Veterinary Nurse – Weekend

Vets Now; Liverpool; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of emergency pet care as a Veterinary Nurse in Liverpool. This role offers the chance to enhance your ECC knowledge while balancing your family commitments or earning a second income. You'll be at the heart of clinical treatment, providing critical care and diagnostics for pets in need. Enjoy a supportive environment that fosters your professional development with access to qualifications and a comprehensive CPD package. With excellent benefits including private medical insurance and generous leave, this opportunity is perfect for passionate veterinary professionals looking to make a difference.

Benefits

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 of two times annual salary

Qualifications

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide first aid and critical care to pets.
• Perform basic diagnostic procedures and monitor in-patients.

Skills

First Aid

Critical Care Management

Diagnostic Procedures

Education

RCVS Registration

Job description

Veterinary Nurse – Liverpool

Up to £17ph DOE plus benefits

Working hours:

1:6 weekends working Saturday from 12:00 to 18:30 and Sunday from 08:30 to 18:30.

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.

About Vets Now

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.

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.

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.