Job Description

Job Title: Referral RVN

Location: Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES

Job Type: Fixed Term, 12 months maternity cover

Hours: Night position, 35 hours* per week on a 4 on 8 off rolling rota pattern

Salary: from £29,000 per annum

About usA night RVN position has become available at Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES. At Wear Referrals, our top priority is to provide outstanding specialist care to our patients.We pride ourselves on being a very friendly, supportive and approachable team. With a team of 63 RVN across the hospital, we are looking for an additional night nurse to join the team.We have a team of 14 RVN's, 1 SVN & 2 PCA's working on the night team rolling rota pattern, with a Veterinary Surgeon working alongside the team each evening. Your role and responsibilitiesDuties include but are not limited to:

• Providing gold standard care to both inpatients and primary care emergency patients
• Patientcare and handovers; liaising with clinician and nurse teams
• Supporting patients under sedation and general anaesthesia during diagnostic and surgical procedures

We place great emphasis on working as a team who offer high level of support and professional development in a friendly environment.If you are looking for an extremely rewarding and fulfilling career this position may be of interest to you.Potential applicants will need to be effective at time management and communication, and have a desire to grow within the role as well as be passionate about providing the best standard of care to our patients.Previous referral nursing experience is not essential, as we offer training and support to fully qualified RVNs joining the hospital from primary care. BenefitsWear Referrals provide a competitive salary and CPD allowance along with company sick pay and enhanced parental leave pay. Including:

• Working pattern of 4 shifts on, 8 off
• Generous holiday allowance plus your birthday day of
• Payment of professional RCVS registration & VDS fees
• External CPD funded allowance plus CPD leave
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced Equal Family Leave
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Health care and purchasing scheme
• Staff discount for your own pet’s treatment
• Wellness program including free annual flu jab, employee assistance program
• Uniform, shoe allowance and free onsite parking also included
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

We pride ourselves on being a leading training practice, dedicated to developing talent and promoting from within wherever possible. We offer real opportunities to develop your nursing career through clinical specialism or managerial progression as part of the leading UK veterinary referral chain. Part of an amazing global familyThe future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates. 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 Rebecca Coleman at rebecca.coleman@linnaeusgroup.co.uk#LI-RC1 #LI-Onsite

Salary Value: £29,000 per annum;

Salary Description: Salary from, depending on experience;