Job description
Veterinary Nurse – Out of Hours – Part Time
Up to £31,247 DOE pro rata
Help shape the future of Emergency and Critical Care
Vets Now are the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care. Due to continued growth in our state-of-the-art 24/7 hospital, we are looking to add to the existing out-of-hours team. Our out-of-hours team is here to provide an emergency service at nights, weekends, and bank holidays and to ensure continuity of care for inpatients that have been seen by our referral team.
Be part of an exceptional team
This role will give you the opportunity to deal with a wide range of emergency and critical care cases and monitoring patients from our referral services. Your role will include:
- Emergency triage and procedure nursing.
- Inpatient care within our ICU, general and isolation wards.
- Monitoring anaesthesia of emergency surgeries.
Potential candidates will be passionate about the care they deliver and have a real enthusiasm for learning with the ability to work within a fast-paced emergency service.
Make a difference and save lives
The successful applicant in our vet nurse role will be –
- An RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse
- Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets
- Motivated to deliver the exceptional clinic standards that Vets Now is known for
- Experience in an ECC environment is advantageous
On-going professional development
At Vets Now we invest heavily in the continuous professional development of all our people across the business. You will have access to professional qualifications, progression opportunities, coaching and mentoring. Our CPD package is second to none, VDS and RCVS fees are covered, and we will support you in achieving an ECC certificate.
Working pattern
Monday to Thursday from 14:00 to 22:00
We look after you, so you can look after them
Recognising hard work is important to us. Our employees are our greatest asset which is why we offer a first-class benefits and rewards package that includes:
Your health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance
- Membership of employee wellbeing programme
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
- Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
Your work life balance
- 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- Paid volunteering days
Your development
- £1125 CPD allowance increasing annually plus 20 paid hours pro rata
- ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
Your professional memberships
- RCVS fees
- VDS cover
Your additional benefits
- Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
- UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
- Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
- Death in service of two times annual salary
Please get in touch with Julia in our Talent Team to discuss on 07535651164 or email [email protected]