Advertised from 31 August 2026

Role

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Regional Lead Stroke Nurse you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range

of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the establishment of a new CHSS Stroke Nurse Service within NHS Borders whilst providing strategic, operational and clinical leadership to our established Stroke Nurse Service in NHS Lothian. The postholder will play a key role in shaping and developing services, leading Stroke Nurse teams, driving quality improvement, strengthening partnerships with NHS stakeholders and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support for people affected by stroke and TIA. This role offers the opportunity to influence stroke services across two health board areas and contribute to the delivery of CHSS's No Life Half Lived #2 strategy.

The post is split across both areas, with approximately 2 days per week dedicated to Borders and 3 days per week to Lothian. The role is primarily home-based, with occasional travel across both health board areas and other locations as required to meet service and organisational needs.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”. While we encourage flexibility wherever possible, please note that our Retail Shop roles operate within set business hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to meet the needs of the business.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

Application notes

If you are interested in this post, please see our website at: http://www.chss.org.uk/workforus where you will be able to apply online or contact the HR Department via email to recruitment@chss.org.uk

Closing date: 23/09/2026

Interviews: 01/10/2026 – in-person, Head Office Edinburgh