Registered Veterinary Nurse

Vets for Pets; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary practice in Greater Manchester is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join their vibrant team. You will provide passionate care, support clinics, and work closely with skilled nurses. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £30,000, along with standard benefits and opportunities for career progression. If you are dedicated and eager to develop your skills in a supportive environment, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Healthcare benefits

Paid memberships

Birthday as leave

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in establishing and running weight and diabetes clinics.
• Willingness to train in clinical coaching.
• Passionate and dedicated patient care.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run weight clinics and diabetes clinics.
• Oversee pharmacy and ordering processes.
• Support patients undergoing anaesthesia and sedation.
• Facilitate diagnostic procedures, including ultrasound.

Skills

Effective communication with clients

Clinical coaching

Liaising with colleagues

Ability to prioritize patient care

Job description

You’ll be joining a thriving, vibrant and energetic team of two permanent vets, and a strong nursing team.

Our practice provides an excellent range of facilities (including ultrasound) giving you access to all the equipment and space and support you need to give the very best care for your patients. We ideally want you to be happy with a good mix of theatre time and consulting time.

You will be confident to establish and run weight clinics; diabetes clinics and you will assist with overseeing our pharmacy and ordering processes.

Clinical coaching experience is desirable but not essential. A willingness to train as a coach is also desirable and training will be funded. You will have a varied and engaging caseload and will provide passionate and dedicated care for our patients.

Your daily duties will include effective communication with clients; case handovers and communication; liaising with all colleagues to facilitate gold standard patient care; prioritising and providing safe and effective patient care in a timely manner; supporting patients undergoing general anaesthesia and sedation; facilitating diagnostic procedures, including radiography and ultrasound.

Our nurses are skilled, passionate veterinary professionals and as such we ensure that they can achieve their clinical potential. We have a team of talented Client Care Advisors to support the client journey, freeing up our Nurses to carry out their roles effectively and enabling you to develop your own core client base, nurse-led clinics and perform schedule 3 procedures.

Joining us will allow you to work within an exceptional clinical team and develop your career whilst continuing your learning. We offer access to a multitude of professional development opportunities, or more in-depth programmes developed specifically for primary care nurses.

You will work 40 hours per week, one Saturday in four, weekday shifts to be agreed, with paid lunch breaks.

Benefits to include:

• Along with a competitive salary of up to £30,000
• All the standard benefits you’d expect from a major employer (pension, healthcare, paid memberships, competitive salary etc.)
• Excellent career progression
• Birthday as leave
• Exclusive lifestyle, and shopping discounts (up to 30% off at Pets at Home)

Location: M41 7FN

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!