Job Description

Are you a compassionate and skilled Children's Nurse looking for a role when you can truly make an impact? Are you passionate about providing family centred, holistic and compassionate care to children and their families?



We have an exciting opportunity for a Children Nurse with a proven track record of providing exceptional support (care and skill) in a care setting (nursing practice), to join our Rachel House Team as a Staff Nurse.

Why CHAS?

"When Louise took my hand, I knew I would never be alone. The care my son received and the support we had as a family at the toughest time imaginable in our lives was truly a life-line", CHAS parent


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.


Working within the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS our Hospice nursing team delivers a high standard of specialist palliative nursing care and support for babies and children, and young people with life-shortening conditions and their families.


Follow this link to learn more about the impact we have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VZxyQpZkE


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 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 Commitment to support maintenance of your acute clinical skills, through offering rotation opportunities where you will work alongside our Diana Children's Nurses in the Hospital.

About you

What we need you to bring

First level registered and paediatric qualified nurse, all applicants will need to provide a valid UK NMC pin. Experience in a caring (nursing) role, working with children, young people and their families. Experience of prioritising a busy workload and demonstrating good time management skills Appetite to contribute to positive change to this service, and commitment to delivering care with empathy and compassion.


It would be great if you also had:

Experience in working with children who have complex or life-limiting conditions Up to date mandatory training

Interested?

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 HR Team on 0131 444 3293 or by emailing careers@chas.org.uk



This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.


Interviews are provisionally planned week commencing 1 December