Newcastle Kingston Park — Head Veterinary Nurse
Are you an RVN ready to take the next step into a leadership role?
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to join our team at Vets4Pets Newcastle Kingston Park as Head Nurse.
About us: Our purpose-built surgery, complete with high quality facilities and equipment, is situated in a great location inside the Pets at Home store in Kingston Park. Vets4Pets Newcastle Kingston Park, along with Vets4Pets Gateshead, is owned by Samantha Sauer MRCVS and Mark Sauer. We are a small GP practice which takes pride in offering our clients a tailored, personal service, working with them to keep their pets happy and healthy.
The role: This role would suit a senior or deputy nurse ready to step up, or an established Head Nurse looking for a better work/life balance. You will lead a small nursing team, drive practice standards, and coach new talent.
We are looking for someone with experience of supervising, mentoring or leading a nursing team. You do not need to have held a Head Nurse post before. What matters is that you have carried some responsibility for others and want to build on it. We will support you to grow into the role with funded CPD and direct access to the practice owners.
Strong communication and client care skills are essential.
Ideally we are looking for our new Head Nurse to cover full time hours (37.5), but hours and rota are flexible and can be framed to suit your needs.
Salary and benefits: We offer a salary of £35,000 to £37,000 pro rata, depending on experience. You will also receive a 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room.
How to apply: Visit Vets4Pets Careers or email your application to mark.sauer@vets4pets.com
Location: Vets4Pets Newcastle Kingston Park, NE3 2ES
Since 1991, when we were a wholesaler with a team of just 15, we’ve been focused on getting better every day. By putting pets before profit, working as a team and taking pride in everything we do, we’ve grown into a 451 store network with more than 8,913 colleagues working in our Stores, Grooming Salons, Distribution Centres and Support Office.
We are the UK’s leading pet specialist, providing pet owners with all their product needs, as well as our Vets for Pets practices and Grooming salons. We support our colleagues to work with pride and passion, to bring honesty and integrity to work every day, and to do it all with a sense of fun and fearlessness. We never shy away from having the important conversations and doing what we say we’ll do.
Our values and behaviours are practiced daily across the business and are what really makes us an enjoyable, exciting place to work. We're always striving to develop and reward our colleagues with an extensive in-house series of training programmes, wellbeing initiatives and a comprehensive benefits package. In 2018 we were delighted to be voted top 5 in the Great Place to Work UK’s Large category.
Our colleagues are central to the success of the business and are fully trained in pet care and dedicated to animal welfare. Pets are central to everything that we do and 93% of colleagues have their own pets too!
If you like the sound of life at Pets at Home, you can find out more on our dedicated careers site: https://www.petsathomejobs.com/
