Senior Veterinary Nurse

About your new role! If you are ready for a new challenge our Acton practice awaits! This unique GP practice is looking for an RVN who is wanting to step into a senior role and take the bull by the horns. This is a full‑time 40‑hourly week role including a 1:3 branch Saturday and 1:10 Sunday rotation at the nearby Mandeville Hospital, where you will receive time back for weekend days worked, plus 1–2 bank holidays per year at Mandeville Hospital. No on‑call requirements!

As a senior branch RVN duties include:

• Responsible for the nursing team, ensuring the provision of a high quality and continually improving standard of nursing care.
• Assist the veterinary surgeon in theatre and during consultations, as and when required.
• Ensure the provision of a high quality and continually improving standard of nursing care, comfort and welfare of all pets in our care.
• Utilise Schedule 3 skills, as directed.
• Ensure all diagnostic, surgical and medical equipment and instruments are serviced as required, maintained well and in full working order.
• Ensure that a weekly audit of Controlled Drugs is carried out in accordance with the prescribed protocol.
• Responsible for staff working on reception, ensuring a high and improving standard of client care by means of excellent communication and service at all times.
• Manage the daily operation of the reception area and ensure the friendly and efficient handling of clients and their pets, in person, by email and over the telephone.
• Support student nurses as a clinical supervisor.

Ideally our new colleague will have prior leadership experience, but this is not essential and formal in‑house leadership training will be provided. We are looking for a confident, experienced RVN who is ready to make the step up and really make this role their own working with and supporting a new team.

Set in an old bank complete with its original vault, Acton is well equipped with everything you would need day to day to complete a high standard of first‑opinion GP care. It has 2 consult rooms and a separate colleague area for those much‑needed lunch breaks. You will be working alongside a fantastic established support team and experienced vet who are incredibly engaged in their roles and are looking for leadership to propel the practice even further! You will also have the full support of an experienced regional manager who has worked in the group for years and takes their role in supporting their branches incredibly seriously with the utmost dedication.

The nearby Mandeville Veterinary Hospital in Northolt provides out‑of‑hours support for Acton. It has state‑of‑the‑art 24‑hr facilities including CT, an excellent ultrasound, scopes, laparoscopic equipment and an array of specialists. The practice could not have a more ideal location, being literally opposite the Acton underground station on the Elizabeth Tube Line, which takes you straight into Central and East London in one direction, and through to Heathrow airport in the other for those much‑needed getaways!

What we offer you:

• Our senior RVN salary band is £34,000 to £39,000 depending on experience and providing room for growth within the role.
• 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays.
• CPD budget every year plus up to 2 days' paid CPD leave.
• Paid 30‑minute lunch breaks.
• The opportunity to join our private medical healthcare scheme at a reduced rate, plus medical cashback incentives.

If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!