If you are looking for a warm, friendly, and supportive working environment then we will be the team for you! Our Vets for Pets surgery in Runcorn are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their friendly and experienced team on a full-time basis.
Equally, if you are a recently qualified RVN, the team are happy to support you as much as you need to find your feet.
This role is 30 to 40 hours per week including weekend shifts on a rota basis (Saturday 9am-12pm).
Our great location means we benefit from a variety of interesting cases and a wonderful loyal client base. Our well-equipped surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards with ultrasound, x-ray, doppler, multiparameter monitor, drip pumps, designated theatre, separate cat, dog, and isolation wards.
Our nurses are veterinary professionals and as such we ensure that they can fulfil their clinical potential. We have a team of talented Client Care Advisors to support the client journey, freeing up our Nurses to carry out their roles effectively and enabling you to lead and manage nurse clinics and perform schedule 3 procedures.
You will have a good experience of veterinary nursing, excellent customer service and communication skills, be an effective team player, have a systematic approach when making decisions and be able to carry out the role effectively with planning and organisation. You are friendly, down-to-earth, have a genuine interest in animal welfare and enjoy the variety provided by the clients and colleagues alike.
As standard we offer all the benefits you would expect from a major employer (pension, healthcare, paid memberships, competitive salary up to £30,000 pro rata dependant on experience) plus a few more, such as excellent career progression, exclusive lifestyle, and shopping discounts (up to 30% off at Pets at Home).
Location WA7 6SA
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!
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/
