If you are a passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse looking for a new and exciting opportunity over a 4-day week, in a welcoming practice, then we may have the perfect role for you here at Norwich Sprowston!
About us
We have a supportive, experienced team with a number having long service, and some certificate holders. Our practice is fully equipped with ultrasound, digital x-ray, endoscopy, tonometry, slit lamp, gonioscope, tonometry, orthopaedic kit, multi parameter units for theatre and full in-house lab. We also have 2 mental health first aiders in our team in practice.
We are a large team here at Norwich Sprowston and we pride ourselves on being close knit and passionate. We know how to have fun whilst also being very supportive to one another. Our enthusiasm for our work ignites us as a team and we would love for you to join our work family!
About you
The role involves a full range of RVN duties within a busy first-opinion practice setting, including nurse consultations, theatre work, anaesthesia and inpatient care. We will fully empower you to utilise your skills and experience through actively supporting nurse clinics and Schedule 3 procedures.
You will help with the daily running of the practice to ensure a high standard of patient and client care. We actively encourage skill development and welcome nurses who want to grow their confidence and interests.
This is a full-time role covering 34 hours per week over 4 x 8 hour days, and will include 1 in 8 weekends (Saturday 9am-6pm, Sunday 10.30am-4.30pm). Shifts will vary between 8am-7.30pm with a set day off.
Part-time hours can also be considered. And we would also like to speak with any enthusiastic 2nd year students with a proven track record.
Benefits
Norwich is a small city on the East coast of the UK. We are half an hour from the coast, have the Norfolk Broads just down the road and are about 2 hours from London.
If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, the practice or our company please contact Rachel from our Talent Acquisition team via email; southvets@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.
Alternatively, you can submit your application directly to us now and somebody will be in touch with you to discuss this further. We look forward to hearing from you!
Location: NR7 9AZ
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/
