Veterinary Nurse

Old Stone Vets; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Stone Vets is seeking an experienced candidate to join its team of 5 vets in a rural veterinary practice in the North Pennines. This position offers a 4-day work week, competitive benefits including CPD support, pension scheme, and opportunities for in-house training while contributing to a 3-centre practice committed to high-quality veterinary care.

Benefits

28 days holiday pro rata per year

RCVS & additional subscription funded

VDS cover

Pension scheme

Overnight accommodation if needed

Monthly contributions for car costs

Winter tyre allowances

Out of hours paid scheme

Qualifications

• Ideally, a candidate with a few years’ experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a 4-day work week with on-call duties.
• Provide in-house diagnoses and treatments using various veterinary equipment.

Job description

About Us

The team at Old Stone Vets has grown steadily since we started in 2005. We are all committed to giving you, the customer the best veterinary service we can. We constantly look for ways to improve our service and facilities.

The team is led by two experienced vets Karl and Rachel who are available for a chat about this position. We are a 3-centre practice, all of which are RCVS accredited SA practice, with our main surgery in Alston, Cumbria, and branches at Stanhope and Allendale.

We live and work here in the rural North Pennines, which may not have the city lifestyles and facilities but is only 45-50mins away from Newcastle or Carlisle. If you love the countryside and hate traffic lights, then we have the perfect place for you. Our practice is a 5-vet team, 1 RVN, 4 animal care assistants with anesthetic monitoring training, currently but we are expanding our small animal side and we all partake in the workload equally.

We diagnose and treat the majority of our cases in-house, and are supported by referral options close by should the need arise. CPD package can be tailored to individual interests.

We do have all the usual small animal gear: DR dig X-Rays, Ultrasound (with visiting ultrasound Adv Practitioner MRCVS every 2 weeks to provide in house CPD training for our vets), in house lab with hematology, endoscope, in house orthopedics performed, in house case work up encouraged and discussed regularly.

Rural North Pennines, which may not have the city lifestyles and facilities but is only 45-50mins away from Newcastle or Carlisle. If you love the countryside and hate traffic lights, then we have the perfect place for you. Our practice is a 5-vet team, 1 RVN, 4 animal care assistants with anaesthetic monitoring training, currently but we are expanding our small animal side and we all partake in the workload equally.

The Role

Ideally this position would be for a candidate with a few years’ experience

The Package

Our package offer is a 4-day week, 1 in 5 on call weeknights and 1 in 5 weekends. 28 days holidays pro rata per yr, CPD package, RCVS & another subscription funded, VDS cover, Pension scheme, overnight accommodation in main surgery if needed for in patient care, car costs contributions monthly, winter tyre allowances, and OOH paid scheme.

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