Join a beautiful standalone practice that will provide you with a fantastic work life balance paying up to £32,000 (FTE, DOE)
About us:
Located in Cheshire, Alsager is a beautiful market town surrounded by countryside including the Peak District and is also close to other towns including Crewe and Sandbach. Or if cities are more your thing, it is just an hour south from Manchester City Centre. There are great transport links nearby, whether you travel by car with the M6 under 15 mins away, or the local bus and train links are perfect.
The practice itself is a standalone surgery on the main street in Alsager, which is light and spacious and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment including digital x-ray, ultrasound, BP measurement and in-house laboratory facilities. The practice is run locally, by Carl (RVN). Carl qualified in 1995 and has a wealth of experience in animal care, with interests in wound management, radiography, and anything surgical, so if are looking to expand your knowledge in these areas we would be able to support that.
The real bonus comes with working with the practice owner is that he is on-hand to make decisions quickly and offer you all the support you could need, whilst allowing you clinical freedom to treat your patients with the best care possible.
Carl leads the current team of 3 Vets (2FTE) of our 3 vets,3 RVNs, 1 SVN and 2 Receptionists. You will be joining a truly supportive and friendly practice that enjoy regular team days out to strengthen the team spirit.
As a practice we are also proud to be recognised as a certified Autism Friendly Surgery which is inclusive of our colleagues and clients that we welcome.
The role:
We are ideally looking for an experienced RVN to join our practice, you will have a passion for the care of your patients.
We are looking for a RVN to join us working Full Time role (40 hours) including both early and late shifts between the hours of 8:30am to 7pm. This role will also include working 1 in 4 Saturday mornings 9am to 12pm.
We are flexible and happy to discuss the shift patterns further so if you have any specific requirements, please do let us know! There is no OOH’s requirement or Sunday working, which benefits our ethos of a great work/life balance for the whole team.
By joining us in this rewarding position, you will be part of a passionate team who are dedicated to provide world class clinical care at the very heart of the community.
As you would expect from the market leader in small animal veterinary care, we offer:
Excellent career opportunities and development due to our varied case load
If you like the sound of the above and would like to apply or find out further information, please email Emma at northvet@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day
Location: ST7 2AF
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/
