Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities - Reading

Reading, South East England, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
• Section 12 (Mental Health Act) Approved or eligible
• Hold Approved Clinician [AC] status or be eligible

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in community-based services for people with learning disabilities.
• Multidisciplinary team working within learning disability services

Our Trust's vision is 'To be a great place to get care, a great place to give care.'
This vision guides everything we do - for our patients, their carers, their families, our staff, and our partners. To achieve it, we are committed to a strong set of values that underpin the way we work:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority - we put people at the centre of everything we do.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services - we strive for excellence in care and in our ways of working.
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions - we collaborate with patients, carers, colleagues, and communities to deliver care that makes a difference.

These values are brought to life through our four Trust Behaviours, which are essential to how we work and the culture we create:

• Compassionate - Motivated to positively impact the wellbeing of self and others.
• Curious - Listening, learning and exploring new ideas and ways of working to continually improve what we do.
• Inclusive - Valuing diversity and championing equity by ensuring everyone feels recognised.
  able to contribute and committed to actively addressing unfairness.
• Perseverance - Demonstrates resilience and flexibility even during periods of uncertainty, to achieve goals that contribute to high-quality care and services.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

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