Registered Veterinary Nurse

Vets for Pets; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary up to £32,000

Pension scheme

Generous CPD allowance

RCVS, BVA, VDS memberships

Exclusive colleague discounts

Job summary

Vets for Pets Straiton in Edinburgh is seeking an energetic and enthusiastic Student Veterinary Nurse or Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly team. You will help ensure a high standard of care for patients and clients, embracing all facets of the veterinary nurse role, and supporting the team to achieve practice goals.

You should be comfortable leading by example, have strong communication and organisational skills, and be keen to learn about the business as a whole.

Qualifications

• Energetic and enthusiastic Student Veterinary Nurse or Registered Veterinary Nurse.
• Strong communication and organisation skills; ability to lead by example.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of patient and client care.
• Support team with daily clinical tasks.
• Full-time role (40 hours/week), with part-time consideration across the week.

Job description

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Our friendly team in Straiton Edinburgh is looking for a forward-thinking Student Veterinary Nurse or Registered Veterinary Nurse to join us.

About us:

The practice is independently run, by Hans and Kaidian, supported by a fantastic team, who are committed to delivering an outstanding level of service in the community and through this they have enabled a real "proud to be part of the team" work ethos. Our team is now four years old including a team of 3 RVNs. Across the team we can speak over 8 languages and we believe over the last four years we have been able to build strong bonds with our pet families. We are located at the foot of the Pentland Hills in glorious Edinburgh and our bright, air-conditioned surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards, with in-house laboratory facilities and has state of the art imaging equipment including digital X-ray and ultrasound affording our clients high levels of clinical workups onsite.

About you:

We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic Student Veterinary Nurse or Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team at Straiton Vets for Pets.

You will help ensure a high standard of care for patients and clients. Nurses are the heart of our practice and perform an integral clinical role in caring for our patients. You must be comfortable with leading by example, have great communication and organisation skills and take pride in working to a high standard. You will have an interest in and want to learn about the practice as a business, as well as, how to contribute to the team to help achieve personal and practice goals. Ideally you will have experience in a Registered Nurse role.

Key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the Veterinary Nurse role, delivering excellent patient and client care.

This is a full-time position working 40 hours a week but we will be willing to consider candidates who are only able to work part time. The practice opening hours are 8.30am – 7pm Monday to Saturday.

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary - (up to £32,000 depending on experience)
• Enhanced annual leave (4 weeks which increases to 5 weeks after 2 years and up to 6 weeks after 5 years).
• Pension scheme
• Generous CPD allowance - Schedule 3 encouraged.
• Paid memberships (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
• Exclusive colleague discounts

Location:

EH20 9PW

We are investors in people. If you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!