Lead Nurse

Linnaeus Veterinary; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary practice in the UK is seeking a Lead Veterinary Nurse for their Melton Mowbray location. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of post-qualification experience as an RVN and leadership skills. This key role involves overseeing patient flow, ensuring high clinical standards, and supporting a dedicated clinical team. Benefits include extensive CPD opportunities and a supportive work environment, with exciting plans for a new hospital in 2025.

Benefits

5 weeks holiday and bank holidays

RCVS and VDS fees paid

External CPD funded

Life Assurance

Enhanced sickness pay

Wellness program including eyecare vouchers

Qualifications

• 2 years post-qualification experience as an RVN.
• Ability to work autonomously in a busy practice.
• Experience in clinical standards and patient management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient flow and manage clinical standards.
• Identify training needs within the nursing team.
• Support clinical team and ensure effective patient care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Leadership experience

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Certificate holder with leadership experience

Job description

Job Title : Lead Veterinary Nurse

Reporting to : Clinical Nurse Manager

Location : Melton Mowbray

Salary : From 35360 dependent on experience

Hours : 40 hours per week, 5 days per week – time allocated for admin, potential to do admin remote from home. Weekends 1 in 5 Saturday mornings.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead Nurse to join our team at Kings Veterinary Centre and would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting for an RVN with 2 years post‑qualification experience and a certificate holder with leadership experience to work alongside the clinical team and develop this practice. We seek an excellent communicator that is highly organised and is comfortable working with autonomy in our busy practice.

The Lead Nurse role is key to the business ability to provide a high level of clinical standards, ensuring that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective to support further growth of the practice.

Working enthusiastically with the leadership team you will demonstrate an excellent work protocol in all nursing duties while taking overall responsibility for a specific area of the practice.

The Lead Nurse will organise and oversee patient flow day‑to‑day to ensure the most effective and efficient approach to the workload. Identifying and improving the efficiency of the patient pathway from admission through to discharge while ensuring that practice policies and group policies are adhered to will support the provision of outstanding patient and client care.

You’ll work closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM); the Lead Nurse team will identify areas of training‑development needs within the nursing team and ensure that nursing staff across the business are managed as effectively as possible.

Who we are

Kings Veterinary Centre is a first‑opinion RVCS accredited veterinary practice with 5 branches and a hospital in the surrounding area. We pride ourselves in offering on‑site emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days, with a dedicated team of clinical and non‑clinical staff providing high standards of bespoke affordable care to our patients. We are heavily involved in the local community and actively support many local pet charities.

Exciting news! We are moving to our brand‑new hospital at the end of 2025 a stone’s throw away from our current Melton site. As a lead nurse you will be a huge part in this move.

Benefits include

• 5 weeks holiday, bank holidays, Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E‑car salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellness program including employee assistance program, eyecare voucher scheme, free annual flu jab, cycle to work scheme, recruitment referral reward scheme

Employee assistance program

• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

At Linnaeus we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

Linnaeus is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Business Partner Rebecca at [contact details].