This senior charge nurse post sits within CHAS at Home, the community children's palliative care service in Scotland. It centres on clinical and professional leadership of a community team, shaping models of care for scheduled and unscheduled needs, including end-of-life care at home. Distinctive features are the service-development remit, work with NHS and social care partners, and a temporary base move to Cardenden for 12 to 18 months from summer 2026. A driving licence with car access is essential.
What the job involves
- Provide clinical and professional leadership to the CHAS at Home team
- Lead the delivery and development of specialist paediatric palliative care in the community
- Work collaboratively with CHAS colleagues, the NHS and Health and Social Care Partnerships
- Help develop accessible, responsive and equitable models of care
- Support scheduled and unscheduled care
- Enable children and families to receive complex palliative and end-of-life care at home when this reflects their wishes
- Promote a culture of continuous learning, improvement and professional accountability
- Share clinical expertise and support learning and development
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree-level nursing education as a minimum
Registration & licences
- Registered Nurse (Child) or Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) registration
Experience
- Substantial nursing experience, including senior experience at NHS Band 6 or above
- Leadership and management experience
- Service-development experience
- Experience of children's palliative care and care around dying
Skills & knowledge
- Clinical credibility and compassionate leadership
- Commitment to sharing expertise and enabling a culture of continuous learning
Checks & eligibility
- Disclosure Scotland PVG check
- Driving licence and access to a car
What’s offered
- Opportunity to pay into an existing NHS pension scheme or local government pension scheme
- Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime
- Generous annual leave matched to NHS enhanced entitlement, up to 40 days
- Opportunities for further learning and development
- Commitment to support clinical skills development
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools
- Free on-site parking
- 6% shift allowance
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
