Band 7 Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner in LD/Autism - Bristol

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust is seeking an experienced clinician to join the Bristol Autism Spectrum Service (BASS) as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner. The role will focus on complex autism assessment and workforce development within a multidisciplinary team in Bristol.

You will contribute to training, supervision, and future service design as the ACP pathway evolves. Initial duties centre on autism assessment and workforce development, with progression to

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of working with autistic adults
• Extensive experience of autism assessment
• Experience of teaching and training colleagues
• Professional qualification in Nursing, OT, SLT or another registered profession

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine expertise in complex autism assessment and formulation
• Lead workforce development, supervision, and autism assessment training
• Support transformation, service development, leadership, education and research
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of new models of care for autistic adults and neurodevelopmental differences

Skills

Autism assessment

Teaching & training

Leadership in clinical settings

Experience with autistic adults

Education

Nursing qualification

Occupational Therapy qualification

Speech and Language Therapy qualification

Other registered profession

Job description

The post-holder will play an important role in both service delivery and transformation, contributing to the design, implementation and evaluation of new models of care for autistic adults and people with neurodevelopmental differences.

Initially, the post-holder will develop and further refine expertise in complex neurodevelopmental assessment and formulation within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. The role will evolve to encompass increasing responsibility for advanced clinical decision-making, leadership, service development, education, research, and the delivery of specialist interventions for autistic adults and people with neurodevelopmental differences.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic clinician to join the Bristol Autism Spectrum Service (BASS) as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner., Applicants must have substantial experience of working with autistic adults, extensive experience of autism assessment, experience of teaching and training, and a professional qualification in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, or another relevant registered profession., We are seeking an experienced clinician who is passionate about improving outcomes for autistic people and who has substantial experience of working with autistic adults and/or people with neurodevelopmental differences.

During the early stages of the transformation programme, the post-holder will play a key role in supporting the development of the autism workforce, including contributing to the delivery of training and supervision in autism assessment for newly appointed clinicians. This offers a unique opportunity to influence both the future shape of the service and the development of the workforce required to deliver it.

BASS is currently undertaking an exciting transformation programme, moving from a predominantly diagnostic-led service towards a needs-led model of care for autistic adults. This is a unique opportunity to join the service at a pivotal stage in its development and help shape future autism services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Initially, the post-holder will focus on complex autism assessment, workforce development, and training newly appointed clinicians in autism assessment. Over time, the role will develop to include increasing responsibility for specialist intervention, service development, leadership, education, and research as part of the Advanced Clinical Practice pathway., We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.