General Nurse

The Role

Pride Veterinary Centre have an excellent opportunity for a General Nurse to join their busy practice! The role entails a mixture of theatre, anaesthesia, and inpatient care, during your theatre days you will be working with our primary care team and be provided with training to enable you to carry out advanced anaesthesia for procedures such as BOAS, orthopaedics, and laparoscopy surgery. You will also be trained to carry out schedule 3 procedures.

When working in the wards you will be providing gold standard care to a mixture of first opinion and referral patients. You will be provided training and support to enable you to manage the nursing requirements for a range of patients. You will learn advanced skills such as urinary catheter care, feeding tube management, CRIs, physiotherapy and CPR.

This role would suit a newly qualified nurse or a primary care nurse who is looking to develop their skills and knowledge. All newly qualified nurses will be enrolled on the IVC referral nurse program and will be provided with a mentor to help provide support throughout the first year. Within the programme, you will also receive a year’s membership with BVNA and be encouraged to attend the BVNA congress.

Salary and Rota

The shift pattern is 38 hours across 4 days, working a variety of shifts between 8 am-7 pm. There is a 1:6 full weekend rota with shifts between 7:45 am-6 pm, and the bank holiday rota for up to 2 bank holidays per year. You may be required to cover on-call and twilight shifts, but this will be discussed further at the interview.

The salary for this role is up to £26,633 depending on experience.

About Us

Pride Veterinary Centre offers all nursing staff access to a range of state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Our diagnostics and treatment are second to none and we have many highly trained and experienced nurses to ensure that our patients receive the very best treatment. We offer both primary care and specialist-led referral service in a range of disciplines, and due to an increasing caseload, we are able to offer exciting nursing opportunities. Each case is interesting and varied, and should you wish to work in our hospital, referral experience is not essential as we welcome the opportunity to provide training for the perfect candidates. What we do ask for is enthusiasm, an excellent work ethic, team spirit and a passion for clinical excellence.

About the Team and Culture

The team are hardworking, supportive of each other and always go the extra mile. Tasks are varied and numerous, so our nurses communicate well and often, to ensure all duties are completed. The prep area is usually busy and when our wards are busy too, the day can go very quickly! CPD is actively encouraged and supported at Pride Veterinary Centre, and we have an extensive in-house CPD programme. Nurses are encouraged to attend congresses, and external training days and undertake certificates to help to develop their skills and knowledge.

Applicant Requirements

Required skills and experience:

· Registered RVN (newly qualified or ready to qualify considered)

· Professional confidence

· Eager to learn new skills

· Hardworking

Desirable

· Referral experience

· Good sense of humour

· Passion and enthusiasm

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 focused 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. Please quote BH6085 when you apply.

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