Healthcare Assistant - Bodmin

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cornwall is looking for a Healthcare Assistant to provide quality interventions and support to patients. The role involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team, engaging in personal care tasks, and promoting recovery for service users with mental health needs. The ideal candidate will have NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care and experience in mental health care. This position offers a salary of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, with shifts across a 24-hour clock.

Qualifications

• Experience working with patients who have complex mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of care needs by carrying out assigned tasks involving direct care.
• Provide high quality mental health care to the service users to promote recovery.
• Assist in service and good practice developments.

Skills

Knowledge of recovery and rehabilitation principles

Basic IT Skills

Practical skills associated with monitoring patients' physical health

Education

NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

Job description

Go back Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant - Bodmin

The closing date is 09 November 2025

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

You will be responsible for providing quality interventions and support to our patients; this will take the place in the form of 1:1's, supporting with running groups aimed at empowering people, helping patients access the community, engaging in meaningful activity and supporting with personal care tasks in the hospital.

You must be able to communicate sensitively. You will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary Team. Garner has a strong multidisciplinary team including healthcare assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, social inclusion workers, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. Our focus however, is on the service user, and they are at the heart of the team.

The post will be working shifts across the 24-hour clock, including weekends and nights.

Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the gov.uk website to see if you're eligible before applying.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Shortlisting

• NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of recovery and rehabilitation principles
• Experience working with patients who have complex mental health needs
• Basic IT Skills
• Practical skills associated with monitoring patients physical health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearPer annum/ Pro rata