Physical Health And Well-Being Nurse in Bodmin

Main area Mental Health Nurse / Physical Health and Well-Being Nurse Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term contract or Secondment Opportunity) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 201-26-928

Site Banham House, Bodmin Hospital Town Bodmin Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

CALLING ALL RGN's!

A fantastic opportunity has arising in our Community Mental Health Teams for you to come to work with us!

There is clear evidence that those experiencing severe mental health issues are at significant risk of dying prematurely for a number of reasons including inequalities of access to both health and social care as well as genetic and treatment related issues.

Therefore regular physical health support and monitoring is essential to level up such inequalities and promote longevity and quality of life for those we serve.

If you choose to take this opportunity to work with us, you will be joining during a period of unprecedented transformation where our services and the Mental Health system as a whole is being redesigned via a process of coproduction with those who currently utilise our services and so know exactly what needs attention and how we might support people in the most meaningful, respectful and effective way.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation.

Main duties of the job

• Be a visible, accessible and professional authoritative presence for patients and staff, working alongside staff in teams in direct clinical contact with patients and their families within the community to ensure high standards of physical health care are being carried out.
• To ensure provision of holistic nursing assessment and high quality, safe, evidence based care to patients.
• Assessing, diagnosing, care planning, reviewing all aspects of physical care and supporting mental health nurses and support workers in the community to also do this, upskilling staff when needed.
• To support the team manager in making strategic improvements to the health and safety of patients through CQUINs and institute of health improvement projects.
• The post holders will also be encouraged and supported to make improvements to care that they identify on a day to day basis.
• Help carry out audits to ensure that practise is safe and analyse data and formulate strategies to improve practice within the community teams with the staff.

Some cross cover will be required to help cover leave and to support workload commitments at each site, it would be expected that home visits would be made to some patients and therefore a car driver is essential for this post (mileage will be paid or use of base cars).

Working for our organisation

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

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'.

Please note: If you are an internal candidate and wanting to apply for this position as a secondment opportunity. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Current professional registration - NMC
• Professional qualification – Registered General Nurse (adult) or Dual Registered RGN/RMN or RMN with additional skills in general nursing
• Non-medical prescriber

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to provide physical health care in mental health community bases and in the patients own home environment
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to provide skilled, evidence based nursing care to a wide range of patients.
• Community/ District Nursing
• Health promotion and well being

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmesCoaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Health Jobs UK website has jobs from numerous employers, within health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical, surgical and specialist services to a population of around 500,000 which can increase significantly during the busy holiday periods.

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