Veterinary Nurse

Job Description

Welcome to Tooting! In this bustling market town south of the river is our popular Tooting clinic, who are looking for an additional RVN on a part-time basis to help support their growing team.

About your new role!

Ranked in the top 10 coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Lonely Planet, Tooting is a little gem! Its fantastic location situated on the northern line and close-knit team have made the practice a popular choice in the local community for many years and are well known for offering high standards of patient and client care that we are proud of.

The practice is fully-equipped with excellent on-site facilities as you would expect, including ultrasound, and on those challenging days you have a team of like-minded colleagues to help support you throughout the day, and enable a positive working environment.

You will be fully supported by an established team including a fantastic senior Vet and senior RVN, part-time additional vet and exceptional trainee nurses, plus a dedicated regional manager, and regional head vet.

Your role will involve supporting your senior RVN for day-to-day practice life, including being a mentor for our trainee nurses who are on their journey to becoming an RVN.

With an experienced team to hand this role could be ideal for a soon to be RVN, or someone with a few years under their belt looking for part-time hours, freeing up time for other ventures.

There are flexible options we can explore over this 3-day week role, so just ask! Your rota will also include a 1:3 Saturday morning and 1:10 Stone Lion Hospital Saturday rotation, plus 1 bank holiday per year.

There are NO on-call requirements.

As a branch RVN some of your duties will include:

- Ensure 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.

- Maintain comprehensive patient hospitalisation records.

- Ensure a high standard of comfort and welfare for all pets in our care.

- Complete and maintain accurate records of hospitalised patients.

- Maintain a respectful and collaborative team environment

- Ensure equipment is cleaned, packed, sterilised and stored correctly when not in use.

- Maintain adequate stocks of drugs, diets and consumables and place orders with our suppliers to required levels as necessary.

- Assist with the induction of new staff and their subsequent training.

- Provide reception duties, as required, ensuring a friendly and efficient handling of clients and their pets, in person, by email and over the telephone.

- Support student nurses as a clinical supervisor

Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:

The salary band for this role is £32,000 to £35,000 (full-time equivalent based on 40 hours per week) depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role.

A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard RVN:

- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata)

- CPD budget every year plus up to 2 days' paid CPD leave (pro rata)

- 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 Rose directly at [email protected] for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!