Head Registered Veterinary Nurse

Vets for Pets; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and supportive practice as a Head RVN, where you’ll lead a dynamic team while enjoying a healthy work-life balance. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape clinical standards and foster the growth of your nursing team. With a commitment to ongoing professional development and an unlimited CPD budget, you’ll thrive in an environment that values your contributions. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible hours, and a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and career progression. If you’re passionate about delivering exceptional pet healthcare, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthy work-life balance

Contributory pension scheme

Unlimited CPD funding

Exclusive company discounts

Pastoral care and support

Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)

4 Day Week (40 hours) for Full Time Salary

Qualifications

• Experience in veterinary nursing with a focus on clinical standards.
• Ability to manage and inspire a team of nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Direct the daily operations of the clinical team and manage protocols.
• Encourage ongoing development and training of RVNs.

Skills

Veterinary Nursing

Leadership

Clinical Management

Surgical Procedures

Client Care

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Job description

Are you an RVN looking for a new challenge in a thriving practice where you are encouraged to develop your clinical interests and apply the skills you've trained so hard to acquire? We have an exciting opportunity for a friendly and enthusiastic Head RVN to join us here at Cambridge Beehive, where a four-day week on a full-time salary will be standard!

About us
Hayley Baker became partner of Cambridge Vets4Pets in 2015 and since then, the two practices at Bar Hill and the Beehive Centre have gone from strength to strength.
Our bright, spacious, air-conditioned surgeries are purpose built to industry leading standards and we have state of the art equipment including digital X-ray, full orthopaedic equipment, extensive endoscopic and laparoscopic equipment, ultrasound and in-house laboratory facilities. At the practices we see a wide variety of surgical and medical cases with a high percentage of clients being insured allowing our team to work up cases to a high standard. Laparoscopic bitch spays are performed as standard.

You will be joining a supportive, energetic, and progressive team consisting of 10 Vets, 12 RVNs, 3VCAs, a team of 6 Receptionists and a Practice Manager, split across the two sites. The team benefits from a variety of experience and individual interests, including critical care, anaesthesia, soft tissue surgery, endoscopy and laparoscopy.

About you and the role
Our current team of RVNs are integral in setting our clinical standard and protocols and take an active role in day-to-day management of the practices and we want someone who wants to be a part of this too.

As a Head Nurse you’ll be directing the day to day running of the clinical team, lending a hand where needed and acting as a role model to our growing nurse team. You’ll be developing the potential of our RVNs in their individual surgical and medical interests, including the encouragement of schedule 3 procedures. You’ll be involved in appraisals and auditing of clinical care and so must be able to inspire and motivate. This role would suit someone who is confident, forward thinking and dynamic and who is driven to work together as a team to achieve the best possible results.

This role would be full time working 40 hours a week. Work life balance is at the forefront of our practices currently and for that reason you would work a four-day week and receive a full-time salary. The day off in the week isn’t a set day however we also offer no out of hours and double pay for any overtime incurred, as well as paid lunch hours. There is approximately 1 in 7 weekends working 9am - 5pm on the Saturday and 10am - 4pm on the Sunday, with 16 hours off in lieu the following week!

At Cambridge Vets4Pets, we are passionate about developing every member of the team and actively promote ongoing CPD (with an unlimited CPD budget for each colleague) and also encourage certificates and advanced qualifications.

Benefits:

By joining us you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing superb standards of client and animal care. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes;

• Competitive salary starting from £33,000+ and increasing with experience
• Healthy work Life Balance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Unlimited CPD funding
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards - including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and the Vet Group.
• Pastoral care, emotional wellbeing, and support
• OOH provision
• Paid memberships- RCVS, BVA, VDS
• 4 Day Week (40 hours week) for Full Time Salary

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

If you would like more information or to organise an informal chat before applying, please email [e-mail] or contact Rach from our Talent Acquisition team via email; [e-mail] for an informal and confidential conversation.

Alternatively, you can submit your application directly to us now and somebody will be in touch with you to discuss this further. We look forward to hearing from you!

Location: CB1 3ET

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!