# Mental Health Healthcare Assistant - Inpatients

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bodmin
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum/ Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T10:30:36.506Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/RedruthBodmin/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Healthcare_Assistant/Healthcare_Assistant-v8174197
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8174197?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Selection day at Carew House, Bodmin on 21st August 2026. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

We are looking for caring, compassionate and motivated individuals to join our Mental Health Inpatient Services as Healthcare Assistants across a range of specialist settings, including Forensic, Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU), Acute, Rehabilitation,  Children Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Dementia Older People and Place of Safety units.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives by supporting individuals during some of their most challenging times.

This role involves working shifts across a 24-hour period, including:

- Long days
- Nights
- Twilight shifts
- Weekends and bank holiday

Successful candidates will be considered for vacancies across the following areas, subject to service need and availability at the time of appointment:

Bodmin Hospital

- Sowenna
- Fettle
- Garner
- Harvest
- Bowman
- Fletcher
- East Place of Safety

Longreach Hospital

- Carbis
- Cove
- Perran
- West Place of Safety

### Main duties of the job

To Support the delivery of care needs by carrying out assigned tasks involving direct care under the supervision of a registered nurse. To contribute to the evaluation of programmes of care by reporting to the clinical supervisor.

As part of a team, provide high quality mental health care to the service users to promote recovery. To do all the above in a manner that maintains safety for all. To assist in service and good practice developments.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Skills and Aptitude

**Desirable**

- Practical skills associated with monitoring patients physical health

### Knowledge and abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to encourage and support service users to engage in meaningful activities and decision-making about their care

### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

**Essential**

- NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience
- Experience working with patients with complex care in any of the following: Dementia Older People Mental Health, Forensic Mental Health, Rehabilitation Mental Health, Acute Mental Health, Psychiatric Intensive Care, Children Adolescent Mental Health, Place of Safety

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of recovery and rehabilitation principles

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [job description (pdf, 592.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10476785)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10476786)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)

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