We have a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our supportive team here at Vets4Pets Newton Abbot on a part time basis. Whether you’re newly qualified or experienced in your career, we’d love to hear from you. We’re based in a beautiful area of South Devon between the Dartmoor and the Sea.
We are a friendly team in a very busy practice. Our clinical team consists of 5 vets, 5 RVNs and our two VCAs. We have 6 client care advisors to support the client journey, allowing our nurses to carry out their roles effectively.
The role is in a varied first opinion surgery, tasks include nurse consultations, admitting and discharging patients, preparing and monitoring anaesthetics, laboratory diagnostics, dental procedures, along with usual day to day tasks. No day is the same at our dynamic practice! Nurses are involved in clinical discussion and encouraged to perform procedures such as dental scale and polishes and taking x-rays.
We are generous with our CPD offering, the opportunity to concentrate on specific areas is welcomed and encouraged, for you to further your interests and develop skills.
We are fully equipped with in house laboratory equipment, dental x-ray, as well as multi-parameter monitors and digital x-ray. Our patient facilities include separate cat and dog wards and isolation unit to ensure our patients get the best care. We hold a Silver ISFM Cat Friendly award and have recently been reaccredited our RCVS Practice standards.
This a part-time role with a weekly average of 18 hours. The shifts are every Monday 9am -5pm and Friday 10am -7pm, to include sharing the weekends on a 1:5 basis. We’re offering a salary of £15 -£16.20 per hour.
If interested contact Nicola Carrick on nicola.carrick@vets4pets.com
Location: TQ12 3AN
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/
