Out of Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse

Pennard Vets; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RCVS registration covered

Employee owner of the practice

CPD support

Out-of-hours team

Job summary

Pennard Vets is seeking an Out-of-Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our dedicated OOH team in Sevenoaks. You will triage calls, monitor anaesthetics, and manage critical care across theatres and wards, delivering high-quality patient care while remaining calm and confident in busy situations.

You will work with the OOH vet, contribute to handovers, and have opportunities to pursue ECC certificates and CPD. RCVS registration is supported as part of this role.

Qualifications

• RVN with a passion for emergency and critical care.
• Strong communication with owners at 3am and with colleagues.
• Willingness to develop ECC skills and pursue further certificates.
• RCVS registration accepted and encouraged as part of career development.

Responsibilities

• Triaging walk-ins and phone calls during night hours.
• Monitor anaesthetics, perform fluid therapy and manage critical care.
• Care for inpatients across wards and ensure smooth handovers to daytime teams.
• Maintain calm under pressure and exercise professional clinical judgement.

Skills

RVN

Emergency care

Clinical judgement

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Job description

Salary Up to £32,000 per annum DOE Contract Permanent Working hours Rota – 9 shifts in 28 days Location Sevenoaks, TN13 Closing Date: 4 November 2026, midday

We’re looking for an Out-of-Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse to join the dedicated OOH team at our purpose-built hospital in Sevenoaks. If you come alive when the doors are locked and the phones start ringing, love the variety of emergency and critical care, and want your nursing skills to genuinely drive patient care, this is the role for you.

What The Night Looks Like

When the rest of the world’s switched off, you’ll be at the heart of our emergency service. Triaging walk-ins and phone calls, monitoring anaesthetics, running fluid therapy and critical care, caring for inpatients across the wards, and keeping things calm when it’s anything but. You’ll work hand in hand with our OOH vet, and your judgement will matter: this is nursing where you’re trusted to think, not just follow.

The kit to do it properly

Three dedicated theatres, separate dog, cat and exotics wards, a full imaging suite including CT, X-ray and ultrasound, plus digital cytology and in-house labs. Everything you need to nurse at your best, right there on site.

Most of our clients have unlimited consults too, so many of the patients you see overnight are ones our daytime teams already know, which means proper handovers and real continuity rather than one-and-done visits.

You’ll fit right in if you…

• Are an RVN who thrives on emergency and critical care, and stays steady when things get busy
• Like being trusted to use your clinical judgement and speak up for your patients
• Communicate clearly, with owners at 3am and with the vet you’re working alongside
• Want to keep growing, whether that’s an ECC certificate, a new skill, or simply getting sharper at what you already do
• Enjoy being part of a small, tight-knit team who know exactly what this job takes

What’s In It For You

• Team spirit: a dedicated OOH team of RVNs, ACAs and vets, so out-of-hours is a career, not something tagged onto a day job
• CPD: support for your development, including certificate study
• Fees: RCVS registration covered
• A real stake: at Pennard, every member of the team is an employee owner of the practice

About Pennard Vets

At Pennard Vets, every member of our team is an employee owner of the practice, committed to ensuring our service goes beyond the ordinary. We’re creating an environment that looks after the people that look after the pets. We’re 125 years old, and by operating in this way, we’ll continue to grow for the next 125 years, and beyond.

Pennard Vets is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background.

If you need any adjustments to the application or interview process, just let us know.