Roving Veterinary Nurse — Emergency Care & ECC Specialist

Vets Now; Southampton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Sick pay

Annual leave

Birthday day off

CPD allowance

ECC support

Pension

Staff discounts

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, with roving duties across Southampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth. The Veterinary Nurse will support triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in-patient care to deliver high-quality emergency services.

RCVS-registered for at least six months, with ECC experience considered advantageous. The role is full-time (40 hours weekly) across a mix of weeknights and 1:2 weekends, plus bank holidays.

Qualifications

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• First Aid – give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
• Critical Care – management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
• Diagnostics - confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.

Skills

Triage & advice

Surgical assistance

Anesthesia care

In-patient care

Critical care

Diagnostics

Job description

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, with roving duties across Southampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth. The Veterinary Nurse will support triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in-patient care to deliver high-quality emergency services.

RCVS-registered for at least six months, with ECC experience considered advantageous. The role is full-time (40 hours weekly) across a mix of weeknights and 1:2 weekends, plus bank holidays.