Student Veterinary Nurse

Vets for Pets; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A local veterinary practice in Trowbridge is seeking a Second year Student Veterinary Nurse to join their friendly team. You'll be involved in all aspects of nursing care, providing excellent patient and client care. This full-time role includes animal handling, consultations, and some reception duties. Ideal candidates will have the relevant qualifications and a passion for pet healthcare. They offer a supportive working environment and great benefits, including discounts on pet care services.

Benefits

20% off at Pets at Home

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Passionate about delivering outstanding pet healthcare.
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn.
• Ability to embrace all aspects of the Veterinary Nurse role.

Responsibilities

• Animal handling, consultations, and patient care.
• Maintaining cleanliness of the practice.
• Some reception duties and customer service.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer service skills

Education

Relevant qualifications as per The College of Animal Welfare

Job description

If you are an enthusiastic Second year Student Veterinary Nurse looking for a warm and friendly team to help support you on your journey to being a Registered Veterinary Nurse, then we would love to hear from you!

Nurses are the heart of our practice and perform an integral clinical role in caring for our patients. You’ll have great communication and organisation skills and take pride in working to a high standard. You will have an interest in and want to learn about the practice as a business, as well as how to motivate a team to achieve their personal and practice goals.

The key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the Veterinary Nurse role, delivering excellent patient and client care.

Becoming part of our nursing team will allow you to be involved in all aspects of nursing care, whatever your interests may be! Our nurses are utilised to their fullest potential, and we actively encourage and support you in any way we can.

This is a Full Time working 40 hour per week Role

The role involves:

• animal handling, consultations, assisting staff with the care of our patients and maintaining the practice to a high level of cleanliness.
• some reception and front of house responsibility with the role, so customer service skills are also essential.

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will require the relevant qualifications as set out by The College of Animal Welfare.

We offer a supportive and friendly working environment, together with career development opportunities, an excellent package and great benefits that include 20% off at Pets at Home and the Vet Group.

Location: BA14 0RQ

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities.

Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!