Find nursing shifts across Cornwall
From the Tamar bridge to Land’s End, across both coasts and the china clay country, pick up shifts that fit your life. Hospitals, care homes, mental health, community rounds and theatres, all booked through the Novello app with your pay confirmed before you accept.
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Nursing in Cornwall
Why nurses choose Novello in Cornwall
Local shifts, honest pay and paperwork that does not eat your evenings.
Shifts that fit around you
Book work near home, whether that is a ward at Treliske, a nursing home on the Roseland or a community round out towards the Lizard. You choose the shifts, the settings and how far you are willing to travel, so the diary works around your life rather than the other way round.
Pay you can see up front
Every shift shows its rate before you accept it, so there are no surprises when your payslip lands. You know what a night in Truro or a long day in Penzance is worth before you say yes, and payment runs on a clear, regular cycle.
Compliance made simple
We keep your NMC registration, mandatory training and DBS in one place and give you a nudge before anything runs out. Turn up ready to work instead of chasing certificates the night before a shift.
The county we cover
Healthcare in Cornwall
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly sit at the far end of the South West peninsula, served by a single acute trust, with an older population than most of England and long miles between community hospitals.
Acute hospital care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Its main site is the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske on the edge of Truro, the county’s largest hospital and the base for emergency and specialist services. The Trust also runs West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance and St Michael’s Hospital in Hayle, home to the Marie Therese House neuro rehabilitation unit. Cornwall has no major trauma centre of its own: the Royal Cornwall Hospital sits as a trauma unit within the Peninsula Major Trauma Network, and the most serious cases are taken across the Tamar to the major trauma centre at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, which also provides tertiary neurosurgery and cardiothoracic care for the whole South West peninsula.
Mental health, learning disability and community services are provided by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Its main inpatient mental health site is Longreach House at the Camborne Redruth hospital, with acute wards, an older adult ward and a health based place of safety. The Trust also runs a network of community hospitals with minor injury units in towns including Bodmin, St Austell, Falmouth, Helston, Newquay and Stratton, along with the district nursing teams that carry much of the county’s day to day care. Cornwall has no prison of its own; the old Bodmin Jail closed in 1927 and is now a visitor attraction, so people committed by the courts are held in the Devon estate, chiefly HMP Exeter. On the independent side, the Duchy Hospital in Truro, part of Ramsay Health Care, is Cornwall’s only private hospital and handles a good deal of planned surgery.
Where we work
Where we cover in Cornwall
From the Tamar bridge to the far west, and out to the Isles of Scilly.
Hospitals and theatres
Ward, department and theatre shifts across the acute and independent sites, from the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske and West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance to St Michael’s in Hayle and the Duchy Hospital in Truro.
Care homes and community
Nursing and residential homes and community rounds right across the county, from Bodmin and St Austell to the Lizard, the Roseland and the far west around Penzance and St Ives.
Mental health and secure care
Mental health and learning disability settings including the wards at Longreach House near Camborne and Redruth, plus community mental health work across mid and west Cornwall.
We cover Truro, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, St Austell, Camborne, Redruth, Bodmin, Helston and the towns in between.
Working across the border? We also cover the wider South West and neighbouring Devon.
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Specialisms in Cornwall
Specialisms we cover in Cornwall
Whatever your field, there is local work to match it.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Cornwall has one of the oldest populations in England: the 2021 Census put more than a quarter of residents, around 25 per cent, at 65 or over, well above the England average of roughly 18 per cent. That feeds steady demand for nursing and residential care, dementia support and palliative work across a large network of care homes, from Truro and St Austell out to the coastal towns. If you like continuity and building a rapport with residents, there is plenty of it here.
Mental health
Mental health work centres on Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and its inpatient wards at Longreach House, at the Camborne Redruth hospital site, which include acute beds, an older adult ward and a health based place of safety. There is also community mental health and learning disability work across the county, so RMNs and support staff can find shifts on and off the wards.
