Band 7 Practice Nurse Educator - Bristol

Do you understand the clinical and sensory needs of people with a Learning Disability and or Autism and do you have experience supporting their mental health needs?

Are you committed the provision of high-quality care and willing to work innovatively to support the delivery of a seven-day therapeutic offer to patients?

If so, this role will provide you with a rare and exciting career opportunity.

Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP) seek to recruit an exceptional person to provide practice-based education and support to the workforce in the delivery of excellence to people with a learning disability and autistic people receiving support from our specialist acute inpatient mental health service.

The Southwest region is transforming the end-to-end pathway of care to deliver specialist, acute mental health care in a setting designed and staffed to meet the specialist 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 designed by clinicians and people with lived experience. We will open in 2026. You will be employed in AWP Specialised Services division and work as a core member of the team. You will be instrumental in the development, implementation and ongoing delivery of the clinical model for the inpatient service and support the continuous development of the workforce.

To facilitate and support the clinical, professional, and educational development of the nursing workforce within the Kingfisher Learning Disability and Autism inpatient and outreach service. Including but not limited to registered nurses, student nurses and healthcare support workers.

The post holder will be responsible for the development, delivery, and evaluation of a program of clinically relevant practice education to support the professional development of the nursing team, with a specific focus on enabling the delivery of high-quality patient/person centred care that is grounded in evidence-based practice and underpinned by national, organisational and trust objectives, guidelines, and policies.

The postholder will provide expert knowledge and clinical leadership to the clinical team, facilitating the application of theory to practice within the service.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):

a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris Ward Job title: Matron Email address: c.ward40@nhs.net Telephone number: 07889104379