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Veterinary Nurse

Employer
RSPCA Head Office
Location
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
Salary
Circa. £21,300 per annum
Closing date
2 Jun 2022

Job Details

We’re looking for a Veterinary Nurse to join our small RSPCA team at Merthyr Tydfil Animal Clinic on a full time, permanent basis.

About Us

The Merthyr Tydfil Animal Clinic at The Willows in Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, was opened in October 2005. We provide an extensive range of veterinary services, including consultations, operations, dentistry, neutering, and microchipping. Our team of staff provide expert nursing and veterinary care. We provide a veterinary service for sick and injured animals that have been rescued by RSPCA inspectors, and at a low cost for pets belonging to people on low incomes or certain benefits who live in the surrounding community.

The Role

We’re looking for a Veterinary Nurse to join our Clinic in Merthyr Tydfil to assist our veterinary team by helping with nursing, anaesthetics, and reception duties. The Veterinary Nurse is fundamental to allow us to continue to provide veterinary care for animals brought in by the inspectorate and owned animals. Our clinic offers low-cost veterinary service to those eligible in the catchment area as well as providing emergency veterinary assistance at an unsubsidised rate. We’re looking for someone who is confident, works well under pressure and is self-motivated to work independently without constant supervision. Our rota system is life/work balance friendly, with the first shift of the day being 8.00-16.00 and the latest being 10.00-18.00, you’ll only be working on one bank holiday weekend and one in four weekends with two days off in lieu the following week.

What you’ll be doing as a Veterinary Nurse:

  • The role is focused on direct medical and surgical patient care, utilising your nursing capabilities in both medical and surgical roles
  • Triage patients for the attention of the veterinary surgeon
  • Maintain up to date and accurate clinical records
  • Dispense drugs in accordance with professional guidelines clinic rules
  • Cleaning and maintenance of all surgical areas, wards, theatres, and x ray rooms
  • Cleaning and basic maintenance of veterinary equipment and machinery (eg radiography, endoscopy and dental) and sterilisation of surgical instruments
  • Check machinery and other equipment as part of pre-ops and provide assistance to the vet as necessary during operations
  • Ensure that all clients of the clinic receive accurate itemised bills at the time of treatment and keep full records of these
  • Undertake continuing professional and personal development associated with the role

Successful Candidate, you'll have:

  • Either a Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing or a Degree in Veterinary Nursing
  • Registration with the RCVS
  • Good communication skills
  • A professional approach to veterinary nursing and clinical care
  • Self-motivation and be able to manage your own time
  • The ability to demonstrate teamwork with veterinary animal centre and Inspectorate colleagues

The Package

You’ll have an opportunity to work for the largest animal welfare charity in England and Wales.

We value and recognise our employees’ contribution and are proud to offer an extensive benefits package that includes:

  • 35 hours standard working week, most shifts are daytime shifts from 8am - 4pm,
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days with service
  • A generous pension scheme with associated life assurance and group income protection scheme
  • Access to private healthcare scheme
  • Access to our employee assistance programme.

If you’d like to join our team and make a real difference to animal welfare, we would love to hear from you!

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch. Please quote VN4017 when applying for this role.
 

To submit your application click the apply now button.
 

 

Company

Speak up  

Through our campaigns we raise standards of care and awareness of issues for the animals who have no voice.

With your support we push for laws to be changed, improving the welfare of animals on farms, in research labs, in the wild, in paddocks or in our homes.

Stand up Through investigations and prosecutions we stand up to those who deliberately harm animals to send out a clear message - we will not tolerate animal abuse.

Our highly trained officers tackle neglect and cruelty at every level and are working hard to stamp out large-scale serious, organised and commercial animal cruelty.


Be counted

We believe every animal has the right to be counted as an individual.

Animals can rely on us to rescue them when they need us most. To rehabilitate them wherever possible, provide them with the very best veterinary care and to find them new homes, either through rehoming or release.

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Wilberforce Way
Southwater
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 9RS
GB

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