Are you a passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse ready to take the next exciting step in your career? At Longton Vets4Pets in Staffordshire, you’ll join a warm, supportive team in a thriving, modern practice where your skills, ideas, and love for animals truly make a difference. With state-of-the-art facilities, a collaborative atmosphere, and plenty of opportunities to grow, this is your chance to be part of something special.
About Our Practice
Established in 2009, our small animal practice has recently undergone rapid expansion, relocating to a state-of-the-art facility spanning 4,500 square feet across two floors. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding veterinary care within a friendly, professional environment. Our modern, well-equipped practice includes digital radiography, ultrasound, in-house laboratory facilities, and dedicated surgical and dental suites. We have a CT scanner and take external referrals for this. Our team is complimented by our own physiotherapist who runs our rehabilitation department with hydrotherapy and physiotherapy, which includes an underwater treadmill. We pride ourselves on keeping the majority of procedures in-house, ensuring high standards of care while providing opportunities for professional growth.
Our practice is situated in the heart of Staffordshire, an area bursting with culture, attractions, and great transport links to major cities. From the rugged beauty of the Peak District to the serene woodlands of the National Forest, there’s plenty to explore. Plus, we’re close to the Cheshire border—one of Britain’s most picturesque counties!
You will be joining our team of 3 Practice Owners (2 RVNs, Emma and Rachel and 1 Vet, Jane), 3 further Vets, 5 further RVNs, Veterinary Care Assistant/ physiotherapist, and our excellent front of house team.
About You
We’re looking for someone who:
This is a Full or Part Time role working both early and late shifts. This role will include 1 in 4 Saturday mornings (9am to 12pm). Please note this is a 6 month fixed term contract.
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.
We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.
For further information please email Emma on northvet@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day.
Location ST3 2JD
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/
