Head Veterinary Nurse - Full Time

Medivet; Middleton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Counselling support

Life Assurance 3x salary

5 weeks annual leave + bank holidays

Day for You

£750 CPD allowance + 2 days CPD leave

RCVS and VDS fees paid

Cycle to Work

Season Ticket loans

Discounts on Medivet products

Job summary

Medivet in the United Kingdom is seeking a Head Nurse to lead our nursing team. You will ensure exceptional patient and client care while maintaining regulatory and operational standards.

You’ll deliver nurse-led appointments, supervise the schedule, and mentor colleagues, with a 1 in 4 Saturday rotation. Join us to shape clinical excellence across practices.

Qualifications

• RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse status required.
• Proven leadership experience in a nursing team.
• Passion for delivering exceptional patient and client care.
• Ability to lead and inspire colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead nurse-led appointments and schedule activities, supporting consults, surgeries and procedures.
• Deliver patient monitoring and care, and manage admissions and discharges.
• Provide clinical leadership, inspiration and development to the nursing team.
• 1 in 4 Saturdays.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Clinical leadership

Patient care

Education

RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse

Job description

As a Head Nurse you will be accountable for the clinical leadership of the nursing team ensuring we deliver exceptional care, always there for our clients, patients and colleagues whilst maintaining the highest levels of regulatory, practice and operational standards and compliance.

Your career means more than a rota and a job title, that's why we offer:

Health and wellbeing

• Health Cash Plan from day one
• 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support
• Life Assurance 3 x salary

Annual leave

• 5 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising with length of service
• Extra 'Day for You', a paid day off just for you

Learning and development

• £750 CPD allowance plus 2 days paid leave per year
• Access to Clinical Communities, internal CPD and our 24-hour hospitals
• Funded certificates and internal career pathways

Additional support

• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• Cycle to Work
• Season Ticket loans
• Discounts on Medivet products and services

About you

You're a RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for delivering exceptional patient and client care. You're a confident leader with experience of getting the best out of every colleague.

We welcome applications from Nurses ready to lead, develop and inspire.

What you’ll be doing

Typically, in this role, you'll:

• Deliver exceptional care to patients, leading nurse led appointments and schedule 3 activities, supporting consults, surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards
• Deliver patient monitoring and care, and manage admissions and discharges
• Deliver exceptional care to your clients
• Provide clinical leadership, inspiration and development to the nursing team
• 1 in 4 Saturdays