Job Advert
Senior Staff Nurse
Location: CHAS at Home Aberdeen
Salary: £32,596 - £38,969
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours)
Closing date: 27 April 2022
“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 an experienced children’s nurse seeking a new opportunity? We are looking for a dynamic Senior Staff Nurse who is passionate about providing expert, person-centred care for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions and their families in their own homes. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
This is a really exciting time to join Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – Scotland’s national children’s hospice service.
Following the reconfiguration of our services in response to the Pandemic we have a Senior Staff Nurse vacancy in our CHAS at home, Aberdeen team.
As a Senior Staff Nurse within CHAS you will bring valuable leadership experience to the team and be involved in providing specialist palliative care, end of life care for children and respite for the whole family in their own home. You will have the opportunity to use your current knowledge and leadership skills to support the senior charge nurses in developing a highly motivated and skilled team, becoming part of an organisation where everyone is passionate about the work they do.
Role Responsibilities
• Provides a high standard of palliative nursing care for children and young people who have life-shortening conditions
• Provide specialist nursing care at end of life and bereavement support.
• Provide emotional and practical support to the child and their family, ensuring contact is maintained between home visits and that the wishes of the family are delivered.
• Supervises a small team of nurses and senior nursing support workers
• Delegated line management responsibility for a team of staff nurses and senior nursing support workers
• Supports the Senior Charge Nurses to oversee the work of the CHAS at home team, ensuring that resources are allocated appropriately and skills are used effectively in setting and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care
• Co-ordinates the delivery of safe and effective nursing care
• Provides day to day visible leadership to the CHAS at Home Aberdeen team
• Mentor staff nurses, students, nursing support and home support volunteers.
• Participate in quality assurance and practice development activities with the view of achieving the organisational goals and objectives in the CHAS Strategic Plan.
• Collaborate and liaise with and work in partnership with our NHS, social care and third sector colleagues
About You
In order to provide a high standard of nursing care in family home, and to help CHAS achieve its objectives, you will have:
• A registered nurse qualification.
• A degree or evidence of equivalent experience.
• Leadership/ supervision experience
• Experience of assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care for children, young people and families.
• Experience of working with whole families to provide education and support in managing a child or young person’s condition.
Benefits
• Full time colleagues work 3 shifts per week
• All working patterns considered: full time, part time and flexible
• Generous holiday and sick pay
• NHS pension scheme members can transfer their pensions to CHAS
• Lothian Pension Fund membership available
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.
Further Information and How to Apply
For more information regarding this post and the benefits of working for CHAS, please see the attached documents.
We welcome informal enquiries, so please contact Michelle Henvey (Senior Charge Nurse) on 07780461057 and at michellehenvey@chas.org.uk
For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR team on 0131 444 3293 or by email to careers@chas.org.uk.
To be part of the future of CHAS, please click 'Apply' at the top of this screen and complete our online application form.
This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.