Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Axe Valley Vets; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A rural veterinary practice in Weston-super-Mare is seeking a Registered Veterinary Nurse. This role includes a range of nursing responsibilities such as monitoring anaesthetics and caring for inpatients. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £31,000 pa, extensive benefits including private medical insurance, annual leave, and a CPD allowance. Flexible working is required across multiple sites if necessary.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

£750 CPD allowance

Company pension scheme

Discounted treatment for pets

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated individual for the veterinary team.
• Experience in nursing responsibilities and diverse veterinary settings.

Responsibilities

• Perform nursing responsibilities including Nurse Clinics and Anaesthetics.
• Care for inpatients and perform laboratory work.
• Flexibility to work across multiple sites if needed.

Skills

Nursing responsibilities

Anaesthetics

Inpatient care

Laboratory work

Job description

Overview

Here at Axe Valley Veterinary Practice, we are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team. We are based in rural Somerset with lots of lovely walks on the doorstep in Blackford. Well behaved dogs are welcome to come to work too.

Salary: Up to £31,000 pa DOE

Responsibilities

• Range of nursing responsibilities to include Nurse Clinics, Anaesthetics, Inpatient Care and Laboratory work.
• The role will potentially involve working across multiple sites; flexible for the right candidate.
• Practice is well equipped with extensive diagnostic and clinical tools including endoscopy, ultrasonography, digital radiography (including dental radiography), in-house laboratory and more.

Our team

Currently we have 12 Veterinary Surgeons, including 2 Medicine Certificate holders, 1 Surgical Certificate holder, 9 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses, 2 Animal Nursing Assistants and 16 support staff across our sites.

Working hours

Shifts are 40 hours a week, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week ranging from 7:00am to 7:00pm with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break. An attractive weekend rota 1 in 9 at our Blackford branch; 8:30am-1:00pm Saturday and 8:30am-10:30am on Sunday, both days include being on call 8am - 7:00pm. Weekend shifts and overtime are paid on top of normal salary.

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 -

• Work-life balance
• • 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Wellbeing
• • 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 employee wellbeing
• Development
• • £750 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
  • 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
• Professional Memberships
• • VDS cover
• Colleague Benefits
• • Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
  • Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
  • Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
  • Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
  • Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice