Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Alma Veterinary Hospital; Windsor; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Alma Veterinary Hospital in Windsor seeks a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their dedicated team. This role offers flexibility in hours and a collaborative environment, aiming for exceptional patient and client care. Benefits include a competitive salary, training support, and wellbeing initiatives.

Benefits

6.6 weeks annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

CPD allowance

Cycle to Work scheme

Company pension scheme

Discounted treatment for pets

Qualifications

• Competent in all aspects of veterinary nursing.
• Experience with various shifts and a flexible approach.
• Strong focus on both patient and client welfare.

Responsibilities

• Provide gold standard care to patients and clients.
• Work flexible shifts up to 39 hours/week.
• Support the surgical and medical care of animals.

Skills

Competence in nursing

Client care

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Job description

We are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our fabulous team at Alma Veterinary Hospital. We are seeking a hands on RVN who is competent in all aspects of nursing who strives to provide gold standard care to both our patients and clients. We are open to flexible working options which may include part-time, full time or a night nurse or weekend role (up to 39hrs/week). Our current RVN’s cover a range of shifts varying between the hours of 07:30 - 19:30 and /or night shifts to from 18:00 - 09:00 to cover the care of our inpatients.

About us

Alma Veterinary Hospital is located in the royal town of Windsor, with many tourist attractions such as Windsor Castle, Lego Land and Thorpe Park nearby. Windsor is an affluent town surrounded by beautiful countryside along the Thames path and Windsor Great Park. There are many restaurants, shop and cafes in the town, all of which are walking distance from the practice. Windsor has excellent transport links into London Paddington and London Waterloo. We are approximately 15 mins from Heathrow, 45 mins from Gatwick and are 5 mins from the M4 and M25, making travelling directions very easy.

Our facilities

Alma Veterinary Hospital is a fully equipped first opinion practice seeing a wide range of surgical and medical cases. We have 4 consultation rooms, separate cat and dog waiting rooms and wards. As well as all the usual facilities of a first opinion practice, we have a dedicated dental suite, an imaging room and a full in-house laboratory. Our hospital is very well equipped with a Karl Storz laparotomy tower, radiography, ultrasound, dental radiography, full in-house laboratory, a Tonopen, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, orthopaedic equipment, ECG, Capnography and much more. We are proud to be the only practice within a 15-mile radius able to offer laparoscopic surgery to our patients.

About the team and culture

We have a wonderful team of 7 Veterinary Surgeons and 11 nurses. Our nursing team consists of 8 RVN's and 3 students. In addition, we have 8 support staff including our Practice Manager, Reception and Admin teams and a Nursing Assistant. Many of the team at Alma have been at the practice for many years. Working at Alma is like being part of a caring family, where we all work together to support each other.

Our colleagues welfare is of upmost importance to us all. Providing a high standard of client and patient care is at the forefront of everything we do. We are hopeful to find a candidate that fits within our team values and ethos.

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 pro rata

*Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

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

*£550 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

*RCVS fees

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

Salary of up to £33,000 pa DOE