Registered Veterinary Nurse

British Veterinary Association; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary practice in Manchester seeks a veterinarian to establish clinics and ensure gold standard patient care. The role offers 40 hours a week, a salary of up to £30,000, and benefits including a pension, healthcare, and shopping discounts. Ideal candidates should be effective communicators and willing to train in clinical coaching.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

Paid memberships

Birthday leave

Exclusive lifestyle discounts

Qualifications

• Effective communication with clients, case handovers, liaising with colleagues for patient care.
• Ability to support patients undergoing general anaesthesia and sedation.
• Willingness to train as a coach is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run weight clinics and diabetes clinics.
• Assist with overseeing pharmacy and ordering processes.
• Facilitate diagnostic procedures, including radiography and ultrasound.

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run weight clinics; diabetes clinics and you will assist with overseeing our pharmacy and ordering processes.
• 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.

Coaching & Development

Clinical coaching experience is desirable but not essential. A willingness to train as a coach is also desirable and training will be funded.

Schedule & Benefits

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, we offer all the standard benefits you'd expect from a major employer (pension, healthcare, paid memberships, competitive salary etc.) plus a few more, such as excellent career progression, birthday as leave, exclusive lifestyle, and shopping discounts (up to 30% off at Pets at Home).

Location

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!