Head Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal - Northampton

British Veterinary Association; Northampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and supportive team as a Head Veterinary Nurse in Northampton! This role offers the opportunity to lead a dedicated group of professionals in providing exceptional care for pets. With a strong emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility, the position allows you to tailor your working hours to fit your lifestyle. You'll benefit from generous holiday allowances, professional development opportunities, and a range of wellbeing initiatives designed to support you both personally and professionally. If you're passionate about veterinary nursing and want to make a difference in a friendly and inclusive environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

6.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays

Paid day off for your birthday

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Private medical insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounted gym membership

CPD allowance

Access to research funding

Five days to volunteer for charity

Discounted staff pet care

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Veterinary Nurse with strong team collaboration skills.
• Experience in client care and wellbeing initiatives is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of veterinary nurses and ensure high-quality care for animals.
• Support the development of team members and promote wellbeing initiatives.

Skills

Veterinary Nursing

Client Care

Team Collaboration

Wellbeing Initiatives

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse qualification

Tools

Vetlexicon

CPD resources

Job description

Here at White Cross Vets, Northampton we are looking for a Head Veterinary Nurse to join our team!

Want to know more about us?

Our fantastic team is currently made up of 5 Vets (2 with small animal medicine certificates, and 1 studying imaging), 4 Registered Veterinary Nurses, one Veterinary Care Assistant, and 4 Client Care Coordinators.

Here at White Cross, we have four core principles; quality, integrity, responsibility, and growth, and working towards certificates in your special interest is strongly encouraged.

We are a friendly team with a family ethic, and we enjoy regular team meals out. We believe in wellbeing and try to ensure we arrange regular treats. We love food and enjoy a regular supply of biscuits and cakes from some team members that like to feed others! As well as being SPVS Wellbeing Award Winners in 2017 and 2018, we have featured in the Sunday Times Top 100 Company to Work For 6 years running!

We are happy to offer flexible working options.

We offer flexible working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking to flex your rota hours to balance the school holidays, fix to navigate the school runs, or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life. We can offer flexibility that actually works for you.

Our standard full-time role will be to cover 37.5 hours per week, with a requirement for Saturday rota and no out of hours.

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, you will benefit from:

Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays (pro rata)
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Up to 4 days of paternity leave for new pets
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support
• Private medical insurance
• 2 discretionary wellbeing days

Development

• £600 CPD allowance with 5 days paid 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

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Five days to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Discounted staff pet care

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.