Pets at Home

Head Veterinary Nurse

Pets at Home  •  £40k/yr  •  Onsite  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Head Registered Veterinary Nurse to join us at Chadwell Heath Vets for Pets practice; the perfect steppingstone if you’re looking for progression in your career.

Position details:

  • This role is working 40 hours per week flexible shifts
  • Weekends are on a 1:3 rota basis.
  • Salary up to £40,000 DOE, FTE.

Our well-established practice sees a wide range of clinics and a variety of surgical procedures, so this is the perfect opportunity if you’re wanting to broaden your nursing experience; using your nursing skills to their full potential. You’ll be joining our welcoming and inclusive team who are keen for all colleagues to have a voice and share ideas to have a real impact on the success of our practice and drive the business forward.

Our practice is bright, spacious, air-conditioned and purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including a lab, pharmacy, digital x-ray and ultrasound. Based on the High Road in Chadwell Heath, we’re surrounded by great amenities, and easily commutable.

The attributes required

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

  • You must be an experienced and confident Registered Veterinary Nurse.
  • Supportive and great communicator.
  • Highly organised and passionate about clinical standards.
  • Clinical coach, or willingness to be one.
  • Lead by example; supporting and guiding all members of the nursing team.
  • You are able to provide guidance by keeping yourself fully up-to-speed with the practice services and any additional services available.
  • You are calm, attentive, and always focus on the clients’ and patients’ needs.
  • You will bring enthusiasm and drive to your role. Your passion for service is matched with your love of pets.
  • You can deal with everything that is thrown at you, from comforting a client who has had some bad news about their pet or sharing in the joy of a new puppy’s first visit to the vet.
  • Your personality is infectious and along with your fellow colleagues, you create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere in the practice.

Whether you have previous Head Nurse experience and are looking for a new challenge, or you’re looking for progression in your career and this feels like the right next step, we will provide you with support to settle into this position.

Benefits

In return, we offer such benefits as 40% discount at the Vet Group, 20% discount at Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, in-house career development opportunities, pension and holiday allowance.

For more information or to apply, please contact Cheryl: cheryl.lucas@vetsforpets.com for an informal and confidential conversation or the practice whatsapp +447361586374

Alternatively, you can submit your application directly to us now and we’ll be in touch with you to discuss this further. We look forward to hearing from you!

Location RM6 6NY

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

Pets at Home

About Pets at Home

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/

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Handforth, GB
Year Founded
1991
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