Band 5 Staff Nurse (RMN or RNLD) - Bristol

Job summary

Are you an experienced RMN or RNLD nurse? If so, we would love to hear from you.

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?

Cary ward of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) is looking for an exceptional person to provide leadership to deliver our vision to deliver excellence for people with a learning disability and autistic people in our specialist acute inpatient mental health services

Cary Ward is an 8-bed medium secure unit within Fromeside, Secure Services, supporting men with Learning Disabilities and Autism, who have been detained under the Mental Health Act and many of whom have had involvement with the criminal justice system.

Cary ward is being coproduced and you will be influential in designing and implementing our service and team in partnership with people with lived experience. This is an exciting and ambitious programme that will deliver measurable benefits and clinical outcomes for those people with a learning disability and autistic people and their families by providing the sensory and clinical environment that both supports patients and contributes to recovery.

Due to the clinical risk profile and the need to ensure an appropriate skill mix within the team, the service requires nurses who can practise autonomously and independently.

Main duties of the job

The band 5 staff nurse role is a key member of the in-patient multidisciplinary team. Working with service users and their families, friends and carers to help make a difference to the experience of those using our services by:

Demonstrating kindness, respect and compassion

Helping to keep people safe through good risk assessment and good clinical practice

Helping to develop coproduced plans of care, which are personalised and responsive to peoples needs

Providing health promotion information to service users and carers

Undertaking effective treatment supported and delivered in line with current legislation, standards and evidence based guidance

Providing supervision and mentoring to other staff and students

Being part of the AWP vision to provide high quality care

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

25 June 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

342-SEC026-0626

Job locations

Cary Ward, Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 2EW

United Kingdom