Senior Staff Nurse CATU​/SDEC

Main area Adult Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent:
Maternity leave cover Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours considered) Job  

Site Bodmin Hospital Town Bodmin

Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum/Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/2026 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.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to ensure 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. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) is excited to offer an opportunity for a Senior Staff Nurse within our Bodmin Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Bodmin Clinical Assessment and Treatment Unit (CATU)

Patients are admitted direct for assessment from home or ED.

Do you enjoy acute nursing and dynamic patient flow? The CATU/SDEC model is an innovative and dynamic patient pathway of which a key aspect is the assessment of the acute patient and treatment of symptoms aiming to return the patient to their home with the right support. You will be empowered to utilise a range of nursing skills (supported by training) to support patients through a clinical admission, assessment, and ongoing treatment.

You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will need to be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for using extended skills and a desire for on-going professional development.

On behalf of the Ward Manager, and as the nurse in charge, liaise with members of the multi‑professional team both within the department and beyond, to promote effective communication and to ensure high quality care is delivered to the patient both effectively and efficiently.

Take direct referrals to the Same Day Emergency Care and Community Assessment and Treatment units which assess and treat as appropriate people living with frailty. The aim of the post holder is to co‑ordinate the triage, arrivals, and management of the patient group within a multidisciplinary team to support alternatives to admission.

Oversee patient flow in a dynamic setting supporting people to return to their own homes where possible which requires working collaboratively with admission avoidance colleagues in Virtual Ward and community partners to provide the right support to do so.

Be responsible and accountable for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in this setting. Initiate assessments and treatments in a nurse‑led environment.

Provide leadership, support and supervision to junior colleagues and act as a role model in the assessing, planning, implementing, evaluation and delivery of a high standard of individualised care to patients and their carers while on the ward or when appropriate throughout the hospital.

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.

We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

• Current professional registration with NMC
• Professional nursing qualification at degree level
• Evidence of current and ongoing professional development
• Staff management and leadership including HR processes
• Postgraduate qualification in leadership or equivalent experience
• Experienced in successfully implementing change management strategies

• Evidence of active involvement in developing new ways of working
• Competence in cannulation and venepuncture
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