Are you an experienced RVN looking for a new challenge, or a newly qualified RVN looking for a supportive team? Here at Durham Vets for Pets, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team with an excellent salary starting from £29,000 to up £35,000 FTE dependant on experience.
Looking for Career Progression?
We're proud to offer a supportive environment where every nurse is encouraged to develop their skills, grow in confidence and enjoy a rewarding career. For experienced RVNs, there is scope to progress into a hybrid Senior RVN position with additional responsibilities, mentor opportunities and the chance to support our clinical team.
You'll have the chance to support and mentor the nursing team, help oversee theatre organisation and workflow, contribute to clinical standards and play an important role in ensuring we continue delivering outstanding patient care. If you've been looking for a role that offers more responsibility without moving away from nursing, we'd love to hear from you.
About us:
Our practice is located in Durham a location known for is magnificent Cathedral and Castle, this is a wonderful location for you to get the best of both worlds!
We understand the important of a work/life wellness balance, so you will be surrounded by a team that cares for each other and believes in building a judgement free work environment. You will be joining a supportive team of 5 vets, 9 RVNs, 1 SVN, and to top that you are also supported by a Practice Manager, Administrator and a team of Client Care Coordinators to ensure the day to day running of the practice goes smoothly.
Our lovely team really enjoys socialising together including an annual garden party, access to a chalet in the French Alps and nurse lead outings. We'll also provide cake on your birthday!
About the role:
We're looking for a passionate RVN who is keen to bring fresh ideas to the practice and become an integral part of our friendly, growing team. Whether you're newly qualified or experienced, you'll be supported to develop your skills and make the most of your nursing abilities in a practice that truly values its RVNs. We actively encourage our nurses to fully utilise their clinical skills, including Schedule 3 procedures, and we're proud to have nurses with certificates in anaesthesia, exotics, feline-friendly nursing, Emergency & Critical Care and nutrition.
We're looking for someone with excellent communication and customer care skills who enjoys working collaboratively, is organised, proactive and takes a thoughtful approach to decision-making. Most importantly, you'll be friendly, down-to-earth, passionate about animal welfare and enjoy building relationships with both clients and colleagues. Previous experience as a Clinical Coach, or a willingness to work towards becoming one, would be an advantage.
The role is full time, working on a rota including 1 in 5 Saturdays alongside another nurse, with no out-of-hours or Sunday commitments. However, we understand that flexibility is important, so if you're looking for part-time hours, we'd still love to hear from you.
What we offer:
If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare, exceptional customer service and would like to join our fantastic team, then we would love to hear from you.
For further information please email Emma on northvet@vets4pets.com or to apply please visit www.vets4petscareers.com
Location: DH1 5GB
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/
