Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Veterinary Nurse - Witham, Essex

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary nurse or soon to be?
• Do you enjoy delivering nurse clinics?

Are you looking for...

• Part time hours?
• A salary of up to £30,000 pro rata?
• No OOH work?

We are recruiting on behalf of a small animal practice in Witham, Essex for a Permanent Veterinary Nurse to join their team in a clinical nurse capacity, working across three branches. This role is part time for 30 hours per week over 3 or 4 days with shifts between 7:30am and 7:30pm, along with 1 in 7 Saturday mornings. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

Key details

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Part time, 30 hours per week over 3 or 4 days, shifts between 7:30am and 7:30pm
• Weekends: 1 in 7 Saturday mornings
• OOH: None
• On-call: None
• Team: Large veterinary team

The role:

• The Clinic Nurse role will involve working between two branch sites delivering nurse clinics for 4 hour sessions across 3 days per branch
• The remainder of the role will be based within their main hospital and will also involve delivering nurse clinics and also assisting in theatre, x-ray and wards.
• The RVN will be expected to be dedicated to providing a high standard of patient care and be able to work well as part of a team whilst establishing excellent working relationships with clients.
• The role offers flexible work patterns to suit around lifestyle.

About them:

• Established Small Animal Practice - first opinion with RCVS accredited Hospital and 5 branches. They are also a nurse training practice.
• Two branches are consulting only and three are fully equipped do deal with both consulting, imaging and surgeries.
• They are fully equipped offering state of the art facilities and veterinary services including laparoscopic, digital x-ray, surgical facilities, Ultrasound, dental x-ray, in house lab and more.
• They offer a great work / life balance and provide support to one another as a team.
• The practice provides a high standard of care and customer service to all its patients and clients.

Team culture:

• They offer a supportive and friendly culture. They encourage and support areas of special interest.
• They engage with local social and community events and regularly have outings together.
• The understand the importance of the nurses roles within the practice and all the nursing team enjoy a lot of responsibility in each of their roles in order to allow Vets more time to complete clinical requirements.
• They understand the difficulties that the vet industry can face, and they ensure that each member of staff support each other and strive each day to provide a positive and encouraging work environment.

About you:

• The Nurse will enjoy and have a special interest in Nursing clinics and enjoy the interaction that this brings with both the pet and the client.
• The Nurse will have great communication skills, organisational skills and have an approachable manner and be able to establish client relationships easily.
• They will provide an excellent service to all clients and be able to build rapport easily.

Package

• Salary: Up to £30,000 pro rata, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 6.6 weeks annual leave, including bank holidays and birthday off
• CPD: Generous allowance of £550 with 24 hours to attend
• Memberships: RCVS and VDS fees paid
• Family friendly policies including maternity and paternity
• Private medical insurance
• Certificate support
• Workplace pension
• Further benefits such as retail and gym
• Employee wellbeing programmes
• Ongoing learning and development platforms available
• Career progression opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free uniform

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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