Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Veterinary Nurse - Brighouse, West Yorkshire

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary nurse or soon to be?
• Are you looking to join an established small animal practice?
• Do you want to be part of a close-knit and dynamic nursing team?

Are you looking for…

• A great salary of up to £30,000?
• An excellent work-life balance?
• A working week of 40 hours?
• No OOH work?
• A generous CPD allowance?

Our orthopaedic referral clients in Brighouse are looking for a Permanent Veterinary Nurse to join their specialist team. This role is full time for 40 hours per week over 4 days, along with 1 in 4 weekends. The weekday shifts will consist of one 12-hour shift and three 8-hour shifts. The weekend shifts will be two 11-hour shifts. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

If you have a few years qualified experience and a keen interest in referral nursing, this could be a great opportunity to progress your career however previous referral experience is not essential to the role.

Key details:

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week over 4 days
• Weekends: 1 in 4 weekends
• OOH: None
• Branch work: None
• Team: 5 vets, 9 RVNs and a supportive non-clinical team

About them:

A single discipline orthopaedic referral practice in West Yorkshire who focus on a variety of orthopaedic and spinal conditions. The practice has over 20 years' experience and feel they have built up long lasting relationships with patients and clients, allowing them to be flexible in their approach and match all individual requirements.

They are fully focused on providing a high standard of veterinary care and believe the veterinary nurses play a key part in this role. They provide a compassionate attitude to care and handle all animals in a nurturing way, allowing a strong bond to be formed. The practice is cleaned to a very high standard regularly to allow staff to perform to their best.

They are well equipped throughout and deal with a variety of orthopaedic, spinal, physiotherapy, CT scanning, cardiology and acupuncture cases.

About you:

You will be a compassionate, positive and hard working veterinary nurse with a passion from a providing a high standard of veterinary care. You will be a qualified RVN with ideally a couple of years qualified experience, however a strong new graduate will be considered. Previous referral experience is not essential but you must have a willingness to learn and develop.

Package:

• Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays
• CPD: Generous allowance of £750 with 2 days to attend
• Memberships: RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid
• Private healthcare provided
• Company pension scheme

Must haves:

• RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
• Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
• Have excellent verbal and 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 Vet Seekers team (details below) to discuss your veterinary career aspirations further.

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Vet Seekers was established in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning specialist veterinary recruitment agency (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and acts as an employment business for the supply of locum and permanent staff for the veterinary industry across the UK and overseas.

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