We are recruiting a Permanent Surgical Lead Veterinary Nurse to join a small animal practice in Swindon.

The practice is an established independent family run practice which has a large client base within the local area. It provides a range of standard and specialised veterinary services.The team is looking to welcome a surgical lead nurse who is passionate about surgery and ideally who wishes to use their skills under Schedule 3 to the maximum.

This role is full time or part time with weekends for consults and in-patients and negotiable on-call duties. There will be no OOH work.

Key Details:

• Type: Small
• Hours: Full or part time
• Weekends: On a rota, consults and in-patients
• Sole charge: No
• OOH: None
• On-call: Negotiable rota
• Branch work: Possibly on weekends if required
• Team: 5 Vet, 7 RVNS, ACAs and support staff
• Consultations: 15 Minutes

About them:

• Established Veterinary practice
• Independent family run practice
• State of the art equipment for all routine and more complex surgeries
• Large highly experienced team of Veterinary surgeons with various areas of special interest
• Excellent career development opportunity

The Person:

• You must be motivated and passionate about your work and share this and promote this ethos with other members of staff
• You will have a surgical bias
• You will enjoy working as part of a team
• You will have a genuine passion for animal welfare
• You will consistently deliver a high standard of clinical care
• You will be caring, adaptable, hardworking and reliable
• You will have excellent communication and customer interfacing skills
• You will be driven and ambitious and looking to take your career to the next step and develop your clinical and skills
• You must be motivated and passionate about your work and share this and promote this ethos with other members of staff

Facilities:

• The practice offers a wide range of modern veterinary services and facilities with state of the art technology including:
• Ultrasound
• In House Laboratory
• Soft Tissue Surgery
• Endoscopy
• Key Hole Surgery
• Stem Cell surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgeries
• Diagnostic Endoscopy
• Physiotherapy
• X - Ray
• Dental Suite
• Separate waiting rooms and wards for dogs and cats

The Package:

• Salary: 25,000 to 30,000 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Holiday: 5 weeks annual leave
• CPD: Generous allowance plus 2 days leave
• Memberships: Professional fees paid
• Workplace pension scheme
• Onsite free parking
• Professional Fees Paid
• Company sick pay scheme
• Staff discount scheme

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.

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