Registered Veterinary Nurse - Maternity Cover (No OOH)


Salary
£28,000 to £30,000 dependent on experience
Company
Raoul Dowding Veterinary Surgeons
Contact
Charmain Anderson
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Here at Raoul Dowding, we're looking for a friendly and compassionate Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our supportive team. As a key member of the Veterinary Team, you'll be responsible for ensuring excellent client and patient care. Implementing and maintaining high standards of communication, processes and training of junior colleagues.
This is a fixed term, full-time role to cover maternity leave. You’ll work a 39-hour average week over 4 days with 1:7 weekends (Saturday mornings only) with no out of hours.
Responsibilities:
- Be proactive in supporting, training and supervising students and members of the team undertaking training.
- Work actively to build and maintain a positive culture within the workplace.
- Ensure appropriate, accurate documentation of all clinical care and communications with clients, colleagues and authorized external organisations such as insurance companies.
- Deliver high standards of nursing care, applying skills and assisting veterinary surgeons in the planning, implementation and review of patient care and journey.
- Care for and instruct relevant suppliers to undertake regular maintenance of all medical and surgical equipment.
- To understand and implement practice policies.
- Undertake admissions and discharges ensuring accurate documentation is correctly completed and informed consent is obtained.
- Perform laboratory work as required, ensuring correct documentation and communication of results.
- Performing other administrative duties to ensure the smooth running of the organisation to include all reception duties as required.
- Comply with obligatory CPD and annual registration as outlined by the RCVS
- Stock control through reconciliation of drugs, ordering and rotation of stock and assisting with regular stock takes.
- Ensure own safety, and the safety of others who may be affected by your actions
- Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required of you in the post.
Person Specification:
The role would be best suited to a person who:
- Enjoys working as part of a team.
- Works collaboratively and flexibly in order to achieve goals, tasks and daily duties
- Organised and efficient
- Enjoys taking lead roles as part of a team
- Enjoys educating clients and colleagues
Skills / Qualifications:
- Appropriate qualification and registration with RCVS as a Veterinary Nurse
- Awareness of GDPR
- Attention to detail in all aspects of role, consistently delivering a high standard of work
- Proactive approach to problem solving
- Professional and confidential approach to sensitive situations
Benefits:
- Salary of £28,000 to £30,000 dependent on experience
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
If this sounds like the role for you, please send your CV to Charmain Anderson, Practice Manager at [email protected]
**Please Apply Directly - No Agency Submissions
Address: 16 Spital Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom