Head Nurse Small Animal

Kingswood Vets, Woking; Woking; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local veterinary practice in Woking is looking for an experienced Head Nurse/Senior Nurse to manage a supportive team. You will oversee operations, ensuring high standards of care and compliance with veterinary legislation. With a commitment to the wellbeing of both staff and clients, the position offers a competitive salary of £40,000 per annum DOE, along with generous annual leave and professional development opportunities. Join a team dedicated to delivering exceptional veterinary care in a modern practice.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

£550 CPD allowance

Company pension scheme

Discounted treatment for pets

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a veterinary nursing team.
• Strong understanding of veterinary legislation.
• Ability to coach and train junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Set standards in professional conduct.
• Support the partners in practice development.
• Organise and conduct staff training.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Clinical coaching

Excellent communication

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse qualification

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Head Nurse/Senior Nurse to join our friendly team.

The role is full-time, working 40 hours per week. We are flexible on hours and can offer either four long days or five shorter days, with a 1:5 Saturday rota (8:00am-2:00pm), which will be compensated as TOIL.

Our exceptional practice

Kingswood Vets is a well-established local practice in Woking, we moved to a new purpose-built hospital premises in 2018. We have 4 consult rooms, 2 theatres, dental and imaging rooms, separate dog and cat wards. We have high-end equipment to assist your nursing; including multiparameter monitors, separate dental suit with digital dental radiography, hot air warming devices, syringe drivers and multiparameter monitors. We have a really good mix of well-insured clients wanting gold standards plus RSPCA and other charity work.

About the team and culture

We are a supportive team of Veterinary Surgeons, 3 RVNs, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses with an amazing support team as well as our supportive and encouraging CD.

Key duties include:

• Set standards in terms of professional conduct.
• Support the partners in new projects/encourage team involvement in new projects to ensure the smooth running and continual improvement of the practice.
• Manage the Nursing Team.
• Manage stocking levels.
• Organise training to ensure a high level of nursing care.
• Monitor staff performance & coordinate biannual appraisals.
• Organise/attend meetings.
• Update all current veterinary legislation.
• Clinical coaching.
• Equipment maintenance.
• Maintain membership with the RCVS.
• Attend the adequate hours of CPD as required by the RCVS.
• Fulfil the obligations of the rota, sick cover/on call rota & bank holiday cover.
• Carry out any reasonable requests made by the Partners, Associate Vets or other members of the management team.
• Under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, it is the duty of every employee to take reasonable care of themselves and others at work. This also includes taking care of equipment and reporting immediately any items not working.

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary of £40,000 pa DOE, you will benefit from

• Work-life balance
  • 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
  • Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
  • Your birthday as a paid day off
• Wellbeing
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
  • Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Development
  • £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
  • Certificate support
  • Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
  • Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
  • All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
  • Infection Prevention and Control Programme
  • Quality Improvement Programme
• Professional Memberships
  • VDS cover
  • RCVS fees
• Colleague Benefits
  • Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
  • Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
  • Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
  • Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
  • Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice

Up to £40,000 per annum DOE