Weekend Veterinary Nurse: ECC & Emergency Care

Vets Now; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced sick pay

Annual leave 7 weeks

Birthday day off

RCVS fees paid

ECC certificate support

Discounts via Reward Gateway

Pension contributions

Staff pet care discount

Death in service

Job summary

Vets Now Derby is recruiting a Veterinary Nurse for a 12‑month fixed term weekend role. Shifts run Saturday 12:00–18:30 and Sunday 08:30–18:30, with a 1:4 weekend rota and bank holidays.

We offer up to £17ph DOE plus benefits and access to ECC qualifications, CPD and staff perks as part of joining the UK's leading emergency pet care provider. You will work with our nursing team across triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in‑patient care.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Vets Now Derby is recruiting a Veterinary Nurse for a 12‑month fixed term weekend role. Shifts run Saturday 12:00–18:30 and Sunday 08:30–18:30, with a 1:4 weekend rota and bank holidays.

We offer up to £17ph DOE plus benefits and access to ECC qualifications, CPD and staff perks as part of joining the UK's leading emergency pet care provider. You will work with our nursing team across triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in‑patient care.