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Hours: 42 hours per week- 4-day week. 1:6 weekends with lieu time.

1 Bank holiday a year with lieu time. On call Rota 2-3 weeks per year.

Your role and responsibilities

We are currently seeking a dedicated Registered Veterinary Nurse with experience in the Emergency and Critical care environment to lead our RVN’s and support them within the critical care aspect of the nursing role.

The lead nurse role is key to the business to provide a high level of clinical standards, alongside the senior leadership team, and the clinical director.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Provide a high and sustainable quality of nursing care, with a focus on wards and intensive care support.

• Provide leadership to associates including Nurses, Student nurses and Patient Care Assistants.

• Line manage a team of RVN’s, SVN’s and PCA’s and provide HR support for onboarding, sickness reporting, Personal Development Reviews and training.

• Maintain effective communication with the team, including other lead nurses, and the clinical nursing manager.

• Managing your area of responsibility with the implementation and updating of standard operating protocols and have a pro-active approach to positive change.

• Participation in cleaning and maintenance of all areas of the hospital, alongside team.

• Work with the Clinical Nurse Manager to identify, prioritize and implement development and CPD for nurses in your area of expertise.

• Maintain RCVS practice standards within the hospital.

• Line manage a team of RVN’s, SVN’s and PCA’s and provide HR support for onboarding, sickness reporting, Personal Development Reviews and training.

• Certificate in Emergency and Critical care is desirable however there is scope to develop this within the role.

Our hospital:

Village Vet Hampstead 24-hour hospital is in North London and walking distance of Belsize Park, on the northern line. It is situated within a village community, close to local cafes and shops.

Our Hampstead hospital is exceptionally well equipped and is set out across 4 floors. We have everything you would expect us to, including full diagnostic facilities, an on-site laboratory, dental suite, intensive care (ICU) area within the hospital, separate cat and dog wards, dental and surgical suite. We have a separate cat friendly waiting area and pride ourselves on our cat and dog friendly attitude.

Benefits

• 277 hours annual leave including bank holidays.
• Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Program which is available for everyone.

Village Vet is a progressive, forward-thinking, premium veterinary group with small and medium-sized first opinion practices, and four large 24-hour hospitals based in London, Hertfordshire and Cambridge.

We believe in supporting and investing in our staff, investing in our facilities and ensuring that our clients and their pets receive only the very best, modern first opinion or specialist care.

Our staff are motivated and encouraged to gain additional certifications across all levels of employment and we offer and support career progression within our group.

We have a strong recognisable brand, and we are looking for people who share our vision and our culture. We have over 400 staff members across our 32 sites and are very proud of our achievements and our reputation in the veterinary profession.

Don’t just take our word for it

I love working in the 24-hour hospital in Hampstead as it is a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment which can be better described as animal A&E. Every day is different, and the team is exceptional.

Sarah Nicoll, Lead Medicine Nurse, Village Vet Hampstead hospital

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Program which is available for everyone.

Part of an amazing global family 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. 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. 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. Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates. If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]