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Senior Staff Nurse
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Location: Rachel House, Kinross (Temporarily Mina House, Kinglassie)
Salary: £43,326 - £52,126 per annum (pro rata) + 10% shift allowance
Contract Type: Permanent. We have opportunities for both full-time and part-time hours. All positions are worked on a rota basis using 12.5-hour shifts.
Position Type: {Advertised Full Time / Part Time}
Closing Date: 09/09/2026 23:59
The Vacancy
Exciting opportunity for two Senior Staff Nurses to join our Hospice team in Rachel House in Kinross.
“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 passionate about providing family centred, holistic and compassionate care to children and their families? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children’s Staff Nurse with a proven track record delivering exceptional care and skill in nursing practice, to join our Rachel House Hospice Team as a Senior Staff Nurse. In this role you will take responsibility for leading assessment, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care for children, young people and families. You will be supported to take on leadership and line management responsibilities and will work closely with the Senior Charge Nurses to promote effective teamwork across the service to meet the needs of children, young people and families
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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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.
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 1:1 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 an experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers
- Free on-site parking.
- Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings.
About You
What we need you to bring
- First level registered nurse, all applicants will need to provide a valid UK NMC pin.
- Highly experienced in a nursing role, working with children, young people and their families.
- Experience of prioritising a busy workload, acting as a role model for the team and demonstrating strong leadership skills
- Commitment to delivering care with empathy and compassion.
It Would Be Great If You Also Had
- Experience in working with children who have complex or life-limiting conditions
- Up to date mandatory training
Further Information And How To Apply
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You can read more information about the role in the attached job description.
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.
We can offer full-time or part-time contracts; all roles are worked as 12.5-hour shifts on a rota basis.
This means that where part-time hours are available, they are delivered through a reduced number of 12.5-hour shifts.
Typical Patterns Include
- 3 shifts per week (37.5 hours per week)
- 2 shifts per week (25 hours per week)
- An alternating pattern of 2 shifts one week and 3 shifts the next (62.25 hour per fortnight)
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 21 September 2026.
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