Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Leonard Brother Vets Nantwich; Nantwich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A veterinary practice in Nantwich is looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their friendly and supportive team. This full-time role involves surgical and medical nursing, anaesthesia, and consultations. The practice offers a great work-life balance with 6.6 weeks of annual leave, private medical insurance, and continuous professional development opportunities, including a substantial CPD allowance.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

£550 CPD allowance

Access to Vetlexicon

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in anaesthesia and nurse consultations required.
• Ability to manage surgical and medical cases.
• Good communication skills and a commitment to teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent patient care in surgical and medical nursing.
• Participate in anaesthesia and consultations.
• Grow in your role with guidance from experienced teams.

Skills

Dedication to patient care

Ability to work in a team

Experience in surgical and medical nursing

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at Leonard Brothers Vets. This role will require cover at our Nantwich and Wistaston clinics, which are a short journey from one another. If you are a Registered Veterinary Nurse looking for an exciting new opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!

Role and Responsibilities

Leonard Brothers Vets have an exciting new opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly team! This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated Veterinary Nurse, who is dedicated to providing excellent patient care, to join our supportive practice in a permanent, full time role.

You will be involved in many aspects of surgical and medical nursing, anaesthesia and nurse consultations. Our nurses are well utilised by the vets and have the opportunity to be involved in several interesting and exciting cases.

About the Practice and Culture

Our modern practice is equipped with fantastic facilities and we have a brilliant team. We are a training practice providing our staff with ample support to ease into the team and gain experience. We have 14 vets across our 3 branches and an experienced nursing and support team. Our focus is to provide exceptional care to our clients and to encourage our team to grow in their roles.

We have certificate holders in cardiology, medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, and diploma holders in general anaesthesia so we can support you and develop your skills.

Local Area

Nantwich is a lovely market town with good connections to the M6 and Crewe railway station and only 1.5 hours from the Peak District, Lake District, North Wales, or London by train! Wistaston, is a lovely residential area bordering Nantwich and only a few minutes from our Nantwich practice.

Working Hours

This is a full-time role offering 35.5 hours per week. We offer flexible working hours between 8am - 6:30pm. We do a limited amount of Out of Hours and our nurses are included in an Out of Hours rota that works out to approximately 4 On Call weekends per year / 1 On Call eve per month (6:30pm - 9pm) / 7 Saturdays per year (half day).

Benefits

• Work-life balance: 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
• £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme
• RCVS Fees
• VDS cover
• Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
• Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Voluntary benefits: flexible options
• Discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
• Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
• Salary: Up to £29,500 pro rata DOE