Branch Registered Veterinary Nurse- St Neots- £2000 Welcome Bonus
- Employer
- Cromwell Vets
- Location
- St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- Salary of £21,840-£26,000
- Closing date
- 14 Feb 2022
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- Sector
- Small Animal, Veterinary
- Job Type
- Veterinary Nurse, Nursing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time, Part Time
Job Details
Branch Registered Veterinary Nurse, St Neots , Full-Time or Part-Time
Salary dependent upon experience £21,840-£26,000
£2000 Welcome Bonus
About us
Founded over 100 years ago, Cromwell Vets is a well-established small animal, primary care practice with our own in-house lab facilities. Cromwell Vets is a busy 24-hour first opinion small animal hospital, RCVS accredited, with practices in:
- Huntingdon – the main hospital
- St Neots
- St Ives
- Great Cambourne
- Ramsey
- Sawtry including our ARC, Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Our practice has been caring for pets for over 100 years and we pride ourselves on providing the very best care and service for our pets and their owners. We are fortunate to have our tier 3 hospital with excellent facilities and equipment and are now primed ready for further growth including a move to a new purpose-built hospital with CT facilities.
Our wonderful nursing team is at the heart of Cromwell Vets – we are one big family! We enjoy being part of our communities and attend local events to run fun dog shows raising money each year for our chosen charity and encourage team members to take part. Cromwell Vets also holds regular social events including summer events, impromptu lunchtime barbeques in the summer and the famous annual Christmas party.
We are committed to staff wellbeing and have trained mental health first aiders in the business to support all staff. We have been revamping our clinical rotas to make improvements to our teams work life balance. We also have the support of our Chief Nursing officer who represents nurses at Linnaeus Executive level and her team to provide training, cpd, sharing best practice and promoting nurses in general.
Your role and responsibilities
Who we are looking for:
- A confident, dynamic, RVN who has the ability to multi-task and use initiative.
- Sole branch nurse
- Full time is 40 hours per week, rolling rota
- Week 1 – Mon – Sat, late night on Tues, Sat 9-1pm, off Sun
- Week 2 – Mon – Thurs off Fri, Sat, Sun
- Week 3 - Mon – Sat, late night on Tues, Sat 9-1pm, off Sun
- Week 4 - Mon – Thurs off Fri, Sat, Sun
- A branch nurse daily routine is to carry our nurse clinics till 9am till 11am, minor routine operations are on 2-3 days per week 11am till 1pm. On days where there are no operations, then consults are all day till 6pm and till 9pm on late night openings. Other duties including supporting the vet in consults. Our nurses complete all routine nurses clinics, i.e. nail clips, 2nd vaccinations, post op checks, anal gland expressions. We also offer complex nurses’ clinics such as Renal and diabetic clinics.
Benefits
In return we offer:
- Salary dependent upon experience £21,840-£26,000
- 33 days holiday allowance inclusive of bank holidays
- Birthday day off
- Paid professional membership fees
- £500 CPD allowance plus 3 days
- Training, support, progression, and opportunities to do additional training
- Weekends on a rota with time off
- All new equipment within the practice including digital x-ray, dental x-ray, endoscopy, in house lab, at our Huntingdon surgery. At branch is anaesthesia monitoring and assessment equipment etc.
- Employee assistance programme
- 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
- Mental health officers provided
- Buddy system- to go to for support and guidance
- £2000 Welcome Bonus- £1000 to be paid at the start and the other £1000 to be paid after completing your 6 month probation.
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.
Company
- We are the only Small Animal Veterinary Hospital in the area, fully accredited and regularly inspected by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
- We provide a comprehensive diagnostic service including radiography, ultrasound scanning, endoscopy and electrocardiography. Most samples can be analysed in-house, giving fast and accurate results.
- We operate Huntingdon Veterinary Emergency Service from our own premises, with a dedicated team of Veterinary staff experienced in Emergency & Critical care procedures, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- We are also an “Investor in People” practice.
- Website
- http://www.cromwellvets.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01480 52222
- Location
-
36 St. Johns Street
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3DG
United Kingdom
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