Band 7 Learning Disability and Autism Clinical Ward Manager - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a passionate leader for their specialized acute inpatient mental health services. You will play a critical role in providing exceptional care tailored to individuals with learning disabilities and autism, guiding the development and quality assurance of the service before its opening in 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in a mental health setting, preferably involving learning disabilities and autism.
• Strong leadership and clinical management skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, lead, and evaluate a high-quality service for individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism.
• Work closely with clinical staff to ensure safety and effectiveness of care delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical management

Person-centered care

Awareness of learning disabilities and autism

Job description

Job overview

Do you bring passion and commitment to delivering high quality care? Do you understand the clinical and sensory needs of people with a Learning Disability and or Autism? If so this role will provide you with a rare and exciting career opportunity.

Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP) are seeking to recruit an exceptional person to provide leadership to support delivery of our vision of excellence to people with a learning disability and autistic people in our specialist acute inpatient mental health services.

The South West region is transforming the end to end pathway of care, together we will work to support people to live their best lives in their local communities. The ambition is to deliver specialist, acute mental health care in a setting designed and staffed to meet the specialist environmental and clinical needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism where access to mainstream inpatient services cannot be achieved through implementation of reasonable adjustments.

The Kingfisher inpatient service will be a centre of excellence and has been carefully designed and developed with clinicians and people with lived experience. We expect to open in early 2026. You will be employed in AWP Specialised Services division and work as a core member of the project team until opening. You will be instrumental in the development, implementation and delivery of the clinical and operational model for the inpatient service.

Main duties of the job

To inspire, lead and evaluate a service of high quality, ensuring that people who have a Learning Disability and/or Autism are provided with an outstanding person-centred approach to care delivery that always considers their safety, privacy and dignity.

Working alongside the Matron you will be a figurehead of the service, making the best use of resources, and ensuring the care and treatment activities delivered are safe, effective, caring and responsive to the needs and preferences of service users and carers. The role integrates aspects of clinical management, employee support, clinical leadership and accountability.