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Job reference: 194096
Salary: Please see advert
Job closing date: 25/08/2024
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Robin House
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 09/08/2024
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: CHAS at Home team

Job Advert

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Senior Staff Nurse – CHAS at Home  

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 

£37,821 to £44,855 per annum (pro rata) + 10% shift allowance 

Permanent, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts) 

 “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. 

If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please email our Senior Charge Nurse lauraswift@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.  

Please apply here https://chas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3587975 

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

Interviews are provisionally planned for 05 September 2024.  

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