Registered Veterinary Nurse - Dentistry

Luna The Dental Vets; Reading; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £35,000

8 - 6pm shifts

No weekends

Paid 30 minute lunch break

NEST pension

Free, designated parking

25 days annual leave + BH

CPD allowance, VDS & RCVS fees

Licensed to BVDA membership access

Brand new clinic and staff facilities

Job summary

Luna The Dental Vets Reading is hiring a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our dental-focused centre of excellence. You will work alongside our clinical director Fei and lead nurse Sandra, supporting pets through prevention, treatment, and post-operative dental care, including at-home guidance.

The role involves theatre work up to Schedule 3, free dental health assessments, and coordinating care from admission to discharge.

Qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Nurse with current license.
• Interest in dentistry and passion for dental care.
• Dental qualification is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor general anaesthesia and support theatre work.
• Admissions, blood tests and comprehensive discharges.
• Schedule 3 radiographs from radiographs to Scale & Polish.
• Dental kit maintenance and management.
• Deliver free dental health assessments and post operative checks.
• Foster long-term dental relationships with pets and owners.

Skills

Anaesthetic monitoring

Dental care passion

Post-operative support

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Dental qualification (bonus)

Tools

Dental radiographs

Job description

Luna The Dental Vets are independent and the first vets in the UK to only offer dental care for cats and dogs. Come and join the mission to help prevent pets living with the misery of dental disease and support owners in their pet's life long dental health .

At Luna The Dental Vets Reading you'll be working at our centre of excellence, alongside our clinical director Fei and dental cert holder lead nurse Sandra. As a team you'll support pets across their dental health care journey, from prevention to surgical extractions to restorative treatments, as well as free dental health assessments and at home dental care guidance.

This hands on nursing role means you'll spend time both in consultations, free dental health assessments, post operative support and on going dental care and also in theatre working up to Schedule 3 from Scale & Polish to radiographs.

Across Luna a number of our lead vets and clinical board hold dental certificates and have many years of dental experience, alongside many of our lead nurses also hold dental certificates. You'll be working within a supported, curious and dental passionate environment.

Tasks

• Full time (4 x 10 hour shifts)
• General anaesthetic monitoring
• Admissions, blood tests & comprehensive discharges
• Schedule 3 from radiographs to Scale & Polish
• Dental kit maintenance and management
• Delivering free dental health assessments and post operative checks
• Proactive and passionate about creating long term dental relationships with pets and owners
• Improving preventative dental care through the Luna Dental Health Club
• Ad hoc community events and activities

Requirements

- Registered Veterinary Nurse,
- Interest in and love for dentistry,
- Certificate or dental qualification a bonus,

Benefits

• Salary up to £35,000
• Pre scheduled appointments only
• 8 - 6pm shifts
• Fixed day off
• No weekends
• Closed Bank Holidays
• FIGS scrubs
• NEST pension
• Paid 30 minute lunch break
• Milk & More/ Funded Snacks
• Free, designated parking
• 25 days annual leave + BH
• Clinics shut between Xmas & NY
• Colleague discount
• CPD allowance, VDS & RCVS fees
• Access to BVDA membership
• Brand new clinic, with quiet room for pre med, staff area and bright glass consulting spaces