Registered Veterinary Nurse

Linnaeus; North East; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital in the North East of England is seeking a passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) for maternity cover. The role involves working primarily within the Internal Medicine team, providing high standards of care alongside specialists. This position offers competitive salary, flexible hours, and numerous benefits including CV training and additional holidays. Ideal candidates should have a minimum of one year experience and a genuine passion for animal care.

Benefits

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off

Payment of professional RCVS registration fees

External CPD funding with generous allowance

Enhanced sick pay

Life assurance

Employer contribution pension scheme

Professional indemnity cover

Health care and purchasing scheme

Staff discount for your own pet’s treatment

Wellness program including free annual flu jab

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as a Registered Veterinary Nurse.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professionalism.
• Experience in a referral setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Join dedicated nursing team covering internal medicine, oncology, and ICU.
• Provide referral level and emergency care to patients.

Skills

Excellent social and clinical skills

Passionate about animal care & welfare

Willingness to learn new clinical skills

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with minimum 1 year experience

Job description

Job Title

Registered Veterinary Nurse (Maternity cover)

Location

Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES

Job Type

Fixed-term contract for 12 months

Hours

Part time; full time would be considered. Ideally working 3 days per week, minimum 24 hours per week. Would consider full time also.

Shifts covered between hours of 7.30am and 7.30pm with 1.5 weekends out of 6 weeks.

Overview

We are looking for a passionate RVN to join our dedicated nursing team working primarily within our Internal Medicine team; working alongside specialists and dedicated nurses covering medicine procedures and inpatient care, Oncology, Cardiology and ICU.

Our hospital is staffed by highly skilled RVN's 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide referral level and emergency and critical care to our patients. If you are looking for an extremely rewarding and fulfilling career this position may be of interest to you.

Qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with minimum 1 year experience
• Excellent social and clinical skills
• Passionate about animal care & welfare
• Experience working within a referral setting preferred, or willingness to learn new clinical skills
• Has a Right to Work in the UK

About us

Our team consists of over 60 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN) working alongside specialists in Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Soft Tissue, Orthopaedics, Diagnostic Imaging and Neurology. We have also have a dedicated night team.

Wear Referrals (part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, owned by Mars) is a multi-disciplinary, specialist veterinary referral hospital in the north east of England, close to the historic university city of Durham, the thriving city of Newcastle, and set between the north east coast and the Pennines. Our award-winning hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Scotland.

Our services, with more than 20 specialists, include neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia, oncology, diagnostic imaging and cardiology, as well as a busy primary care out-of-hours emergency service and in-house physiotherapy and hydrotherapy. Our nursing team consists of over 60 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN) specialising alongside our vets, including a dedicated night nurse team.

Benefits

Wear Referrals provide a competitive salary and CPD allowance along with company sick pay.

Including:

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off
• Payment of professional RCVS registration fees
• External CPD funded with generous CPD allowance plus CPD leave
• Enhance sick pay
• Life assurance
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Professional indemnity cover
• Health care and purchasing scheme
• Staff discount for your own pet’s treatment
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellness program including free annual flu jab, employee assistance program
• Uniform, shoe allowance and free onsite parking also included

Contact

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss further, please get in touch with [e-mail]

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best - caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.