Specialist Nurse - Community East Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for specialist palliative care and a belief that every child and family should have genuine choice about where they receive care? Children's palliative care is evolving across Scotland, with increasing opportunities to support babies, children and young people in the place that matters most to them. As a CHAS at Home Specialist Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering expert care, building relationships with families and professionals, and helping to shape the future of community-based paediatric palliative care. This is an exciting opportunity to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, education and service development, ensuring children and families receive compassionate, high-quality support throughout their journey. As a CHAS at Home Specialist Nurse, you will provide specialist paediatric palliative care to babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions and their families. Working autonomously within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will deliver expert clinical care, coordinate complex support packages and provide specialist advice across health, social care and third-sector partnerships. You will support children and families throughout their palliative care journey, from referral and diagnosis, through periods of stability, deterioration and care around dying, ensuring care is responsive to the goals, wishes and priorities of each child and family. Alongside direct clinical care, you will contribute to leadership, education, quality improvement and service development, helping CHAS continue to deliver innovative, equitable and compassionate care for families across Scotland. You will contribute to a Paediatric Care Around Dying on-call standup rota, when this is required, This post is normally based at Rachel House, Kinross, but will temporarily relocate to Cardenden, for approximately 12–18 months from summer 2026 whilst we rebuild Rachel House. The office space in Cardenden is an approximate 25 minute drive from Rachel House Be an experienced registered nurse with a strong commitment to delivering compassionate, child and family-centred care. Have a passion for specialist paediatric palliative care and post registration experience of supporting children and young people with complex palliative care needs. The ability to build trusted relationships with children, young people, families and professional partners. A compassionate, family-centred approach that places children and families at the heart of everything you do. Enthusiasm for shaping the future of children's palliative care and making a lasting difference to families across Scotland. Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; 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. 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 (where applicable 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 Access to a range of tools to support wellbeing Free on-site parking. Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings. Contact details to arrange an informal chat with the hiring manager. · This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check (children and adults). A driving licence and access to a car is essential.
Registered Associate Nurse in Kinross employer: CHAS
CHAS is an exceptional employer dedicated to providing unwavering care to children and families facing life-shortening conditions. With a strong focus on professional growth, our Advanced Nurse Practitioners benefit from a supportive multidisciplinary team that encourages continuous learning and quality improvement. Located in the heart of Scotland, we offer generous leave, pension benefits, and comprehensive wellbeing support, ensuring our staff can deliver meaningful, person-centred care while building lasting relationships with those they serve.
