Staff Nurse


Company:	Children's Hospices Across Scotland
Salary:	£34,390 to £42,676 a year, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Kinross, KY13 8FX
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Aug 2026
Closing date:	9 Sept 2026

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Summary

Are you a compassionate and skilled Children’s Nurse looking for a role when you can truly make an impact? Are you passionate about providing family centred, holistic and compassionate care to children and their families?

We have three exciting opportunities for Children Nurses who have a proven track record of providing exceptional support (care and skill) in a care setting (nursing practice), to join our Rachel House Team.

Why CHAS?

“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

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.

Working within the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS our Hospice nursing team delivers a high standard of specialist palliative nursing care and support for babies and children, and young people with life-shortening conditions and their families.

Follow this link to learn more about the impact we have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VZxyQpZkE

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

* Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime

* Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current service-based enhanced entitlement with NHS, up to a maximum of 40 days)

* Ability to provide 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

* Commitment to support maintenance of your acute clinical skills, through offering rotation opportunities where you will work alongside our Diana Children’s Nurses in the Hospital.

Further information and how to apply

If this sounds like you, we would love you to hear from you!

You can read more information about the role and working with CHAS visit our careers site at https://www.chas.org.uk/careers

We have three full-time positions available: 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts worked on a rota basis).

Rachel House, CHAS’ hospice in Kinross (KY13 8FX) is embarking on an exciting two-year rebuild programme from Summer/Autumn 2026. During this time our hospice services will continue to run from a temporary site in Kinglassie, Fife called Mina House (KY5 0XT).

Mina House is a 20 minute drive from Rachel House.

For an informal chat about the position please contact the Senior Charge Nurse on duty at Rachel House, please call 01577 865777.

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 (children and protected adults).

Interviews are provisionally planned for 22 September 2026.

To submit your application, visit our vacancy page and click apply. You will have the option to either complete our full online application form or upload your CV and answer a few key questions.

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