Registered Veterinary Nurse Required At White Cross Vets, Sale
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Salary
The salary will be up to £28,000 depending on candidate experience.
Company
White Cross Vets, Sale
Contact
Susan Todd
Sale, Manchester, United Kingdom
The Role
Our Sale practice is currently experiencing an exciting period of growth and development, and as result we have a fantastic new opportunity available for a confident and proactive RVN to join our team as a Registered Veterinary Nurse. This role will be predominantly focused on consultations, implementing, and then leading our nurse clinics, alongside closely working with the Clinic Manager/HVN to drive the continued development of the nurses within the Sale team.
The position will be a full-time role with a share of Saturday mornings (37.5 hours per week). Time given back for Saturdays & no OOH. Sale is a flexible working practice, as our teams work-life balance and wellbeing is always top priority at White Cross Vets, so if this is of interest we’d love to discuss the specifics further with you.
If you love the consulting side of nursing, and are looking for an opportunity to lead and make real, valued change within a brilliant team – this could be the perfect role for you.
The salary will be up to £28,000 depending on candidate experience.
About our Team/Culture
The team at Sale are extremely hard-working team but we also love to have a laugh whilst we work. We are currently arranging team days out in the new year, escape rooms, cocktails and kayaking to name just a few. We are a clinically progressive practice, so our ideal candidate would be a RVN who wants to provide a high-quality service to the pets under their care but is also a team player that would love to get involved in our organised activities outside of work.
We have many stand out benefits available to us, for example it’s great that we get our birthday off every year and that we get up to 3 of our own pets on the Complete Wellness Plan for free. Did we mention work life balance is top of our agenda?
About the Practice
Sale is a new, purpose-built practice with great facilities including 4 consult rooms, cat ward, dog ward, operating theatre, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, ultrasound, and brand-new laparoscopic equipment.
Our experienced team includes a Clinic Director, two further veterinary surgeons alongside a Clinic Manager/HVN, 3 nurses and 2 client care co-ordinators. We are working towards the IVC Evidensia patient safety award and one of our nursing team has a keen interest in behaviour and has undergone further training, so we are keen to develop this service at clinic level.
Applicant Requirements
This is a new role, introduced due to continued growth at Sale and therefore it’s important that the successful candidate has the following skills/attributes:
- RCVS registered
- Competent and confident with Schedule 3 under vet direction
- Great communication skills
- The organisation skills and proactive nature to drive, lead and coordinate nurse clinics
- Demonstrable experience with nurse consults, and therefore confident with all aspects of general consultations
- Experience of designing and implementing Nurse Clinics in a previous practice will be advantageous but not essential
- Quality; the desire to provide a high standard of nurse consultations, to the pets under our care
- Integrity; working with the clinical team to drive the strong White Cross principles that the group adheres to, in an honest manner
- Responsibility; for learning and teaching, with the confidence and desire to bring the team together, with the HVN, to regularly upskill and develop
- Growth; to expand and progress the current nursing services provided by the clinic
Benefits (subject to pro rata)
We have many stand out benefits available to us, as an example our leave benefits are listed below (not just a generous annual leave allowance – paid donation days, wellbeing days, CPD days, peternity leave, birthday off, and more!). Did we mention work life balance is top of our agenda?
- Increasing holiday based on length of service
- Five fully paid days to volunteer for a charity of your choice
- Focus on employee wellbeing with fully paid wellbeing days issued
- 3 days paid CPD leave with a £600 CPD allowance per annum, alongside the opportunity for fully funded certificates.
- Up to four days PETernity leave, for when that new furry member joins your family
- Birthday day off
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/share parental and surrogacy pay
- Your pets can benefit from out Complete Wellness Plan too. Up to 3 pets free on our wellness plan (free consults, vaccinations, flea, worm, and more)
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch. Please use BH5133 as a reference when applying for this role.
Tel: 07977242576
Address:
147 Cross Street, Sale, Manchester, United Kingdom