Prison nursing
Cornwall has no prison. Bodmin Jail closed in 1927 and now trades as a heritage attraction, and people sentenced by the Cornish courts are usually held in the Devon estate, mainly HMP Exeter. So there is no in county prison nursing here. If secure and forensic work is your thing, the nearest openings tend to sit over the border in Devon, alongside the forensic and secure mental health services run within the wider South West.
Critical care
Critical care and emergency work in Cornwall is anchored by the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, which runs the county’s emergency department and intensive care and sits as a trauma unit in the Peninsula Major Trauma Network. The most serious trauma is stabilised and transferred to the major trauma centre at Derriford in Plymouth, so ITU and HDU experience is always in demand this far down the peninsula.
Theatres
Theatre teams are needed for both NHS and private lists. The Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske carries the bulk of the county’s surgery, while the Duchy Hospital in Truro, run by Ramsay Health Care, handles a steady stream of planned orthopaedic, general and day case work. Scrub, anaesthetic and recovery nurses and ODPs all find shifts across the two.
Care & support work in Cornwall
Care and support work in Cornwall
Most care in Cornwall is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Cornwall Council is the single unitary authority responsible for adult social care across the whole peninsula, and with one of the oldest populations in England the work spans elderly care homes, supported living and specialist neuro-rehabilitation. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Cornwall has one of the oldest populations in England: the 2021 Census put more than a quarter of the county’s people, around 25 per cent, or roughly 144,200 residents, at 65 or over, against about 18 per cent nationally. That feeds steady demand across Cornwall’s residential and nursing homes, from Truro and St Austell out to the coastal towns and the far west. Care assistants are the backbone of these homes, supporting older people with everyday living, personal care and companionship.
Support worker
Cornwall Council’s Better Lives strategy is built around helping adults with a learning disability and autistic people lead independent, fulfilled lives through supported living in their own homes and community-based support. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support live as independently as possible — in their own tenancies and out in the community, rather than in a care-home setting.
Dementia care
An estimated 9,460 people in Cornwall are living with dementia, of whom over 5,000 have a formal diagnosis, and the county’s ageing population means that number is set to keep climbing. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust runs a dedicated Memory Assessment Service, staffed by specialist memory practitioners, that carries out diagnosis and post-diagnostic support. Dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
Cornwall has its own specialist neuro-rehabilitation unit — Marie Therese House at St Michael’s Hospital in Hayle, run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, providing inpatient rehabilitation for people with neurological injury. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after a brain injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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The Novello app
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For Cornwall employers
Hiring nurses in Cornwall?
We help local services fill shifts with staff who are ready to work.
If you run a care home, a community service or a ward anywhere from Bude and Launceston in the north east to Penzance and the far west, we can help you cover gaps with compliant, checked nurses and carers. Tell us what you need and where, and we will match it with people who already work in Cornwall and know the ground.
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Cornwall nursing FAQs
Which hospitals will I be working in around Cornwall?
Shifts come up across Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske in Truro, West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance and St Michael's in Hayle, as well as community hospitals, care homes and, on the private side, the Duchy Hospital in Truro. You choose which settings and areas you want.
Does Novello cover mental health work in Cornwall?
Yes. There is regular mental health work linked to Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, including the inpatient wards at Longreach House near Camborne and Redruth, plus community mental health and learning disability settings across the county.
Is there prison nursing in Cornwall?
No. Cornwall has no prison of its own, so there is no in county prison nursing. People sentenced by the Cornish courts are usually held in Devon, mainly at HMP Exeter, so secure and forensic openings tend to be over the border rather than in Cornwall.
How does pay work?
Every shift shows its rate before you accept, so you always know what you will earn. Payment runs on a clear, regular cycle and there is nothing hidden. What you see on the app is what you are paid.
How quickly can I start?
Once your NMC registration, checks and mandatory training are confirmed, you can be booking shifts within days. We keep your compliance in one place and remind you before anything expires, so you spend less time on paperwork and more time working.
Ready to pick up shifts in Cornwall?
Join Novello, register in minutes and start booking local shifts with your pay confirmed up front. Whether you are in Truro, Falmouth or out west, there is work to fit around your life.
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