Veterinary Coordinator - Registered Veterinary Nurse

Blue Cross For Pets; Exeter; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Pension scheme with enhanced employer

Professional fees paid with CPD

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Job summary

Blue Cross in Exeter is seeking a part-time Veterinary Coordinator (Registered Veterinary Nurse) to link clinical care with our rehoming and fostering operations. You will coordinate treatment plans, ensure regulatory compliance, and support external veterinary partners across a network.

Your role combines nursing expertise with coordination, education, and compassionate guidance for teams, carers and pet owners in a welfare-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified and RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse.
• Confident across all aspects of veterinary nursing practice.
• Strong knowledge of animal welfare, biosecurity and shelter medicine.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and agree comprehensive treatment plans with veterinary partners.
• Oversee regulatory compliance and arrange external veterinary consultations.
• Guide internal teams, foster carers and pet owners on clinical care.
• Support welfare education and manage complex clinical cases with empathy.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Emotional resilience

Team collaboration

Education

RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse

Job description

Veterinary Coordinator - Registered Veterinary Nurse

Application Deadline: 31 August 2026

Department: Rehoming & Fostering Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Devon

Reporting To: Centre Manager

Compensation: £15,614 - £18,155 / year

Description

Contract: 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Salary: £15,614 - £18,155 per annum (£26,023 - £30,259 FTE)

Location: Exeter EX2 8ED

Closing date: Monday 31st August 2026

Interview date: Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd September 2026

Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse seeking to combine your clinical expertise with coordinating high-level care? Blue Cross is recruiting for a Veterinary Coordinator at our Exeter centre to play a key role within our Rehoming and Fostering Services.

More about the role

As our Veterinary Coordinator, you will act as a crucial link connecting the clinical care of our pets with our broader rehoming and fostering operations. Working closely with Centre Managers, our veterinary partners, and a national network of coordinators, you will help standardise clinical approaches, optimise resources, and ensure all interventions strictly align with Blue Cross guidelines.

Your responsibilities will span the full lifecycle of pet care. You will coordinate and agree comprehensive treatment plans, oversee regulatory compliance, and arrange logistics for external veterinary consultations. Crucially, you will also serve as a key point of guidance for our teams, foster carers, pet owners and our veterinary partner practices. This will include supporting public welfare education, navigating complex clinical cases, and offering compassionate support during sensitive, welfare-led decision-making.

This is a part‑time role working 22.5 hours per week across three days from Monday to Friday.

Please note, as we do not currently carry out veterinary procedures onsite at our Exeter centre you will not be delivering hands‑on clinical services to the pets in our care. However, you will use your practical experience and veterinary nursing expertise to coordinate and advise on the clinical care provided by our veterinary partner practices. We will also pay for your continued CPD and registration requirements.

About you

You are a qualified, RCVS‑registered Veterinary Nurse who brings sound clinical judgment, and a dedication to shelter medicine principles. Alongside your technical nursing capabilities, you possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, allowing you to build strong relationships across internal teams and external veterinary practices alike.

You are highly organised, efficient at prioritising workloads, and capable of maintaining exceptional standards in dynamic operational environments. Demonstrating resilience and strong emotional intelligence, you can manage sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism. Above all, you are a collaborative team player driven by a commitment to continuous improvement and aligned with our core values of compassion, courage, and inclusivity.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Fully qualified and RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse
• Confident across all aspects of veterinary nursing practice
• Strong knowledge of animal welfare, biosecurity, and shelter medicine principles
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to work in emotionally demanding environments with resilience
• The ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our Blue Cross values

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Experience in shelter medicine or rehoming environments
• Experience of budget awareness or resource management
• Experience supporting adopters with ongoing clinical cases

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
• Health cash plan
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
• Life assurance
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Recognition scheme
• Annual volunteer days
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.