Registered Veterinary Nurse - Surgery

IVC Evidensia; England; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary hospital in the UK is seeking a dedicated Surgery Nurse to join their team. The role offers an opportunity for clinical development and involves a variety of tasks across different departments. Responsibilities include patient monitoring during surgery and diagnostic imaging, preparing anaesthetic trays, and supporting surgical teams. This full-time position offers a four-day working week with excellent benefits including generous annual leave and a competitive salary of up to £36,000 DOE. If you're passionate about veterinary care, this role could be the next step in your career.

Benefits

Annual leave: 6.6 weeks

Private medical insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

CPD allowance

Pension: 5% Employee/3% Employer

Qualifications

• Experience in a referral setting preferred but not essential.
• Support through comprehensive induction and training period.
• Must be able to self-motivate and use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Cover nursing duties across prep, theatre, wards and imaging.
• Monitor patients during surgery and diagnostic imaging.
• Assist in theatre by covering the circulatory nurse role.
• Prepare anaesthetic trays and monitor patient anaesthesia.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to multi-task

Proactive and enthusiastic

Team player

Job description

We are delighted to open applications for a dedicated Surgery Nurse to join our team at Hamilton Specialist Referrals. Our successful candidate will work collaboratively across our Specialist-led surgical teams, providing unparalleled clinical development opportunities for an ambitious, driven RVN looking to take the next step in their career. Refine your nursing skills at Hamilton Specialist Referrals. If your passion lies in taking part in interesting surgical & neurological cases, then this may be the role for you. Hamilton Specialist Referrals is a purpose built state‑of‑the‑art veterinary hospital which provides the latest in cutting edge, specialist treatments for cats and dogs, supported by an exceptional rehabilitation and physiotherapy facility.

Responsibilities

• Covering a variety of nursing duties across prep, theatre, wards and imaging,
• Ensuring patient stations are set up and ready for the day to include circuit checks in prep and theatre.
• Preparing anaesthetic trays to include drawing up medication.
• Clipping and prepping patients ready for procedures.
• Monitoring patients who are undergoing diagnostic imaging, surgery, and/or rechecks.
• Assisting in theatre to cover the circulatory nurse role.
• Placing arterial lines, central lines and administering nerve blocks to the patients under the supervision of an anaesthetist.
• Monitoring patient anaesthesia and sedations.
• Providing support to the surgery & neurology departments and being a point of contact to clients, including organising admits and discharges
• Maintaining resources required by the clinicians including equipment and stock

Qualifications & Expectations

Supporting you in your new role Experience within a referral setting is preferred but not essential, as we have a comprehensive induction and training period designed to support all new nurses. We are also proud to offer central support via IVC Evidensia's 'Introduction to Referral Nursing' training modules, specifically designed for RVNs moving from first opinion to referral. To be successful you will be a proactive, enthusiastic and approachable person who is not only a great team player, but can also use their own initiative and self‑motivate. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to multi‑task with a flexible approach to working, are a must. Joining a team, you are proud to be a part of Situated just outside of High Wycombe (J4, M40) Buckinghamshire, we deliver world‑class exemplary clinical services, with a clear focus on the people that make that a reality. By nurturing our workforce we are able to offer the very best services to the pets entrusted into our care as well as to their owners.

Working Hours

A full time position covers 40 hours per week, across a rolling 6 week rota. We offer a 4 day working week, which comprises 4 x 9.25hr shifts between 07:00-20:30 during the week, plus a 1 in 6 weekend rota (Saturday and Sunday). We have a bank holiday rota which currently works out at 2 per year. We will also consider part time applicants for this role.

Benefits

• Annual leave: 6.6 weeks annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
• 4 day working week

• Wellbeing: Enhanced family‑friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private medical insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing

• Development: CPD allowance; 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
• Additional: Relocation allowance; Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers; Pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer; Discounted staff pet care

Salary: up to £36,000 DOE (31,800 pa)