Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; as a team, we make extraordinary things happen every day.
Our Senior Nursing Support Workers assist nursing staff to provide family centred and holistic support to children with life shortening conditions and their families. Alongside compassion and care, laughter and finding fun in each day are important parts of the role.
If you are a support worker with experience working with children with complex care needs (or relevant experience), we would love to hear from you!
We would like you to bring
* Experience working with children with complex care needs, or can evidence relevant experience (for example, working with adults in palliative care, working in hospice environment or ASN team)
* Educated to SVQ level 3/HNC in a Health, Social or Child Care or can evidence equivalent experience
Why CHAS?
Our children’s palliative care team report great satisfaction in being able to provide high quality nursing care in a supportive team with exciting career development opportunities.
Some of the benefits you can expect to receive from working with CHAS:
* Meaningful work – working within the hospice you can see where your work makes a difference to the children and families that CHAS support.
* Supportive environment, working within an experienced team.
* The opportunity to pay into an existing NHS scheme or membership of local government pension scheme
* Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime
* Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current service-based enhanced entitlement with NHS, up to a maximum of 40 days)
* Ability to provide care in a more relaxed and homely environment
* Opportunities for further learning and development
* Access to a range of tools to support wellbeing
* The opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers
* Free onsite parking
How to Apply
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
Please click apply to answer a couple of questions and upload a CV or complete a full application form.
For an informal chat about the position please contact the Senior Charge Nurse on duty at Rachel House, please call 01577 865777.
For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on 0131 444 3293 or by email at.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.
Closing date: 9 November 2025
Provisional Interview Date: week commencing 1 December
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