Job Description

As a Nurse you will be accountable for the clinical delivery of nurse led appointments and will be required to support the Vet with procedures as required ensuring we deliver exceptional care always there to our clients, patients and colleagues whilst maintaining the highest levels of regulatory and operational standards and compliance.

Our Nursing team consists of a HRVN, an RVN and a VCA we are looking to add another RVN to our team.

Our practice is set in a beautiful rural location with a real community feel. On site you’ll find a tea shop, boutique stores, and a pub, with the coast just 20 minutes away. We’re easily accessible via excellent train links and offer onsite parking.

We pride ourselves on our warm, family like atmosphere and genuinely supportive team culture.

A Truly Unique Caseload

Alongside cats and dogs, we care for an incredible range of exotic species we fully embrace the weird and wonderful Our caseload includes, Zoo collections, birds of Prey collections and several private animal collections, featuring species such as binturong, wallabies, tapirs, lynx, bobcats, skunks, otters, and more.

Exotics Expertise & Support

Our Lead Exotics Vet is a CertZooMedicine Advanced Practitioner with a passion for teaching and mentoring vets who want to develop their exotics knowledge. You’ll be supported by established exotics protocols and a skilled, experienced team of exotic nurses, creating an excellent environment for learning, progression, and confidence building.

Whether you’re already confident with exotics or looking to grow your skills in this area, this is a rare opportunity to work within a practice that truly supports and values exotic veterinary medicine.

Your career means more than a rota and a job title, that’s why we offer:

Weekends

• 1:4
• 9am -1pm
• No on call

​Health and wellbeing

• Health Cash Plan from day one
• 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support
• Life Assurance 3 x salary

Annual leave

• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising with length of service
• Extra ‘Day for You’, a paid day off just for you

Learning and development

• £750 CPD allowance plus 2 days’ paid leave per year
• Access to Clinical Communities, internal CPD and our 24-hour hospitals
• Funded certificates and internal career pathways

Additional support

• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• Cycle to Work
• Season Ticket loans
• Discounts on Medivet products and services

About you

You’re a RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for delivering exceptional patient and client care. You’re a team player who wants to make a real difference in a practice that values and supports you.

What you’ll be doing

Typically, in this role, you’ll:

• Deliver exceptional care to patients, carrying out nurse led appointments and schedule 3 activities, supporting consults, surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards
• Deliver patient monitoring and care, and manage admissions and discharges
• Deliver exceptional care to your clients
• Work collaboratively within a supportive team