The Vacancy
Are you a compassionate and experienced community nurse leader ready to take the next step in your career? Community support for children and families is evolving and growing rapidly, and home is increasingly becoming families preferred place of care. The addition of a third Senior Charge Nurse (SCN) community role within CHAS demonstrates our commitment to supporting this need and providing leadership as services develop and 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 coordination and delivery of 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 under Care Inspectorate 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:
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:
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.
For an informal chat, contact:
For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on 0131 444 3293 or by email at careers@chas.org.uk.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.
A driving licence and access to a car is essential.
Planned Interview Dates: 22 April 2026
This post is normally based at Rachel House, Kinross, but will temporarily relocate to Cardenden, for approximately 12–18 months from late summer 2026 whilst we rebuild Rachel House. The office space in Cardenden is an approximate 25 minute drive from Rachel House
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.
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