Job Title: Lead Registered Veterinary Nurse  

Salary: Up to £37,275 per annum (Depending on Experience) 

Location: Potter Bar, Hertfordshire 

Job Type: Permanent 

Hours: Full time, 42-hour week made up of 5 x 8 hour shifts and 1 :4 Saturdays 8.30-4.30. There is also a 1: 9 Sundays at St Albans Hospital (paid extra)  

4-day week could also be considered 

We are looking for a confident RVN to lead our wonderful nursing team at Village Vets Potters Bar-  This is an exciting opportunity to really help shape a brilliant practice! 

About us 

Village Vets Hertfordshire are made up of 3 fantastic practices, the St Albans Hospital, Berkhamsted and Potters Bar. This role will be based at Potters Bar, a well-established, modern vet practice with an excellent team of 2.5 FTE Vets, 2 RVN’s, and SVN and a Client Care team. Our facilities are new, modern, and clean, and we offer a separate dog and cat waiting and kennelling area, full surgical and dental facilities, x-rays, ultrasound, ECG, and in-house blood testing facilities. At Village Vet Potters Bar, we are proud to be an accredited Silver level Cat Friendly Clinic and a member of the ISFM. 

Potters Bar is a busy clinic, with a varied caseload; we are well equipped for surgery, and whilst we do have the support of the St Albans hospital close by, most cases can be worked up within the clinic. The nursing and vet team collaborate well together and there are lots of opportunities for team members to pursue their own interests. The nurses offer a fantastic nurse consults service at Potters Bar, alongside being involved in all aspects nursing including schedule 3, dentistry and anaesthesia.  

At Village Vets and Linnaeus, we are very supportive and encouraging of progression within our teams; after doing some wonderful work within the practice, the current Lead Nurse at Potters Bar is taking the next exiting step in her career as Clinical Nurse Manager within Linnaeus, and many of our student nurses have moved into the post registration programme within our fantastic referral practices!   

The practice is in a great location for commuting, just 2 minuets off junction 24 of the M25 and with free onsite parking for staff. The practice is also only a short walk from Potters Bar over ground station, which offers great transport links into London.  

Role Overview 

The Lead Nurse role is key to the business ability to provide a high level of clinical standards. Approximately 95% of the role will be clinical, with 5% for administrative tasks.  

We are ideally looking for 1-2 years’ experience post RCVS registration. Previous line manager experience would also be beneficial, but we are open to supporting an RVN looking to take their first step into a leadership role.   

The Lead Nurse will ensure that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective to support the profitability and further growth of the practice. Working enthusiastically with your team you will help maintain a happy, efficient working environment whilst providing outstanding patient and client care. 

Key responsibilities 

1.Work closely with the Lead Vet to meet objective set by the SLT 

2.Work closely with the nursing team to implement Linnaeus/Mars objectives 

3.Mentor and support nursing team to develop skills sets as per Linnaeus objectives. 

4.Work with the Regional Nursing Manager to ensure all new nurses entering the business are supported to complete their induction 

5.Working with Regional Support Manager to ensure smooth running of the practice, recruitment and achieving SLT objectives 

6.Maintain and revise clinical standards at practice 

Rota 

Hours are full time, 42-hour week made up of 5 x 8 hour shifts and 1 :4 Saturdays 8.30-4.30. There is also a 1: 9 Sundays at St Albans Hospital which is paid extra. We are also open to considering a 4-day working week if this is the preference.  The nursing team also participate in an EIN rota (1 in 14 days) offering support to the emergency OOH’s team at St Albans if needed.  

If you would like a full job description for this role, or have any questions, please contact Natalie Shoemark [email protected] or click apply!