Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal - FTC

Mainstone Veterinary Clinic; Romsey; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in veterinary care is seeking a motivated Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their supportive team. This full-time position offers the freedom to utilize your skills in a friendly environment, ensuring the best care for patients. With a commitment to personal development, the clinic provides generous CPD allowances and professional memberships. Enjoy a work-life balance with 6.6 weeks of annual leave and various wellbeing initiatives. If you are passionate about veterinary nursing and thrive in a collaborative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Company Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Treatment for Pets

6.6 Weeks Annual Leave

CPD Allowance

Enhanced Family-Friendly Policies

Qualifications

• Motivated RVNs with a few years of experience are welcome.
• Communication is key and vital for high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Join the Veterinary Nursing Team for maternity cover.
• Provide high-quality care and support to patients and clients.

Skills

Veterinary Nursing

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Patient Monitoring

Education

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Tools

Multiparameter Monitor

Doppler Blood Pressure Monitor

Syringe Driver

In-House Laboratory Equipment

Dental Suite

Job description

Mainstone Vets strives to provide the best personalised care for its clients and their patients. We are a growing practice who has deep roots within the local community of Romsey. We are constantly investing in and improving the facilities we use to care for our patients, as well as our staff. We pride ourselves on our personal approach to our cases and our communication around treatment and options. We are ideally located in the beautiful Broadlands Estate within easy reach of the M27.

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Veterinary Nursing Team for maternity cover. Are you looking for the freedom to utilise your skills, in a friendly supportive environment? We love to bring new ideas, progressive treatments to our practice and patients to ensure we truly provide great care and ideally this would appeal to the candidate as well.

We have invested heavily in our patient monitoring and care, with a multiparameter monitor, doppler blood pressure monitoring, syringe driver, multiple infusion pumps, in house laboratory equipment, floating table for x-rays, dental suite with dental x-ray and silver cat friendly status with dedicated cat only clinic times.

This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week, including 1:4 Saturdays and one to two evenings per week with shifts ending at 7:00 PM.

About the team

We have always had a stable team meaning we have great camaraderie and are always happy to help each other out. We have regular nurse and full team meetings to give plenty of opportunity to discuss cases and any concerns or new developments. We have a lovely garden for lunch breaks in the summer months.

We socialise on a regular basis from working in the practice garden, to team BBQ’s, nights out and actively engage with our local community, attending many shows, running open days and doing talks at the local schools.

What we are looking for

We welcome applicants from RVNs with a few years of experience, but it is more important that you are keen to be a part of our team and to contribute to our high-quality care. Motivation is the key requirement; we have a really positive progressive team and want to keep an emphasis on this. Communication is key and something we pride ourselves and our clients expect from us, so this would be a critical skill for any applicant.

So, if you’re a motivated, loves striving to provide great care in a supportive environment whilst willing to have a laugh, please do let us know.

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

*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

Up to £30,000pa DOE