Professional veterinary recruitment

We are working with a veterinary hospital located in Basildon who are recruiting for a Locum Head Veterinary Nurse to join them on a fixed term contract basis.

The role will involve all aspects of nursing so you must be capable in all areas, pulling from your experience working in a small animal practice. You must have the skills and experience necessary to lead the nursing team with confidence and become an inspiring figure to those around you. You will have the ability to balance empathising with clients and maintaining your professionalism. You will be prepared to develop your skills by working closely with the whole team and must have an excellent attention to detail and organisational skills. Your general nursing skills will involve assisting in operating theatre, emergency operations, in-patient care, laboratory work and vet and nurse consultations. Typically, the role will consist of 80% clinical work and 20% management duties.

The role is full time for 37.5 hours per week, along with 1 in 8 weekends and a shared bank holiday rota. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

Key Details:

• Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
• Weekends: 1 in 8 weekends
• OOH: None
• Computer System: Animana
• Branch work: N/A
• Team: Large, experienced team and a supportive non-clinical team

About them:

• They offer a professional but fun environment, where client and patient care are balanced with great team morale and enjoyment of their wonderful job
• This role requires excellent clinical and customer service skills, with an ability to practice sole charge from time to time.
• You will be able to maximise your nursing skill set working here
• They are a friendly, family oriented practice with a happy, hardworking team and loyal clients
• They have a modern, bright and spacious practice which has excellent facilities including Kennels and cattery for hospitalisation, full surgical facilities, all routine surgery on site, X-ray, ultrasound, in-house lab facilities

About you:

• You will need to be confident in your own abilities and have excellent clinical and customer service skills to succeed in this
• Team work, patient care, high standards and relationships building with clients are at the forefront of what they do
• They are looking for an enthusiastic, goal oriented and self-motivated veterinary nurse to continue the rapid growth of the practice.
• You will need to be comfortable liaising with other veterinary team members, specialists and service providers

Facilities:

• Consulting rooms
• Dedicated theatres
• Separate dental theatre
• Large prep area
• Separate dog and cat kennelling
• Digital radiography
• Ultrasound
• Endoscopy
• Piped gases
• Orthopaedic equipment

Package:

• Salary: 29,110 to 29,866 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Excellent career opportunities and development
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave
• Paid bank holidays
• Private medical insurance for you & your family
• Contributory pension scheme
• Critical illness cover & life insurance
• CPD: Generous allowance of 500 with 2 days leave
• Memberships: RCVS fees covered

Must haves:

RCVS Registered & Qualified or soon to be.

Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Have excellent verbal / written communication skills

What happens next?

CLICK APPLY NOW or if you have any pre-application questions or if this role is not quite right for you, please contact the VS Team (details below) to discuss your veterinary career aspirations further.

Please quote job reference: 8952

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