Senior Registered Veterinary Nurse in Acton

Are you feline like you are ready for a new challenge and role...welcome to Acton! This incredibly cat friendly practice is looking for an RVN who is wanting to step into a senior role and take the bull by the horns (so to speak!)

About your new role!

This is a full-time 40-hourly week role including a 1:3 branch Saturday and 1:10 Sunday rotation at Mandeville Hospital in which you will receive time back for weekend days worked, and 1-2 bank holidays per year at nearby Mandeville Hospital. There are no on-call requirements!

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the nursing team, ensuring the provision of a high quality and continually improving standards 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.

Benefits

• 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
• Opportunity to join our private medical healthcare scheme at a reduced rate, plus medical cashback incentives
• Relocation assistance (where applicable)
• Generous colleague introduction reward (for the introduction of vets and RVN’s)
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
• RCVS and BVNA fees covered
• The opportunity to join our private medical insurance scheme at a reduced rate, as well as a medical cashback plan involving refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more

About us

In 2022, we celebrated our 70th anniversary and now have 46 branches, three hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors communicating real time updates and taking polls with live Q&As to ensure we’re making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all new starters.

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!