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At CHAS, we provide unwavering care to babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions, and support their families across Scotland.
We have an established and highly regarded Advanced Nurse Practitioner team who play a vital role in delivering expert palliative care, care around dying, education, leadership and service development. We are seeking an exceptional Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our ANP Team. The successful candidate will be a key clinical decision-maker, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prescribing for children with complex palliative care needs. Working within our 7-day ANP rota, you will support families through some of the most challenging times of their lives, including complex symptom management and care around dying.
You will work closely with Paediatric Palliative Care Consultants, nursing colleagues and multidisciplinary partners across NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships to ensure children and families receive outstanding, person-centred care wherever they choose to be cared for. This role will be based in Robin House. On occasions the successful candidate will be required to travel to Rachel House (temporarily Mina House) and travel to support palliative care and care around dying at home and in Hospitals.
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.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will be-
- A dynamic, registered nurse who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with life-shortening conditions and their families.
Qualifications, Skills And Experience
We are keen to hear from candidates who have the following
- NMC Registration (RN)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Practice
- Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber with V300 Independent/Supplementary Prescriber registration with the NMC.
- Demonstrated competency in paediatrics, neonatal care, palliative care and care around dying
- Evidence of ongoing commitment to professional development, with a portfolio demonstrating relevant training and learning
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What You Will Do
Your role will encompass the four pillars of advanced practice with a focus on clinical practice
Clinical Practice
- Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Lead the management of complex symptoms and care around dying.
- Independently prescribe and manage medication safely and effectively.
- Undertake holistic assessments and develop person-centred care plans.
- Support children and families to identify their preferred place of care.
- Contribute specialist expertise to multidisciplinary reviews and case discussions.
- Work across hospice, community and home settings, ensuring seamless care delivery
Leadership
- Act as a clinical leader and role model for advanced practice.
- Support service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Foster strong partnerships with NHS and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to quality assurance and demonstrate the impact of advanced practice.
Education and Learning
- Share specialist knowledge across CHAS and partner organisations.
- Support the development of nursing colleagues and students.
- Promote evidence-based practice and professional learning.
Research and Quality Improvement
- Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
- Contribute to innovation and evidence generation within paediatric palliative care.
- Support improvement initiatives that enhance outcomes for children and families.
About CHAS
In CHAS we provide unwavering care to children, young people who may die young, and support their families. We are understandably proud of what we do but want to continue to improve.
Last year we had 800 admissions to our 2 Houses with 3204 bed nights. Our CHAS at Home teams undertook 1950 visits providing 6400 hours of care in the community and in hospital settings. These numbers will continue to grow as we meet our strategic aim of reaching more children, young people and families in every part of Scotland.
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.
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As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality paediatric palliative care, you will influence clinical practice, support service development and deliver educational initiatives.
What makes this opportunity different?
- Advanced and autonomous practice: Use your specialist clinical expertise, enabling you to make a meaningful impact for children and families.
- Professional growth: Work within a supportive, highly skilled multidisciplinary team where continuous learning, research, quality improvement and workforce development are actively encouraged.
- Time to care: Deliver person-centred care in an environment that enables you to build meaningful relationships with children and families and focus on what matters most to them.
Benefits
- Including incremental salary progression, generous leave and pension benefits. Continue membership of the NHS Scotland Pension Scheme or join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Annual leave entitlement increases to 40 days with service, and existing NHS enhanced leave entitlement will be honoured up to the CHAS maximum.
- Comprehensive wellbeing support: Access to health and wellbeing resources, employee assistance support, Blue Light discounts, Perkbox benefits.
Further Information And How To Apply
If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply!
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- Recruitment Pack including full job description
- Full list of benefits
- Contact details to arrange an informal chat with the hiring manager.
- Contact details for support with the recruitment process.
To apply you will be asked to answer a couple of questions and submit your CV or complete our full application form.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check (children and protected adults).
Provisional interview date week commencing 5 October 2026
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.
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