An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join our friendly and welcoming team at Exeter Vets for Pets. We’re a supportive, close-knit small animal practice dedicated to providing exceptional care for our patients and a positive, collaborative environment for our team
You’ll be joining a dedicated and supportive team of four Vets, eight Registered Veterinary Nurses, and our brilliant Student Nurse, along with our Administrator and Business Manager, who is also an RVN. Among our nursing team, two hold Certificates in Dentistry and Anaesthesia, reflecting our commitment to clinical excellence and ongoing professional development.
By joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to use your nursing skills to their full potential — from admitting patients and monitoring anaesthetics to recovery and discharge. You’ll be fully involved in all aspects of patient care, with valuable assistance from our Student Veterinary Nurse, who helps with theatre turnaround and patient preparation.
This is a rare opportunity to join a practice that has recently welcomed a new Practice Owner who is passionate about developing a positive, enjoyable working culture. You’ll have the freedom to shape the future direction of the practice and make a genuine impact within the local community. With excellent facilities, a supportive team, and the unique charm of both rural and coastal living, this role truly offers the best of all worlds
To apply, you’ll have solid all-round nursing experience and excellent client care skills. You’ll be cheerful, down-to-earth, and enthusiastic, with a genuine passion for animal welfare and a desire to be part of a supportive, close-knit team.
This is a Full-Time role working 40 hour per week with 1 in 4 weekends.
In return, we can offer you:
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service, then we would love to hear from you!
Benefits
In return, we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, in-house career development opportunities, pension and holiday allowance.
Location EX2 7HX
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/
