Veterinary Nurse – Sunday

Vets Now; Kilmarnock; On-site; GBP 20,664 - 27,552; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

Birthday as a paid day off

£1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours pro rata

RCVS fees paid

Discounted staff pet care

Death in service benefit

Job summary

Vets Now in Kilmarnock is seeking a Veterinary Nurse for Sundays, offering up to £17ph. This role includes triage, surgery, and in-patient care responsibilities. Candidates should be RCVS registered for at least six months and passionate about client and pet care.

The role comes with numerous benefits, including private medical insurance, CPD support, and up to 50% discounted staff pet care, ensuring a supportive environment for your professional growth.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Perform First Aid and provide advice in clinic.
• Manage and monitor in-patient trends and care.
• Confidently perform basic diagnostic procedures.

Skills

RCVS registration (minimum 6 months)

Critical care management

Basic diagnostic procedures

First Aid skills

Experience with ECC caseload

Job description

Veterinary Nurse – Sundays

Up to £17ph DOE

Working hours: Every other Sunday 08:30-18:30

Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

Make your weekends work at Vets Now.

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.

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 pro rata annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• £1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours pro rata.
• 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.

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.