Pets at Home

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Pets at Home  •  £28k - £32k/yr  •  Onsite  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description

Are you a passionate and dedicated Veterinary Nurse looking for an exciting new role in St Albans?

We are looking for you to join our friendly, supportive team at a well-established practice in the beautiful city of St Albans.

This is a Full Time role working 40 hours per week including both early and late shifts (8.30am-5pm or 11am-7.30pm). This will include working 1 in 4 weekends.

About us

You'll be working in a practice purpose built to industry leading standards which has state of the art equipment including full operating theatre, in house Idexx lab machines, microscopy, ultrasound, digital x-ray, modern dental machine, tonopen, rhinoscope, endoscopy, multi-parameter unit, isoflurane and sevoflurane. We are a first opinion clinic with a young client base and we also complete orthopedic surgeries in practice.

Based on the Abbey View Retail Park, our location provides great travel links in and out of the town centre as well as the M1 and M25.

James, Partner and Veterinary Surgeon, studied at the RVC and qualified in 2009. He has a strong rescue background and an interest in orthopaedics and general surgery. He's supported by 2.5 vets, 2 RVN's, 1 Head RVN, 2 SVN's, 1 VCA's and 3 Receptionists.

Our aim is to maintain our level of growth and uphold our reputation as a friendly and progressive local veterinary surgery.

What we are looking for in you

  • Qualified Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with current RCVS registration
  • Strong passion for animal welfare and delivering outstanding patient care
  • Excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach to clients
  • Ability to work well in a team and under pressure in a fast-paced environment
  • Confidence in handling animals and performing routine nursing duties
  • Willingness to continue developing skills and knowledge through CPD opportunities
  • Our new colleague will be empathetic, passionate about the industry and will be compassionate about animal care; someone who strives to deliver the very best service for our animals and clients, every single time
  • You will assist all colleagues with duties to support the smooth running of the practice and provide the best standard of patient care

This a great opportunity to shape this role and bring support to the team. We would love to welcome a nurse with a keen interest in clinical coaching, we also see orthopaedic caseloads so this might be of benefit to you too.

As nurses at St Albans, we routinely get involved with schedule three procedures expanding your skill set and often get together for social events like birthdays and Christmas.

We are flexible to consider both full and part time applications, however, please note that 1 in 3 weekends would be required regardless.

We can offer you

  • An attractive salary from £28,000 to £32,000 (Dependant on experience/full time equivalent)
  • Full Time hours working 40 hours per week, including 1 in 4 weekends
  • No OOHs
  • A contributory pension scheme
  • A generous CPD allowance (Plus funding towards certificates)
  • 5.6 weeks initial holiday, rising to 6.6 weeks after 2 years’ service!
  • A generous extra days’ leave for your birthday
  • In-house career development opportunity
  • Paid membership fees (RCVS, BVA, VDS)
  • Access to the reward hub including wellbeing support and pastoral care
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • 20% discount at Vets for Pets, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
  • Access to Colleague Assistance Programmes – Retail Trust, Port of Call and MHFA

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: AL1 2RJ

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer!

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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