Job Title: Registered Veterinary Nurse

Salary: £32,428– dependent on experience

Location: Village Vet Winchmore Hill

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Fulltime

1 in 4 Saturdays

1 day a week at our sister Branch Garden Suburb

1 x Bank holiday

About us

We are seeking an enthusiastic RVN to Join our fantastic team at Winchmore Hill. You will work alongside our other 5 RVNs, 2 PCAs, 4 vets and receptionists to deliver gold standard care to all our patients.

This is a role where your nursing skills are utilised to their full potential. You will be supporting inpatients or vets on procedures, as well as supporting consulting vets to deliver gold standard care. The practice has recently had a refurbishment and has the latest equipment. We also have our own nurse lead OOH service which enables us to hospitalise patients.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Enhanced sickness policy
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• CPD allowance and allocated CPD days
• Access to an extensive range of clinical and non-clinical learning and development programmes
• Progression & development opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Discounts with PetPlan
• Wellness program, including;
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Gym membership discount
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Flu vaccine voucher
• Recruitment reward scheme

Your role and responsibilities

This role will incorporate a wide breadth of nursing duties, incorporating management of surgical patients, provision of perioperative care, assisting with the provision of anaesthesia and schedule III procedures, as well as supporting the patient journey from admission to discharge, providing nurse consults as well as in patient care.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone. For more information, click here https://www.linnaeusgroup.co.uk/about-us/health-and-wellbeing

Our Vision:

‘To be recognised as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit.

Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group, based in London, Hertfordshire, and Cambridge. We have a mix of small and medium-sized first opinion practices supported by four large 24-hour hospitals.

We have a strong recognisable brand, and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture. We have over 400 staff members across our 32 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession.

We believe in supporting and investing in our staff and facilities, ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very care. Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional qualifications across all levels of employment and we offer a structured programme of career progression within our group.

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.