Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse - St Mary's Hospital
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-25-682
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Band 5
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
Great Care
- 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.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Registered Nurse to join our team.
St Mary’s Hospital sits on an island and our communities are passionate about the care they receive locally, therefore we are looking for a compassionate and dedicated individual to take up this post.
The hospital has one main inpatient ward, providing inpatient and outpatient clinics, minor injury and community care. You need to have a passion for community nursing with an interest in minor injury and ward care, good communication skills and a commitment to providing excellent care as part of the hospital team. You must be responsive to change and be flexible in your approach. A sound knowledge of professional issues will be required.
Opportunities will be offered to the successful candidate to develop in areas of Minor Injury and service development.
An Island Living Allowance of 5% of the salary will be paid to any successful applicant; there is a possibility that single person accommodation may also be available.
Main duties of the job
To deliver, without supervision, effective assessment and treatment of patients utilising an evidence-based approach.
Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and clinical interventions, reflecting the needs of patients attending the unit and within the community.
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’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification relevant to post
- Current professional registration - NMC
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registrations qualification relevant to role
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate accuracy in simple and complex drug calculations
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Evidence of team working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Bosanko-Green
- Job title
- Hospital Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01720 422829
- Additional information
Lynda McHale, Matron
Tel: 07824 732251 Email: [email protected]
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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