Night Registered Veterinary Nurse

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Be part of one of the UK's leading Small Animal Veterinary Centres!

Job Title: Night Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Willows Referrals, Solihull

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 7 on, 14 off with built in on call - 29.3 hours a week average

Salary: Starting from £28,000 (depending on experience)

A great opportunity has arisen for a Night Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team working within our stunning, purpose-built, Veterinary Hospital.

With the benefit of superb imaging and anaesthesia facilities, as well as specialists working in every discipline, Willows provides a truly rewarding working environment. We have an exceptionally friendly, professional, and dedicated team of nurses who give a warm and supportive welcome to new members of staff.

The successful applicant will be given training and support to take their career to the next level. We are able to offer exciting opportunities for nurses who share our commitment to excellence and a desire to provide world-class care and customer service.

This is an ideal chance for keen individuals to work in one of the UK's leading referral centres and develop their nursing skills. Experience of working in a referral environment is not required as full support and training will be provided for successful candidates. The successful candidate will be working alongside our team of Registered Veterinary Nurses, Surgical Veterinary Nurses and Veterinary Care Assistants to deliver gold standard veterinary care to our patients.

Main duties will include

Specialist ward nursing- Medicine and Surgical wards

Caring for patients within our intensive care unit

Working alongside our Specialist and primary veterinary surgeons

Support the emergency out of hours (OOH) team.

Rota

An example of a typical shift pattern for a 9-week period would look something like this – however, we are open to rota considering a rota to fit around you;

Week 1 - 7 nights on clinic
Week 2 - Off
Week 3 - Off

Week 4 - 7 nights on clinic
Week 5 - Off
Week 6 – Off

Week 7 - 7 nights

Week 8 - Off

Week 9 - On call Mon-Thurs 8pm-1am

Week 10 - 7 nights on clinic

Week 11 - Off

Week 12 - Off

Week 13- 7 night on clinic

Week 14- Off

Week 15- Off

Week 16- 7 nights on clinic

Week 17- Off

Week 18- On call Fri-Sun 7.30pm-1.30am

Don't just take our word for it.

Click here to find out why our fabulous nursing team love working at Willows

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Benefits

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave

RCVS and VDS fees paid External CPD funded

Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program

Structured in-house teaching, supervision and support

AN unbeatable learning environment

Career progression opportunities

Staff discount schemes

Life Assurance

Enhanced sickness pay

Enhanced equal family leave

E-car salary sacrifice scheme

Wellness program including:

Employee assistance program

Eyecare voucher scheme

Free annual Flu jab

Discounted gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Monthly treats

Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is one of the leading small animal referral centres in the world, having been delivering the highest possible standard of pet healthcare for over 30 years.

Our vision is to provide an unrivalled clinical, patient, client and team experience that is recognised for excellence across the world. Our values centre around the care of our patients, our clients, our referring vets, each other, and the environment to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Willows is widely known for the delivery of CPD, and we strongly encourage all our associates to continually develop their skills and knowledge. We employ over 250 Associates working as part of an outstanding multi-disciplinary team led by internationally-renowned Specialists. Our service teams include orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, clinical nutrition, oncology, soft tissue surgery, cardiology, dermatology, Emergency and Critical Care (ECC), anaesthesia and analgesia, diagnostic imaging and physiotherapy.

In-patient care is a priority and includes 24-hour veterinary and nursing cover, with support from a team of emergency vets and Interns. Our hospital facilities are of the highest quality, including on-site Siemens 64-slice CT, Siemens 1.5T MRI, two in-theatre mobile image intensifiers, two digital radiography rooms, ultrasonography, electro diagnostics, video endoscopy and an extensive range of advanced surgical equipment.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Rebecca Coleman Show email