The Practice:
We are ideally located with excellent transport connections, close to the M4 and the local train station. The practice benefits from a large on-site car park with free parking for staff and clients.
Our modern, well-equipped surgery features advanced diagnostic and surgical facilities, including digital and dental X-ray, ultrasound, VGels, and multiparameter monitoring systems. These resources enable our clinical team to consistently deliver high standards of veterinary care.
We are committed to supporting our nurses as veterinary professionals, ensuring they have the opportunity to fully develop and utilise their clinical skills. Our structure allows nurses to take ownership of nurse-led clinics and perform Schedule 3 procedures.
Client care is supported by a dedicated team of Client Care Advisors, allowing nurses to focus on clinical responsibilities and patient care. Our established training practice includes a nursing team of six (four RVNs and two VCAs), supported by reception staff and a Practice Manager.
The Role:
This is a first-opinion RVN position covering a wide range of nursing duties, including anaesthetic monitoring, inpatient care, nurse consultations, ordering, and assistance with surgical and medical procedures. There is also opportunity to work alongside visiting orthopaedic and ultrasonography specialists.
We are proud to promote a healthy work-life balance, offering flexible working hours and shift patterns where possible.
This is a part-time role of three days per week. There are no out-of-hours or on-call responsibilities. A shared Saturday rota operates on a 1 in 4 basis. Start date: 29th June 2026.
The Candidate:
We are seeking a motivated and proactive RVN with a positive attitude and strong communication skills. You should be confident working independently as well as collaboratively within a busy team environment, with a clear commitment to delivering clinical excellence.
Benefits:
• Salary up to £31,000 pro-rata, dependent on experience
• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Holiday allowance increasing with length of service
• Excellent pension scheme
• Generous CPD allowance
• RCVS and BVNA membership fees covered
• Company discounts and reward schemes
Location SN14 6RZ
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/
