Are you a compassionate and experienced nurse leader ready to take the next step in your career? CHAS is seeking two Senior Charge Nurses to join our team of eight Senior Charge Nurses leading our hospice care teams, one in Rachel House and one in Robin House. These are pivotal roles in our Nursing and Family Support directorate, as we work towards transforming the experience of children’s palliative care across Scotland.
About the Role
As a Senior Charge Nurse, you’ll be a visible leader, responsible for the smooth running of the hospice, ensuring safe, high-quality, holistic, person-centred care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions. You’ll lead clinical practice, enhance patient experience, manage team performance, and contribute to CHAS’s strategic goals. You’ll also participate in our nurse on-call rota and hold the role of registered manager for the hospice under Healthcare Improvement Scotland regulations.
“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.”
About You
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:
* Paediatric Nursing Degree / Registered Nurse (Child), (Master’s level study is an advantage)
* Extensive experience in senior nursing roles (NHS Band 6 or above)
* Expertise in children’s palliative and end-of-life care
* Proven leadership and service development experience
* Strong clinical skills in paediatric complex care
* Track record of supporting change management in teams
* A passion for quality improvement and collaborative working
Why CHAS?
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 children’s palliative care nurses 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:
* 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 1:1 nursing 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
* Working within an experienced and supportive team,
* Free on-site parking.
* Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you!
Please review our recruitment pack for more information about the role and nursing at CHAS.
Location: One post in Robin House, Balloch and One post in Rachel House, Kinross.
For Robin House vacancy, click apply to answer a few questions and upload a CV or opt to complete a full application form.
For Rachel House vacancy click here
For an informal chat, contact:
* Jenn Stewart, Service Manager for Hospices –
* Karen Williamson, Associate Nurse Director – Hospice Care –
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.
Planned Interview Dates: Robin House – 18th November ¦ Rachel House – 20th November
We welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills and diverse backgrounds. If you’re unsure whether you meet all the criteria, please reach out—we’d love to explore how you could be a great fit for CHAS.