Pets at Home

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Pets at Home  •  Onsite  •  11 hours ago
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Job Description

Our clients love us, and we believe you will too! Join the professional, friendly, and dynamic team at Nottingham Netherfield Vets4Pets.

"All staff are amazing and thoughtful." "Fantastic team, in state-of-the-art facility." "Wow, what a great service, excellent staff and spotlessly clean."

About Us

Our team consists of 1 Head RVN, 1 Practice Manager, 1 Practice Owner, 5 Vets, 4 RVNs, 3 SVNs, 2 VCAs and 3 Client Care Advisors. We’re hugely supportive of each other and take pride in the strong relationships we have built with our growing and loyal client base. As a team we get together regularly throughout the year, celebrating Christmas, Birthdays and sunny day trips in the summer.

About the practice

Our practice is located on Victoria Retail Park, a busy shopping site, with great choices of cafes and restaurants. Not only is the practice easy access to Nottingham city centre, for those who like the buzz of the city, but also it is near to Trent Valley, for those who enjoy the peaceful countryside.

Our surgery is RCVS PSS accredited, ISFM cat friendly silver and RWA rabbit friendly silver awarded. We’re a nurse training practice who keep many of our students on and help support them throughout their careers.

We also have in house digital X-RAY including dental, Ultrasound, capnography and ECG. Most medical investigations and surgeries are worked up in house by our experienced veterinary team that contains 2 certificate holders.

About you

We’re looking for a newly qualified or experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse who will build lasting relationships with both clients and pets and demonstrates genuine compassion and empathy in your interactions. You’ll help with the daily running of the practice to ensure a high standard care for Patients and Clients. Nurses are the heart of our practice and perform an integral clinical role in caring for our patients. You’ll have great communication and organisation skills and take pride in working to a high standard. You will have an interest in and want to learn about, the practice as a business, as well as how to motivate a team to achieve their personal and practice goals. They key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the Veterinary Nurse role, delivering excellent patient and client care.

About the role

This role will be working full time, 40 hours a week including an equal share of Saturdays when we are open 8:30 – 5:30. Your hours will be split across 4 full days and 1 half day during the week with a mixture of early and late shifts.

We understand the importance of a good work/life balance and can be
flexible on how these are worked so are open to discussions on what might work best for you!

What we can offer you

By joining us you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing superb standards of client and animal care. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes;

  • Competitive salary of up to £34,000 DOE
    Memberships paid for
  • CPD days highly encouraged and supported, including funding for certificates
  • 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays increasing to 33 following 2 years’ service
  • 1 week company sick pay each year of service
  • Pension - 3% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
  • Income protection after 1 years’ service
  • Enjoy 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room, and Vet Group.

If you share our dedication to exceptional pet healthcare and customer service, we invite you to click apply.

If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, the practice or our company please contact Emma from our Talent Acquisition team via email; northvet@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.

Location: NG4 2PA

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!

Pets at Home

About Pets at Home

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/

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Handforth, GB
Year Founded
1991
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