We are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly and supportive practice in Thurrock!
We encourage all our colleagues to be their best and achieve their careers goals. So, whether you’re an experienced RVN looking for the next steps in your career, or you’re looking for a practice to help you become an RVN, we would love to hear from you and see how we can help support you!
This is a part-time role working up to 20 hours a week including 1 in 4 weekends. There may be an opportunity to increase hours in the future.
About us
Our thriving small animal surgery in Thurrock has grown steadily since it’s opening, and we are an accredited Practice by RCVS and recently renewed our PSS. We’re based inside Pets at Home on the busy Lakeside Retail Park and offer free onsite parking and convenient access to major transport routes including the A13 and M25.
You'll be working alongside a fantastic team made up of 4 vets including a head vet, 3 RVN, 2 SVN, 1 VCA, 5 CCAs, a Reception Manager, a Practice Manager and Practice Director Dipty.
We’re proud to offer fantastic facilities that make every day varied and rewarding. Our practice boasts a dedicated operating theatre, three consult rooms, and nurse consultation room, giving plenty of scope for hands on patient and client care.
You’ll have access to a full range of diagnostic equipment, including digital x-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy and heart scan facilities, plus keyhole surgery with a laparoscopic spay unit. We also have a modern dental suite with dental x-ray, a comprehensive in-house laboratory, and separate dog and cat wards to keep our patients comfortable. With laser therapy and advanced orthopaedic surgery also on site, you’ll be part of a team that can truly offer the highest standard of care.
About you
In short, you like to be busy, enjoy helping people and their pets and always endeavour to make a difference.
Benefits
In return, we offer benefits such as:
Location: RM20 3LP
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/
