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Head Vet Nurse - Hospital

Employer
Vets Now Ltd
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience plus benefits
Closing date
30 May 2019

Job Details

A work life extraordinary at Vets Now Manchester

Vets Now Manchester is a modern state of the art veterinary hospital which offers designated clinical treatment areas and delivers advanced imaging and surgery techniques on a daily basis. In addition to a busy out of hours service, we offer referral services in Surgery, Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care. Therefore, a Head Vet Nurse needs to bring experience in one of these settings, coupled with exceptional nursing care, management, training, feedback and communication skills.

Shape and build a dedicated team

The hospital is growing at a rapid pace and this role provides great scope for shaping its future. Directly managing a team of over 20 Nurses and 13 Animal Care Assistants, and being part of the senior leadership team, presents an opportunity to impact the strategic and clinical vision of the hospital. A leader who is passionate about their people and takes pride in developing their team would make an ideal addition to the already established team.

Exceptional patient care

Excellent patient care is at the centre of everything we do and, as such, our Nurses routinely carry out advanced nursing techniques in accordance with the Clinician’s direction. Experience of advanced nursing techniques is essential for success in this role and the Head Vet Nurse will be integral in building positive working relationships with the senior veterinary team.

Great place to work

The rota pattern will be mainly Monday to Friday, however, some weekend commitment would be expected along with occasional late shifts. A level of flexibility in regards to working hours is needed. Recognising hard work is very important to us. Our employees are our greatest asset which is why we offer a first-class benefits and rewards package that includes:

  • 6.6 weeks annual leave
  • private medical insurance
  • comprehensive CPD allowance
  • pension contributions
  • professional membership
  • 50% discounted staff pet care
  • death in service of two times annual salary
  • membership of employee wellbeing programme
  • company sick pay scheme
  • company maternity, paternity and adoption pay scheme
  • birthday as a day off

Please get in touch with Julia in our Talent team to discuss

Company

Vets Now provides this trusted service to more than 1000 veterinary practices across the UK — from 55 dedicated out-of-hours clinics and three 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. In total, we treat around 100,000 small animals every year — and during seasonal holidays, like Christmas and Easter, our highly-skilled staff answer around five queries an hour from worried pet owners. So whether you’re in Aberdeen, Belfast or Portsmouth we’re there for you and your pet when you need us most.

We’ve also pioneered other ways to help pets, pet owners and the veterinary profession, such as our comprehensive referrals service and providing our staff with industry-leading training and development opportunities. We also support the pet blood transfusion charity, Pet Blood Bank UK. Meanwhile, our three hospitals — in Glasgow, Manchester and Swindon — are home to some of the UK’s leading specialists in the field of emergency and critical care and provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Company info
Location
Vets Now Support Office
Penguin House
Castle Riggs
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8SG
GB

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