Veterinary Nurse Manager

Dogs Trust Company Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

An animal welfare organization located in London is seeking a Veterinary Nurse Manager for a maternity cover from February 2026 to March 2027. The role involves leading a team and managing workload, overseeing vet care funding, and supporting the professional development of vet nurses. The candidate should possess strong veterinary experience and leadership skills, working primarily in an office environment with some clinical responsibilities. Competitive salary and benefits provided.

Qualifications

• Experience managing veterinary teams.
• Ability to build relationships and manage others.
• Capacity to set and maintain high expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage vet nurse teams and their workload.
• Oversee invoice management related to funding schemes.
• Support Senior Vet Nurses with emergency funding.
• Provide professional support for nursing teams.
• Ensure patient safety across vet nurse teams.
• Liaise with other departments for escalated complaints.
• Represent the clinical team in cross-organisational projects.

Skills

Strong veterinary experience

Relationship management

Leadership skills

Job description

Veterinary Nurse Manager

Application Deadline: 21 December 2025

Department: Veterinary and Welfare

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: London

Compensation: £42,025 per year + Benefits

Description

Do you have a passion for dogs? Are you ready for the next step in your career?

We are looking for someone to join us for a maternity cover contract from February 2026 to March 2027. In our London Office vet team as our Veterinary Nurse Manager overseeing and supporting our vet nurse teams across the organisation.

What does this role do?

As a Veterinary nurse manager you will,

• Lead and manage including making any required changes to the SAS and VSF funding schemes, supporting the team to manage their workload.
• Oversee the invoice management for payments relating to these schemes and liaising with the Head of Finance.
• Support the Senior Vet Nurses in managing the Emergency Trust Fund (ETF) and any exceptional funding agreed for veterinary care of dogs.
• Provide professional support to the veterinary nursing teams working within the rehoming centres supporting their individual professional development as well as the functions of the vet suites.
• Oversee patient safety and continual improvement across all vet nurse teams.
• Liaise with wider DT departments (Operations, Communications and Customer Support Centre) to manage escalated complaints which may include difficult or sensitive situations.
• Represent the clinical veterinary team in cross organisational projects as well as undertake project management work that aligns with our strategy.

Please see the attached job description for further details.

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for the w/c 5th January 2026.

Could this be you?

Someone with strong veterinary experience who is able to build relationships, manage others and is able to set high expectations.

The role is part of the senior management team and involves working at the London office. It includes development of training programs along with the Learning & Development team and wider organisational connections. Representing the veterinary perspective at internal stakeholder meetings and representing Dogs Trust at external stakeholder meetings. Although this is primarily an office-based role, there may be clinical work required as necessary within our rehoming centres or for other teams.

About the team

The Dogs Trust Veterinary Department is a friendly team of veterinary nurses, veterinary surgeons and admin team working in the London Office. The primary responsibility for this team is to provide case guidance and management options for dogs within our care across our network of rehoming centres and other veterinary related schemes such as Outreach, Shared Adoption Scheme (SAS), Veterinary Support Fund (VSF) and the Emergency Trust Fund (ETF).