Senior Staff Nurse

Exciting opportunity for a Senior Staff Nurse to work in our CHAS at Home team delivering care to families in their community, covering the West of Scotland!

Based from Robin House, commutable from Glasgow, Paisley, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire

 “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

Are you passionate about providing family centred, holistic and compassionate care to children and their families? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children’s Staff Nurse with a proven track record delivering exceptional care and skill in nursing practice, to join our Robin House CHAS at Home Team as a Senior Staff Nurse. In this role you will take responsibility for leading assessment, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care for children, young people and families. You will be supported to take on leadership and line management responsibilities and will work closely with the Senior Charge Nurses to promote effective teamwork across the service to meet the needs of children, young people and families

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

·      12 shifts per month in contrast to 13 shifts in NHS for full-time employees

·      Salary increments scale similar to NHS

·      Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime

·      Pay matched to closest current increment with NHS

·      Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current length of service 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

·      Free on-site parking.

About you

·      First level registered nurse, all applicants will need to provide a valid UK NMC pin.

·      Highly experienced in a nursing role, working with children, young people and their families.

·      Experience of prioritising a busy workload, acting as a role model for the team and demonstrating strong leadership skills

Interested?

If this sounds like you, we would love you to hear from you!

You can read more information about the role in the attached job description.

Follow the link below to find more information including:

·      Full job description

·      Full list of benefits

·      Contact details to arrange an informal chat with the hiring manager.

·      Contact details for support with the recruitment process.

To apply you will be asked to answer a couple of questions and submit your CV or complete our full application form. 

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

Interviews are provisionally planned for 07 October 2024.