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Job Title: Internal Medicine Registered Veterinary Nurse

Salary £28,500- £30,000 per annum, dependent on experience.

Location: Veterinary Specialists Scotland, Livingston

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 40hrs

About us

Our rapidly expanding, state-of-the-art Veterinary Hospital located in Livingston, located between Edinburgh and Glasgow, is looking for am RVN to join our Internal medicine service.

Veterinary Specialists Scotland (VSS) is a newly established, multi-disciplinary referral hospital that opened in October 2020. The clinic premises have been purpose built to deliver the highest standards of veterinary care, while also providing a beautiful and pleasant working environment.

The team’s core values are excellence in patient, client, colleague, and referring vet care, and we place a strong emphasis on team and collaborative working. We are looking for Veterinary Nurses who share our ethos to help make VSS a supportive, stimulating, and enjoyable place to practise veterinary medicine and surgery to the highest standard.

Your role and responsibilities

As in internal medicine RVN, you will rotate through internal medicine, ICU, wards, cardiology and dermatology alongside a team of nurses, clinicians and specialists. Responsibilities include providing high quality care to patients in our wards and intensive care unit. Also, assisting with procedures such as endoscopy and advanced imaging, including radiography, ultrasound, CT and Interventional Radiography Procedures.

Working within our dynamic clinical team, the successful candidates will ideally have a good background in referral work, however this is not essential. As a member of the Linnaeus family, we are committed to the professional development of our nurses, therefore provide comprehensive support and resources to help individuals reach their full potential.

As well as the opportunity to help shape the future of veterinary referral care in Scotland, we offer a competitive salary and generous benefits package. 

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave 
• RCVS and VDS fees paid 
• External CPD funded 
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programme
• Career progression opportunities 
• Staff discount schemes 
• Life Assurance 
• Enhanced Sick Pay 
• Enhanced Equal Family Leave 
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme 
• Employer contribution pension scheme  
• Wellness programme including:  
  • Employee assistance program 
  • Eyecare voucher scheme 
  • Free annual Flu jab 
  • Cycle to work scheme. 

Recruitment referral reward scheme 

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates

We’d love to hear from you so please contact [email protected]  for more information or an informal chat.

Salary Value: £28,500- £30,000 per annum;

Salary Description:Salary dependent on experience;

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or for more information or please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]