Head Registered Veterinary Nurse
This is a senior role in our veterinary hospital, seeking an experienced and passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse to take on the responsibility of leading our nursing team.
Job Description:
The Head Registered Veterinary Nurse will be responsible for effectively managing the nursing team, fostering exceptional teamwork, and upholding the highest standards of clinical care. This encompasses overseeing clinical nursing duties, including inpatient care, surgical nursing, and consultations, as well as mentoring junior nurses and support staff.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* A strong background in first opinion practice
* Demonstrated leadership abilities
* A commitment to providing exceptional veterinary care
Benefits:
Our veterinary hospital offers a range of benefits to its employees, including:
* 22 days annual leave entitlement
* Birthday leave
* Focus on employee wellbeing, including paid maternity, paternity and adoptive leave packages, cycle to work scheme, EAP and wellbeing centre access, paid bereavement leave, and company sick pay
* Development opportunities, including 600 annual CPD allowance with 3 days paid (pro-rata), bespoke Graduate Nurse Academy, Nurse Evolve and many more in-house academies, funding of any Certificates / Diplomas / PhDs you may want to pursue, Leadership Academy for all future leaders, including Head Nurses and Practice Managers
* Professional memberships, including VCI membership paid, VDS cover paid
* Additional benefits, including Pawesome benefits various discounts including retails and virtual gym, employee pension contributions, discounted staff pet veterinary fees, free flu jabs
Others:
The successful candidate will also be expected to attend required Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, manage the rota and cover for sickness and on-call, attend meetings, support partners with various tasks, and ensure adherence to health and safety protocols and proper equipment maintenance.