We are looking for a full or part time RVN to join our brilliant team at Bury St Edmunds Vets for Pets!
You’ll be joining a hard-working and inclusive team who are passionate about being at the heart of the local community. Our practice provides excellent facilities giving you access to all the equipment and space you need to care for your patients. Based on the Moreton Hall Retail Park, we are in a great location with ample parking and fantastic access to local amenities.
We have a team of talented Client Care Advisors to support the client journey, freeing up our Nurses to carry out their roles effectively and enabling you to lead and manage nurse clinics and perform schedule 3 procedures.
Our nursing team is composed of 3 FT RVNs and 2 PT VCAs. Our head nurse and senior RVN has over 25 years of experience so this position would also suit a recent graduate in search for their first role or excellent overall support.
We also have 3 vets, 2 of which have over 20 years experience. Ana has recently finished her certificate in Ophthalmology and Vanessa has a post-graduate in Small Furries, so the practice sees a fair amount of exotics, giving you plenty of variety in cases and to your day. Ana is keen to let her team grow and will support any interests you have, including a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN). We are also fortunate to have peripatetic orthopaedic and cardiology services.
You should have excellent customer service and communication skills, and a good experience of veterinary nursing with a genuine interest in animal welfare, enjoying the variety provided by the clients and colleagues alike. We are looking for a warm, compassionate, and people-oriented colleague to join our team.
If you thrive on building meaningful connections and making a positive impact on both colleagues and patients, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes;
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 or the practice owner ana.carina.xavier@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.
Location: IP32 7BT
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/
