If you are an experienced RVN looking for a team that will support you, encourage you and have fun with, Walton on Thames Vets for Pets could be the right practice for you.
About you:
You will be skilled in all aspects of veterinary nursing, you'll be passionate about delivering exceptional patient and client care. We actively support professional development, encouraging and funding CPD, certificates, and further qualifications, while helping you spend more time in the areas of nursing that interest you most.
About us:
We are proud to say that our practice culture has been built around respect for each person and the knowledge that every colleague brings something different to the table, regardless of their position. We welcome open discussion amongst the clinical team on cases and strive to make the best decision we can for every patient, for every colleague.
From consulting, monitoring anaesthesia, doing a scale and polish or dealing with an inpatient, we would love to add your input to our clinical team to help better of the journey for patients.
Walton-on-Thames is a thriving riverside town in Surrey, offering the best of both worlds. Enjoy beautiful Thames-side walks, an excellent selection of shops, cafés, and restaurants, and easy access to London in under 30 minutes by train. With plenty of green spaces and a friendly community atmosphere, it's a fantastic place to live and work.
We are a team of 2 registered nurses, 1 student nurse who is due to finish at the end of the year, 2 VCAs, 3 receptionists, 5 vets (but generally have 2-3 per day working) and a practice administrator.
The role is 40 hours per week - 1 in 4 Saturday DIL
Our offer:
Location KT12 2SS
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/
