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24/7 Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal Wing

Employer
University of Cambridge
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Salary
Salary from £23,487 to £27,116 pro rate, plus 15% shift allowance
Closing date
4 Sep 2022

Job Details

24/7 Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal Wing

£23,487 to £27,116 pro rata+ 15% Shift Allowance.

Department of Veterinary Medicine, West Cambridge Site

Ref: PP32717

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our expanding nursing team at the Queens Veterinary School Hospital.

The referral hospital is a very fast-paced environment which requires you to be adaptable with the ability to work well under pressure.

The role will be to provide nursing to an excellent standard in the Small Animal Wing.

The small animal wing consists of four dogs, two cat, critical care and isolation wards housing an average of 15-25 patients during the overnight period.

Due to increasing caseloads in the hospital, we are looking for nurses who can cover 24/7 working on a 7-week generous and attractive rotating shift pattern, covering core, early, late, night shifts and time off. This will also include weekend working. 

The role in Small Animal inpatients will include surgical, medical, and critical care nursing (training can be given in critical care procedures). Cleaning, hygiene, and administration duties linked to inpatient care will form a reasonable percentage of the time. This is a varied role where no two days are the same, so we are seeking individuals with a passion for nursing, with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff, students, and clients. The ability to work on your own initiative with minimal supervision is essential.

In return, we offer an encouraging and nurturing environment and have a dedicated team of clinicians and nurses who are committed to providing the best care for our patients. 

Benefits include:

  • Generous paid annual leave including bank holiday
  • Defined benefit pension scheme
  • Enhanced family friendly policies
  • Access to a dedicated Personal and Professional Development team
  • Wellness programme including Occupational Health team and Staff counselling
  • Staff discount scheme including shopping vouchers
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Travel to work loans
  • Eye care voucher scheme
  • Discounted gym membership
  • CPD allowance

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Natalie Wills on nw366@cam.ac.uk

Further particulars for the role and information about the Department are available here

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

Closing date: 4 September 2022.

Interviews will be held after the closing date

Please quote reference PP32717 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the apply button. 

Company

The Department of Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge is at the forefront of veterinary science and education and is a centre of excellence for teaching and research. We are a large, multidisciplinary department whose scientific activities are fully integrated into those of the whole University.  Our mission is to improve the prevention and treatment of diseases of animals by defining and applying best clinical practice, by understanding and developing the science underpinning best practice, and by embedding an education programme in the veterinary sciences that delivers the best veterinary practitioners, academics and research scientists.

 

We educate people in the veterinary sciences so that they develop into leading clinicians and researchers. The pre-clinical, undergraduate education of veterinary students is delivered in a carefully integrated manner in basic science departments in the university and the three clinical years are spent in the department. Our relatively small size (60-70 students per year) means that we still deliver much of our teaching to small groups of clinical students. We operate a lecture free final year. The Department operates small animal and equine hospitals and equine and farm animal clinical services in order to provide clinical teaching material, as well as using the state of the art 200 cow university dairy herd and sheep flock at nearby Madingley.

 

We maintain and develop research excellence in basic and applied biomedical and veterinary sciences and embed our clinical veterinary training in this strong scientific foundation. There are 30-40 post-graduate students in the Department and we also offer post-graduate clinical training scholarship programmes for interns and residents in the clinical areas.

 

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