Lead Veterinary Nurse - Full Time

Vets Now; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick pay

7 weeks annual leave

Birthday off

CPD allowance

ECC certificate support

RCVS fees paid

Discounts & cashback

Pension contributions

Staff pet care discount

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now in Sheffield is seeking a Lead Veterinary Nurse to guide a large team of nurses and clinical support staff, ensuring high standards of patient care while actively coaching and developing the team.

The role combines clinical shifts with dedicated management duties during a 40-hour week, including weeknights, 1:2 weekends and bank holidays. The clinic offers ECC certificate support and extensive CPD opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience in an out of hours and critical care environment.
• Proven experience of managing others, preferably in a veterinary setting.
• Demonstratable experience of managing performance.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for clients and their pets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large team of vet nurses and clinical support staff.
• Maintain high standards of patient care while coaching the team.
• Support clinical managers and drive improvements within the clinic.
• Maintain strong relationships with host practices.
• Quality control of clinical equipment.
• Team and welfare management including appraisals and return-to-work tasks.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Out-of-hours care

Critical care

Client & pet care

Job description

Lead Veterinary Nurse – Sheffield

Up to £40,000 DOE plus benefits

Join the Team at Vets Now – Providing Exceptional Emergency Pet Care

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. Our Sheffield clinic has been accredited by the RCVS as a Small Animal Emergency Service Clinic, which reflects the clinic’s ability to handle emergency and critical care cases without an appointment, so people can be confident their pets are receiving the best care when it matters most.

Understanding your key role

You will be leader of a large team of vet nurses and clinical support staff in an already well-established clinic. Whilst on clinical shifts you will maintain a high standard of patient care alongside being passionate about developing and coaching your team.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Ensuring day-to-day operational and financial management of the clinic is maintained, alongside the Practice Manager.
• Support the Practice Manager, Area Clinical Manager and Lead Vet by maintaining good clinical standards and driving improvements within the clinic.
• Maintaining strong relationships with host practices through regular communications.
• Responsibility for quality control of clinical equipment.
• Team and welfare management, including mentoring and supporting staff, appraisals, performance, and return-to-work tasks.

Key requirements

• Minimum of two years’ experience working in an out of hours and critical care environment.
• Proven experience of managing others, preferably in a veterinary setting.
• Demonstratable experience of managing performance.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.

Working pattern

A full-time role with Vets Now comprises of 40 hours per week. This role will include working as a clinical member of the team on weeknights, 1:2 weekends and bank holidays as well as having dedicated time to carry out management duties and attend meetings.

The proposed rota pattern would be:

Week 1: Monday from 18:00 to 09:00

Week 2: Wednesday from 18:00 to 09:00

Week 3: Monday, Saturday and Sunday from 18:00 to 09:00

Week 4: Wednesday from 19:00 to 00:00, Saturday from 12:00 to 18:30 and Sunday from 08:30 to 18:30

Week 5: Monday from 18:00 to 09:00 and Wednesday from 19:00 to 00:00

Week 6: Wednesday from 19:00 to 00:00, Saturday and Sunday from 18:00 to 09:00

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

Unlock your potential

We will support you in your development and provide you with access to professional qualifications, such as our widely recognised ECC certificate and industry leading CPD package.

Why Join Us?

• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced sick and maternity pay.
• 7 weeks annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• £1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
• RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
• Reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100s of retailers.
• UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• Death in service of two times annual salary.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.