Veterinary Nurse - Weekends (8 months Fixed Term)

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

Job summary

A leading veterinary organization in Dundee is seeking a Veterinary Nurse for a weekends role. You will provide essential emergency pet care, including triage and diagnostics. The ideal candidate is RCVS registered and has a passion for animal care. The role offers competitive pay of up to £20 per hour and generous benefits, including private medical insurance and a CPD allowance.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

7 weeks annual leave

Paid birthday off

£1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours

RCVS fees paid

Discounted staff pet care

Death in service of two times annual salary

Qualifications

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for clients and their pets.

Responsibilities

• Give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
• Management and monitoring of major body systems.
• Perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.

Skills

First Aid

Critical Care

Basic diagnostics

Education

RCVS registration

Job description

Veterinary Nurse - Weekends (8 months Fixed Term Contract)

Up to £20ph DOE, plus benefits

Join the Team at Vets Now - Providing Exceptional Emergency Pet Care

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.

Working pattern

1:4 weekends, Saturday and Sunday nights 19:00-09:00

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 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 Julia in our Talent Team on 07535651164 or email [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.