Lead Registered Veterinary Nurse- Part-Time, 24.5 hours 12 Months Maternity Cover

Lead Registered Veterinary Nurse , Part-Time, 24.5 hours a week, Maternity 12 months cover

Salary: £13 per hour

Location: Saffron Lane

Job Type: Maternity cover

About us

Established for over 100 years, we offer primary care services for small animals and farm animals across the county of Leicestershire. Amongst our many primary care services we also have a referral center and dedicated 24-hour emergency service that is open twenty-four seven. All our practices are RCVS accredited meaning we continuously aiming to provide a high-quality service for our patients giving them a long and happy life. 

Your role and responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our practice.  We are looking for a nurse who thrives on being busy and looking for a challenge. You will be working in a team, providing excellent experienced nursing skills to our veterinary surgeons based at the Glenfield Veterinary Hospital. Lead RVN duties include inpatient care, supporting 1^st opinion and referral procedures and nurse consulting.  The hours are 24.5 hours a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, weekends on a shared rota basis 1:5

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays on a pro-rata basis.
Birthday leave
RCVS & VDS fees paid
Employee assistance programme
CPD allowance
Extensive learning and development programmes
Progression opportunities
Staff discount schemes
Discounts with PetPlan
Enhanced parental leave policy
Enhanced sickness policy
Cycle2Work scheme
Eye care vouchers
Recruitment reward scheme
Gym membership discount
Flu vaccine voucher

Part of an amazing global family

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 veterinary health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.