Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Lime Trees Vets - Lime Trees Veterinary Hospital; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse to join a small animal hospital as a Surgical Lead Nurse. This role emphasizes a supportive environment where you can enhance your skills while caring for a diverse caseload. With a flexible approach to work-life balance, you will be able to tailor your hours to fit your needs, working ideally 40 hours a week with a 1:5 weekend rotation. Join a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care and training for future veterinary professionals, while enjoying numerous employee benefits that prioritize your well-being and professional development.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounted gym membership

£550 CPD allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer

Discounted staff pet care

Qualifications

• Registered Veterinary Nurse with surgical experience and leadership skills.
• Ability to support and train veterinary students effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead surgical nurse involved in advancing team skills and knowledge.
• Provide high standards of care to clients and animals in a supportive environment.

Skills

Veterinary Nursing

Surgical Skills

Team Leadership

Client Care

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse Qualification

Tools

Ultrasound

X-ray Equipment

Endoscopes

In-house Blood Machines

Job description

Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse who is passionate about caring for a varied and demanding caseload? Are you passionate about getting the best out of your team and supporting their confidence and abilities? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our small animal hospital and referral practice in the heart of Staffordshire as a Surgical Lead Nurse.

Work life balance that works for you

Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours truly tips the scale on your work life balance. We know that everyone has demands and priorities outside of their career and we want to make it brilliantly easy for you to strike the right balance. Whether you are looking to fix or flex your work patterns, we can find the right solution for you. Ideally, we are looking for someone to work 40 hours per week (4 or 5 day week), along with 1:5 weekends.

About us

By joining Lime Trees Vets you will be helping us provide superb standards of care to both clients and animals for 1st opinion and referral cases. We utilise our nursing skills to a high standard in a range of areas in a supportive learning environment. As a Lead surgical nurse you will be fully involved in the spread and advancement of skills and knowledge of our team and students. We are a nurse training clinic and support Surrey Veterinary Students during their final year IMR. Our purpose built hospital building has excellent facilities to cater for the vast range of cases we see, including: species specific wards, separate isolation ward, 3 theatres, high definition Ultrasound, DR Xray, K laser, multiple endoscopes including laproscopy, dental xray, CT, chemotherapy room and multiple in-house blood machines (Idexx Catalyst; Procyte; and Sedivue, V check, Epoc, Coag).

Because our people matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

1. 6.6 weeks annual leave (pro rata)
2. Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
3. Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
4. Private Medical Insurance
5. Cycle to Work scheme
6. Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
7. Non-accidental injury support
8. £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave (pro rata)
9. Certificate support
10. Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
11. Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
12. All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
13. Infection Prevention and Control Programme
14. Quality Improvement Programme
15. VDS cover
16. RCVS fees
17. Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
18. Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer
19. Discounted staff pet care

At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Up to £33,945 DOE per annum