# Mental Health Staff Nurse - Inpatients > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-staff-nurse-inpatients/b4230c87-cadd-4d2a-a8e5-5c0241b1c860 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-staff-nurse-inpatients/b4230c87-cadd-4d2a-a8e5-5c0241b1c860.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bodmin - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum/Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T11:12:45.738Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/RedruthBodmin/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Nurse/Mental_Health_Nurse-v8042260 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8042260?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 19th June 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 Staff Nurses 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 holidays 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 be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and may be required to teach other nursing and non- nursing staff. To provide designated named nurse responsibility for a number of patients. To provide leadership, supervision and support to junior staff both qualified and unqualified in the absence of the Clinical Team Leader and Unit Manager during the course of the normal shift pattern, and to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources available to deliver a high standard of quality care to service users. ### 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’. ## Job Details Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Selection day at Carew House, Bodmin on 19th June 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 Staff Nurses 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 holidays Bodmin Hospital Sowenna Fettle Garner Harvest Bowman Fletcher East Place of Safety Longreach Hospital Carbis Cove Perran West Place of Safety ## Job Description To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and may be required to teach other nursing and non- nursing staff. To provide designated named nurse responsibility for a number of patients. To provide leadership, supervision and support to junior staff both qualified and unqualified in the absence of the Clinical Team Leader and Unit Manager during the course of the normal shift pattern, and to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources available to deliver a high standard of quality care to service users. ## 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 **Essential** - Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written communication - Up to date clinical skills in providing mental health care to patients in hospital ### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience **Essential** - Current professional registration – NMC - Professional qualification – RMN, RNLD, RGN - Experience of working with patients with complex and challenging needs **Desirable** - To act as an assessor for learners. Having the mentoring qualification or being willing to work towards this qualification and attending mentorship updates as required. ## 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) - [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834) - [functional requirements (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10330829) - [job description - band 5 (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10330828) - [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.