Nursing Associate - DOPMH Community Mental Health Service

Nursing Associate - DOPMH Community Mental Health Service Band 4

Main area Nursing Associate Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5) Job  
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Site Falmouth Hospital Town Falmouth Salary £28,392 - £31,157 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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

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• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
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• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

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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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate to work within the Mid Cornwall Locality in the Older People's Mental Health Community Service.

This is a newly developed role and the successful applicant will work within the Multidisciplinary team, completing mental health reviews for patients and supporting the Care Co-Ordinator's in their role.

The Mid Cornwall DOPMH Community Mental Health Service are a dynamic team who support patients presenting with acute and severe:

• Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia of any age
• Functional mental health disorders over the age of 75

This job role will require the successful applicant to be able to independently travel to patient's houses within the Mid Cornwall area and will require loan working.

The role is for 37.5 hours per week. This will entail working Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 (excluding 0.5 hour unpaid lunch break each day)

This post will entail holding a caseload of patients who requiremental health support including:

• Medication tolerance reviews
• Care Plan reviews
• Reviews of specific conditions including both functional and organic mental health disorders
• Administering long acting injectable antipsychotic medications and monitoring for side effects
• Reviews for patients under Section 117 of the MHA (1983)

This role will also require working within the Multidisciplinary Team. It will involve supporting the Community Psychiatric Nurses within the service in their roles as Care Co-ordinators and Duty Clinicians.

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…