Keen to make the most of your nursing skills in a practice where your voice is heard?
With a fantastic team to support you whether you’re beginning your career after recently qualifying, or looking to develop your areas of interest, joining Blackheath Vets for Pets might be your answer!
Our well-established practice sees a wide range of clinics and a variety of surgical procedures, so this is the perfect opportunity for someone wanting to broaden their experience.
Practice owner Idara leads the team of experienced and friendly veterinary professionals; all committed to providing the highest level of care. You’ll be joining a great team where everyone plays an important role, and no one feels like “just a number.” Our nurses are central to how the practice runs, with real involvement across all aspects of clinical care from anesthesia and inpatient care to nurse consults, lab work and theatre.
You’ll be joining a hard-working and inclusive team who are passionate about being at the heart of the local community. Based on the Blackheath Road, Blackheath Vets for Pets is committed to providing high quality care via a modern, well-equipped practice that includes laser therapy, digital x-ray and ultrasound, and we run various clinics as well.
You should be a confident, qualified RVN who enjoys working collaboratively and takes pride in delivering excellent patient care. You’ll bring a positive, proactive approach and enjoy being involved in all areas of the practice, and a willingness to mentor student nurses would also be advantageous.
This is a full-time position covering 40 hours per week and will include 1 in 4 Saturdays.
We can offer you:
If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, please contact Rachel from our Talent Acquisition team via email; SouthVets@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation.
Location: SE10 8DA
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/
