed as a
Foundation Trust in May 2007. In April 2the community services
which were previously the provider arms of NHS Berkshire East and NHS Berkshire
West PCTs merged with the Trust.

The main
centres of population are Reading in the West of the County and Slough in the
East. Within Berkshire there are also
major populations at Newbury, Wokingham in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead,
Windsor and Ascot in the East, as well and many significant urban developments
in smaller towns forming essentially a single conurbation along the M4
Corridor.

Berkshire
is characterised by concentrations of population and large rural areas. It includes some of the most affluent and
least deprived communities in the country, but also has pockets of markedly
deprived wards. The Trust is part of two Integrated
Care Systems (Frimley ICS and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West
ICS) and partners with six local unitary authorities.

The trust has an outstanding CQC
rating.

BHFT employs over 4000
people working from more than
100
sites.

At Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
our mission is to maximise independence and quality of life. Our vision is to
be the best place to give care, the best place to get care.