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Practice Nurse - Hilton, Derby

Employer
Scarsdale Veterinary Group
Location
Hilton, Derby
Salary
Salary of £22,459 - £26,111
Closing date
16 Sep 2019

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Sector
Small Animal
Job Type
Veterinary Nurse, Nursing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

The Hilton practice is set in a lovely rustic village location. It is a modern site able to provide a range of surgical procedures in addition to general pet care reviews and informative clinics. Locally, there are a number of shops to visit with plenty of available parking.

Having recently invested in our Hilton practice with a full refurbishment of the building, equipment and displays, it is a fresh and modern working environment. We retain a family feel to our sites and we very much want you to be part of our family.

Hilton is an established Practice with a proven high level of service. We have a strong and competent Client Care Advisors here who the clients absolutely love. We have recently opened the Hilton practice on a Wednesday so there is the opportunity to promote this as a bonus day of availability for our clients.

As a business we take pride in providing outstanding pet healthcare and this role of veterinary nurse enables us to do this at a local level in the community.

You will be involved in all theatre and imaging work, anaesthetics, nurse clinics and general stock/maintenance/promotion of the practice. We anticipate that your individual clinical knowledge will improve steadily. Our CPD allowance is generous and actively promoted.

This is a full-time role of 41 hours per week working between the opening hours of 8.30am at the earliest start to 7pm as the latest finish. There is also one Saturday morning to work in every three to four weeks. There is the option to be based full time at Hilton or alternately split the week between Hilton and our hospital site at Pride Veterinary Centre.

We would welcome applicants for this veterinary nurse position who want to bring their interests into the practice and breathe some fresh air and energy into developing nurse clinics.

Any OOH work will be covered by our hospital site at Pride Park and this is where your internal training is likely to be held, where we have the UK’s most innovative veterinary equipment.

Required skills and experience

1. RVN

2. Nurse clinic knowledge

3. Anaesthesia

4. Excellent organisational skills

5. Driving licence and own transport

Would be good to have

1. Specialist clinic knowledge

2. Interest in nutrition, weight management, preventative healthcare

3. Experience of lone working within a practice – able to make own decisions and use own initiative

4. Stock control/ordering

Professional Perks and Benefits

1. Opportunity to develop practice/involvement in decisions

2. Friendly, small, close-knit team

3. Opportunity to undertake CPD such as Pet Health counsellor, nurse certificates

4. Excellent internal CPD at our hospital

5. Staff Pet Scheme

Personal

  1. Birthday off work
  2. Practice focus on health and well being
  3. Increased annual leave with service

Company

Scarsdale Vets is an exciting, dynamic place to develop a rewarding career.

Our Mission Statement:

We are a local independent team with an ethos focused on outstanding client and animal care. We provide a vibrant aspirational and inclusive working environment enabling staff to maximise their potential.

Many of our staff have worked within practice for a number of years, however, with Scarsdale’s continual growth and development we are always looking for enthusiastic, motivated, hardworking individuals who will complement the teams we have, and who have a desire to work within a professional, friendly and caring environment.  We believe that if you enjoy your work and have a supportive team around you then you will produce the best results for our clients.

Our standards of clinical work and animal care are extremely high. We have worked with the University of Nottingham for the past seven years and we share best practice and protocols into everything we do.

Opportunities arise within all areas of our business, whether you are a Small Animal, Farm or Equine Vet, an RCVS Nurse, or wish to be a member of our support staff, including our dedicated business support, client care and lab teams.

Think about your future career development and what you want from it.  If it is job satisfaction in a professional, friendly, caring environment with the opportunity to progress, drop us a line and see what we can do for you. We are very excited about our future – now let’s get excited about yours!

Company info
Website
Telephone
01332 678333
Location
Scarsdalevets LLP
Pride Veterinary Centre
Derby
Derbyshire
DE24 8HX
United Kingdom

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