Staff Nurse - Anchor Ward, Bodmin Community Hospital

Job summary

This role will be based on Willow Stroke Rehabilitation Unit as Liskeard Community Hospital temporarily until 31/12/25. Following this date you will be permanently based on Anchor Ward, Bodmin Community Hospital.

Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Selection Day at Carew House, Bodmin on 21st March 2025. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our nursing team for Anchor Ward, Bodmin Community Hospital. This role will require the post holders to be committed to the on-going development of the ward and multi-disciplinary team working, aiming to deliver the highest standards of patient care to our predominantly elderly patients.

This post will require you to undertake a range of Long Days and Night duties on a rotational basis in order to support 24 hour nursing care, 7 days per week. Although based at Bodmin Community Hospital, a flexible working approach is required to support North and East Cornwall Locality Community Hospitals as service needs require.

Visits to the ward by prospective applicants are encouraged. Please contact ward manager Donna Stanyon.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit full time and part time Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our nursing team for Anchor Ward, Bodmin Community Hospital. These roles will require the post holders to be committed to the on-going development of the ward and multi-disciplinary team working, aiming to deliver the highest standards of patient care to our predominantly elderly patients.

The posts will also provide the opportunity to participate in nurse led care and make contributions to a variety of care pathways. On Anchor ward we are dynamic in our care and offer the opportunity to work in palliative care, medical, surgical and orthopaedic cases as well as a community hospital alcohol detox bed and the amputation care pathway. The Woodfield Stroke Unit provides stroke rehabilitation for patients closer to home in a therapy led unit delivering care within the stroke pathway. This post will require you to undertake a range of Long Days and Night duties on a rotational basis in order to support 24 hour nursing care, 7 days per week. Although based at Bodmin Community Hospital, a flexible working approach is required to support North and East Cornwall Locality Community Hospitals as service needs require.

Visits to the ward by prospective applicants are encouraged. Please contact ward manager Donna Stanyon.

About us

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.