Out of Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse (Part-time)

IVC Evidensia; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

7 weeks annual leave

Birthday day off

CPD allowance and ECC support

RCVS fees paid

Job summary

Vets Now, the UK’s leading emergency pet care provider, seeks a dedicated Veterinary Nurse for its out-of-hours team in a 24/7 hospital. You will work across ICU, triage and wards, handling emergency and critical care cases with a focus on patient stability and comfort.

Benefits include CPD opportunities, ECC certificate support, and enhanced sickness and maternity pay. The role involves 12-hour night shifts across a 3-on/5-off pattern, with bank holidays and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Triage: Conduct initial assessments of incoming emergency cases, prioritising patients based on their severity and assisting in stabilising critical patients upon their arrival.
• ICU: Provide specialised care for critically ill animals, monitor vital signs and assisting Veterinary Surgeons in complex medical procedures and resuscitation efforts.
• Wards: Deliver comprehensive inpatient care, including administering medications, managing feeding schedules, and ensuring a comfortable environment for recovering animals from both the emergency and referral services.

Skills

RCVS registered

OOH experience

Teamwork

Job description

Vets Now are the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care. Due to continued growth in our state-of-the-art 24/7 hospital, we are looking to add a dedicated and adaptable Veterinary Nurse to the existing out-of-hours team. Our out-of-hours team is here to provide an emergency service at nights, weekends and bank holidays to ensure continuity of care for inpatients that have been seen by our referral team.

Understanding your key role

This role will give you the opportunity to deal with a wide range of emergency and critical care cases as well as monitoring patients from our referral services. You will rotate through the different disciplines of ICU, Triage and Wards. Your role will include: Triage: Conduct initial assessments of incoming emergency cases, prioritising patients based on their severity and assisting in stabilising critical patients upon their arrival. Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Provide specialised care for critically ill animals, monitor vital signs and assisting Veterinary Surgeons in complex medical procedures and resuscitation efforts. Wards: Deliver comprehensive inpatient care, including administering medications, managing feeding schedules, and ensuring a comfortable environment for recovering animals from both the emergency and referral services.

Potential candidates will be passionate about the care they deliver and have a real enthusiasm for learning with the ability to work within a fast-paced emergency service.

Key requirements

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.

Working pattern

3 shifts on / 5 shifts off working 12-hour shifts on rotation through 19:00 to 07:00 and 18:00 to 06:00. 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.

What we offer?

• 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.

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Salary up to Up to £31,447 DOE including a 10% bonus for working OOH

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