Senior Charge Nurse

Location: Rachel House, Kinross

Salary: £52,261 - £59,573 per annum + 5% on call and 6% shift allowance (pro rata)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time 37.5 hours per week

Position Type: {Advertised Full Time / Part Time}

Closing Date: 06/04/2026 23:59

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:

• Paediatric Nursing Degree / Registered Nurse (Child), Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) (Master’s level study is an advantage)
• Extensive experience in senior nursing roles (NHS Band 6 or above) (Community experience an advantage)
• 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 offer choice around preferred place of care and support
• 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.

For an informal chat, contact:

• Nicki Corrigan, Service Manager for Outreach – nickicorrigan@chas.org.uk

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 

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.

The Company

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