Experienced Staff Nurse – CHAS at Home

Experienced Staff Nurse
CHAS at Home – Robin House base

commutable from Glasgow, Paisley, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire

£31,137.88 - £37,811.98 + 10% shift allowance (pro rata)
Full Time available, 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts)

Closing date: 25 August 2024

‘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’ – Family member

Are you an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic nurse; passionate about providing family centred, compassionate care? Are you keen to use your experience to support children with life limiting conditions and provide specialist palliative care to children and families?

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! We currently have an opening for an experienced nurse to join our amazing CHAS at Home Team.

The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a staff nurse to join our existing CHAS at Home team. With a base in Robin House the team works in families’ homes across the West of Scotland, providing the highest level of family centred care to support the needs of babies, children and young people with life shortening conditions and their families.

As an experienced nurse you will be supported with an induction to palliative and end of life care, exploring areas such as advanced communication, symptom management, pain management and development of advanced clinical skills such as PN, PD and ventilation.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide a high standard of palliative nursing care to children and young people who have life-shortening conditions, through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans, ensuring that the care provision is adapted to meet the complex needs of the individual.
• Provide nursing care at end of life and bereavement support including last office procedures, for the child, young person and their family, with support as required.
• As necessary, provide care for the child, young person and their family in a variety of settings, ensuring the care plan meets the needs of the individual.
• Collaborate and liaise with a range of professionals to meet the needs of the child, young person and their family taking opportunities to promote and raise awareness of the services provided by CHAS
• Maintain and accurately updates all written and electronic records in accordance with appropriate legislation and organisational standards.

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 increment 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 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.
• Experience in a nursing role, working with children, young people and their families.
• Experience of prioritising a busy workload and demonstrating good time management 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 to arrange a call.

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.

Please apply here - https://chas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3588182

Interviews are provisionally planned for 02 September 2024.