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Registered Veterinary Nurse

Employer
Park Veterinary Centre
Location
Watford, Hertfordshire
Salary
Salary from £23,000 to £28,000 depending on experience
Closing date
1 Sep 2022
Phone number
07977XXXXXX

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Job Details

The Role

Here at Park Veterinary Centre, we are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team. Our Nurses are well respected and work closely with our team of Vets and Support Staff, to ensure the best possible care is given. Our nursing team is very supportive, and extra training can be given to someone looking to return to nursing, or just beginning their Veterinary Nursing career. Our nurses work in Theatre, Pharmacy, Ward, and Nurses Clinics and are encouraged to pursue special interests and CPD. We are a Training Practice and would encourage and support all our Nurses to be involved in nurse training.
 
The hours for this role are 38 per week, working across a 4-day week with various shift patterns. Weekends are 1 in 4, we employ night staff to look after our in-patients. Our out of hours is mostly covered by VetsNow, but we do provide cover on Saturday and Sunday daytime.


Salary

The salary for this role is between £23,000 to £28,000 depending on experience. 
 

About Us

Park Veterinary Centre is a well-established first opinion practice, with roots in Hertfordshire going back over 100 years. We are a Training Practice and hold RCVS GP status. You will be joining a busy, well-equipped practice, where every team member aspires to achieve higher standards. Our equipment list includes Endoscopy, Laparoscopy, Ultrasound, Digital X-ray, Multi-Modal monitor, ECG, and BP monitoring. We are situated in Watford, Hertfordshire, which is surrounded by beautiful countryside, while also having easy access to train stations, with London approximately 35 minutes away.

We currently have 7 FTE Vets, 6 full-time and 2 part-time Registered Veterinary Nurses, and 5 Student Nurses. We are actively increasing our current Nursing Team. We have a large support team consisting of Receptionists, Telephonists, VCA's, and Accounts Staff, ensuring our Nurses can focus on their clinical skills.

Any new hire will be included in our general nursing rota, across all roles. Any special interests will be encouraged and supported. We provide services for a local Wildlife Rescue, and several of our nurses, along with one of our vets enjoy treating Exotics and Wildlife.
 

Applicant Requirements

We are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse or experienced Student Nurse with good practical skills and an ability to work alone and as part of a team.
  

Benefits - Subject to Pro Rata:

  • Increasing holiday based on length of service
  • CPD paid days and allowance
  • L&D opportunities through the IVC Evidensia Academy
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
  • Birthday leave
  • RCVS Membership paid
  • VDS cover
  • Discounted veterinary fees
  • Various discounts including retail & gym memberships
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Service-related company sick pay
  • Initiatives focussed on employee wellbeing
  • Relocation packages
  • Career progression opportunities


 As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. 

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch and quote reference BH6440. 

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Company

History

The origin of The Park Veterinary Centre goes back as far as the latter part of the 19th century. Between the wars Messrs Trewin, Barr & Gale were the partners. In the early 1960s Roger Johnson became a partner as others retired. Together with Mike Daniels and a slowly growing band of enthusiastic young vets and nurses, he continued to develop the Practice especially the part concerned with domestic pets, although at this time the majority of the work involved the care of farm animals and horses. Johnson & Daniels was born, soon to become Johnson, Daniels & Partners.
The reputation of being a caring Practice, looking after the needs of the local community has been maintained with pride throughout its development. In 1977 the Practice moved from the shop-front premises in Clarendon Road to larger premises (once the Royal Observer Corps building) on the Cassiobury Estate, and the name soon changed to The Park Veterinary Centre. The buildings and facilities were extended nine years later and a satellite consulting and retail facility (The Park Veterinary Clinic) was opened in Leavesden in June 1997. During the 1990s Mike Daniels and Dinah and Roger Johnson all retired. In 2013 Chris Sander retired from the partnership after 37 years but will be continuing to work at the Practice for a while as a locum. The  remaining partners – Bill Starr,Chris Blackmore and Mark Gardiner and their dedicated staff – are determined to continue the tradition of high quality veterinary care for the local community.

Ethos

The ethos at ‘The Park’ has always been to put the patient first. This may sound a bit glib but there has been an honest attempt made to encourage all who have worked under our banner to do what is best for patient and client alike, and to create trust between the client and the vet. The wellbeing of both is our primary aim as is the development of a long term relationship that benefits all three parties. Although it is impossible nowadays not to have fairly regular changes among the younger veterinary staff, we do try to encourage them to build up a solid client base. This is achieved by the development of a good trusting working relationship which relies, not only on the diagnostic and therapeutic competence of the vet, but also on their ability and willingness to communicate. We encourage members of our team to stay with us for as long as possible, and many of the nurses who have trained with us stay on once qualified and even return to us after a break for child-rearing.
In addition we encourage and provide support for staff to continue their professional development and to carry out more advanced study which, in turn, enables many of them to provide new and worthwhile expertise for our patients. Needless to say we would not be able to achieve this if the working environment and terms of employment were not considered favourable. We feel that our staff are satisfied in the knowledge that they are part of a veterinary service that is excellent and affordable.

Facilities 

Within our main premises we have three vet consulting rooms and one used by Carol McGuigan, our qualified behaviourist and Pet Health Counsellor. Dark-room eye examinations and ultrasonography are carried out in another room which is also equipped for standard consultations. Adjacent to the consulting suite is the in-house laboratory where a wide range of blood and other tests are carried out when results are needed urgently.
Our operating suite consists of two fully equipped operating theatres and a large prep room which is also used for minor ops and dental procedures. Adjoining the op suite is the dedicated x-ray facility. All of these facilities enable our team to assess, diagnose and treat your pets as efficiently and sympathetically as possible. We are very fortunate in having an excellent relationship with one of the best Referral Centres in the country where specialist investigations and treatment for difficult cases can be obtained. Several of our vets have a special interest in exotic pets and one in ophthalmology. Our kennel wards will keep your pets safe and comfortable while awaiting any treatment or recovering from surgery, with dedicated trained nursing staff to comfort and care for them while they are away from home. We also have a dedicated team of night staff to monitor and nurse in-patients during the night, and provide support for cases that need to be seen out of hours by the duty vet.

Information Bureau/Nurse Clinics/Puppy Playgroups

Our nurses not only assist the vets in the clinical work they do but also serve the clients in many other ways. They will offer help and advice on your pets’ general healthcare and well-being and on more complicated matters such as obtaining a Pets Passport. They run regular Nurse Clinics for nail-clipping, microchipping, renewing dressings, cleaning and dressing ears, administering medicines, and taking blood samples. These latter functions are carried out in conjunction with, and as follow-up to, full veterinary consultations. They run a weight-watchers clinic and very successful puppy playgroups where, as well as the important socialisation activity taking place, much advice is given regarding caring for your puppy. The Puppy Playgroups are held at our Branch surgery at Katherine Place, Leavesden while the other clinics take place at the main surgery at Cassiobury Drive.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01923223321
Location
256 Cassiobury Drive
Watford
Herts
WD17 3PA
GB

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