Registered Veterinary Nurse

About us

Riversmeet Veterinary Centre was established over 100 years ago and is a small animal, primary care practice in Staffordshire & Warwickshire, with sites in Tamworth and Atherstone.
As a practice, we are really proud of our closely knit, supportive team. The majority of whom have 5 – 20 years’ service! We are all motivated individuals who are passionate about high standards and the pets in our care. We are a 9 Veterinary Surgeon team with a certificate holder in Ophthalmology. Investing in our associates and professional development is important to us and is actively encouraged here at Riversmeet Vets. Three Vet Surgeons within the team are also working towards certificates including in Surgery and ECC.

We predominantly care for cats and dogs across the Staffordshire area, but we occasionally see small furries and even the odd chicken! (No two days are the same here at Riversmeet Veterinary Centre)

As a Registered Veterinary Nurse at Riversmeet Veterinary Centre you would be joining our 8-week rolling rota.

• 4 days per week with a set day off. Two Saturday mornings. 9am – 12:30. 1 in 8 full weekends (Sat & Sunday) with the Monday off the following week, resulting in a 3-day week. We welcome both full and part time applications.

Your day-to-day role at Riversmeet Veterinary Centre would include a mixture of routine, advanced and ECC cases. Depending on your area of interest you would likely see at least 1 day of surgery per week. We often have regular Vet meetings, and you will have the chance for support or to share clinical knowledge/ discuss cases. Case continuity is important to us, where possible and we pride ourselves on building a great rapport with our clients.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave RCVS & VDS fees paid External CPD funded and extensive, free Linnaeus CPD program provided by specialists/referral teams both online and in person (covid restrictions permitting) Nurse certificates funded Private healthcare Career progression opportunities Staff discount schemes Enhanced sickness pay Enhanced Equal Family leave for birth/adoption Wellness program including Employee assistance program, Eyecare voucher scheme, Free annual Flu jab, Cycle to work scheme etc. Recruitment reward scheme

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.