Veterinary Nurse - Part Time

British Veterinary Association; Wales; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading veterinary care organization in Wrexham seeks a Part Time Veterinary Nurse to provide critical care and manage emergency cases. The ideal candidate is RCVS registered, with experience in emergency and critical care. The role includes a commitment to providing high standards of clinical care and encompasses a flexible working pattern, including weekends and bank holidays. This role offers comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance and a generous CPD allowance.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

7 weeks annual leave

Paid birthday day off

£1125 CPD allowance

RCVS fees paid

Discounts on staff pet care

Death in service benefit

Qualifications

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide first aid and critical care for pets.
• Monitor in-patient trends and perform diagnostics.
• Manage emergency cases and provide advice.

Skills

Critical Care

First Aid

Diagnostic procedures

Education

RCVS registered

Job description

Part Time Veterinary Nurse - Wrexham

Up to £17ph DOE plus benefits

Company Overview

Vets Now is the UK's leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. Our Wrexham clinic is RCVS accredited as a Small Animal Emergency Service Clinic which reflects the clinics ability to handle emergency and critical care cases without an appointment and means clients can be reassured their pet is receiving the best care when they need it most.

Understanding your key role

Our nursing team are at the core of clinical treatment including triage, surgery, anaesthesia, and in-patient care. Key responsibilities will include:

• First Aid - give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
• Critical Care - management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
• Diagnostics - confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.

Key requirements

RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.

• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.

Working pattern

We have the following hours available in our Wrexham clinic, please contact me directly to discuss working patterns that include all or some of these hours:

Every Sunday from 14:00 to 22:00

2 in 3 Fridays from 18:30 to 09:00

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

Unlock your potential

We will support you in your development and provide you with access to professional qualifications, such as our widely recognised ECC certificate and industry leading CPD package.

Why Join Us?

• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced sick and maternity pay.
• 7 weeks annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• £1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
• RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
• Reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100s of retailers.
• UK Standard Pension contributions - 5% Employee/3% Employer.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• Death in service of two times annual salary.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy in more detail, please contact Lauren in our Talent Team on 07977940379 or email Lauren.O'[e-mail].

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.