Surgical Registered Veterinary Nurse

Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join the Surgical Suite team at a leading veterinary referral centre. The role involves providing high-quality care to surgical patients, monitoring anaesthesia, and supporting various surgical disciplines. Comprehensive training and support will be provided, making it suitable for both experienced and new RVNs.

Benefits

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave

RCVS and VDS fees paid

External CPD funded

Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program

Career progression opportunities

Staff discount schemes

Life Assurance

Enhanced sickness pay

Enhanced equal family leave

Employer contribution pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have capabilities in all nursing duties.
• Previous referral experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality peri-operative care to surgical patients.
• Monitoring anaesthesia, including emergency and critically ill patients.
• Preparing patients for surgery and scrubbing into procedures.

Skills

Communication

Anaesthesia Monitoring

Intravenous Catheter Placement

Job description

Your role and responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join our Surgical Suite nursing team.

As Surgical RVN, you will work alongside our 6 full-time RVNs, 6 part-time RVNs, 6 dedicated surgical suite Patient Care Assistants, as well as our Specialist Surgeons and Anaesthetists.

The position involves supporting surgical patients from various disciplines, including cardiology, soft tissue, orthopaedic, neurology, ophthalmology, and our primary care service.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing high-quality peri-operative care to surgical patients
• Monitoring anaesthesia, including emergency and critically ill patients
• Preparing patients for surgery and scrubbing into procedures, if required
• Undertaking general and theatre nursing, including maintaining and preparing sterile supplies and instruments
• Accurate record keeping
• Infection control

You must be an excellent communicator and have a genuine desire to improve clinical standards. You should also have capabilities in all nursing duties such as anaesthesia monitoring, intravenous catheter placement, drug dosage calculation, handling and administration, blood sampling, and patient recovery.

Previous referral experience is desirable but not essential, as comprehensive training and support will be provided.

Hours

This is a full-time position working an average of 38 hours per week, including a share of weekends (1:6).

Shift times are between 7 am and 9 pm, on a rota.

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
• Employee assistance program
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Free annual Flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our associates. We have a team of Mental Health First Aiders and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone.

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is a leading small animal referral centre with over 30 years of delivering high standards of pet healthcare.

Our vision is to provide an unrivalled clinical, patient, client, and team experience recognized for excellence worldwide. Our values focus on caring for our patients, clients, referring vets, colleagues, and the environment to make a better world of pets.

We strongly encourage continual skill and knowledge development through CPD. Our team includes over 250 associates working across multiple disciplines, including orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, and more.

Our hospital features advanced facilities such as Siemens 64-slice CT, Siemens 1.5T MRI, digital radiography, ultrasonography, and extensive surgical equipment.

If interested, please contact [e-mail] to apply or discuss further.