Veterinary Nurse - Weekend

British Veterinary Association; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary service provider in Cheltenham seeks a Veterinary Nurse to join their team. The role includes managing critical care, providing first aid, and performing diagnostics. The ideal candidate must be RCVS registered and passionate about pet care. This position offers a salary of up to £17 per hour, alongside various benefits including private medical insurance and CPD support.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

7 weeks pro rata annual leave

Paid day off for birthday

£1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours

RCVS fee support

Discounts with retailers

Pension contributions

Discounted staff pet care

Death in service benefit

Qualifications

• Must be RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for clients and their pets.
• Experience with echocardiograms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor patients in critical care.
• Provide first aid and advice in clinic and over the phone.
• Perform basic diagnostic procedures.

Skills

First Aid

Critical Care

Diagnostics

Education

RCVS registration

Job description

Veterinary Nurse - Cheltenham

Up to £17ph DOE plus benefits

Working hours:

Every other weekend working Saturday from 16:00 to 22:00 and Sunday from 18:00 to 00:00. Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.

Make your weekends work at Vets Now

A weekend role with Vets Now allows you to further your ECC knowledge, whilst gaining a second income or balancing family commitments.

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.

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.

What we offer?

• 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.

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.