Out of Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse Durham, England
Job description
Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join our dedicated out-of-hours (OOHs) night team.
Our OOHs department includes a team of 12 experienced RVNs, 2 Student Veterinary Nurses (SVN) and 2 Patient Care Assistants (PCAs) with extended support from the wider nursing team. There is also a dedicated OOH veterinary surgeon working each night with support from interns.
The daily running of the OOH department includes:
- Inpatient care and support of the hospitalised referral patients requiring overnight care, including patients from our orthopaedic, neurology, soft tissue, cardio and internal medicine services.
- Specific ICU care of critical patients
- Supporting local primary care practices with their OOH emergency service, cases range for advice calls, first aid, triage of emergencies and anaesthesia support for surgical procedures.
Excellent social and clinical skills are a must, as well as the ability to commit to a rolling rota, including weekend and bank holiday shifts.
Previous referral nursing not essential, as we offer training and support to fully qualified RVNs joining the practice from primary care. We provide full anaesthesia training and training and development support with CPD encouraged and funded.
We have a fully staffed client care team working 7am -10pm supporting out-of-hours calls and full cleaning support of non-clinical areas so our nursing team can concentrate on nursing.
If you are looking for an extremely rewarding and fulfilling career, this position may be of interest to you!
Hours: This is a full-time position working 12 night shifts a month (average of 39 hrs/week).
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays
- Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday
- Enhanced equal family leave
- Enhanced sickness policy
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- Life Assurance policy
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- CPD allowance (4% of salary)
- Extensive learning and development programmes
- Progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Discounts with PetPlan
- Health care and purchasing scheme
- Uniform, shoe allowance and free onsite parking also included.
- Company donations for team building
- Wellness package, including;
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Gym membership discount
- Cycle2Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Flu vaccine voucher
- Recruitment reward scheme.
About us
With ongoing growth and success based on an outstanding reputation and a commitment to excellence, Wear Referrals, part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, are looking to recruit additional RVNs to join our ever-growing nursing team of over 65 qualified RVNs, Head of Nursing Services, 2 Clinical Nurse Managers, 5 Team Leaders, 6 Deputy Team Leaders and almost 20 patient care assistants and veterinary nursing students.
Working as a nurse for Wear Referrals entails real nursing to a very high standard in our state-of-the-art, award-winning Veterinary Hospital just off junction 60 of the A1.
We are a multidisciplinary practice with Neurology, Orthopaedic, Soft Tissue, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Cardiology, Out of Hours and Rehabilitation teams. Practice facilities include a dedicated ICU ward for critical patients staffed 24 hours a day, in-house MRI and CT, 4 operating theatres, endoscopy and ultra-sound facilities and dedicated patient wards. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their own expertise, working with leading OOH clinicians.
Don't just take our word for it
'The transition into becoming part of the Wear Referrals team was made easy by the support and welcome from all the staff.'
If you would like to apply for this position or discuss in more detail please contact [email protected]
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]
