veterinary technician Merton, East of England, England
Blue Cross for Pets
Full Time
Merton, East of England, England
29640 - 22360 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Contract: Permanent, full time
Salary: £26,314 - £33,594 (incl. London Weighting Allowance of £3,954)
Hours: 42 hours per week - working hours Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 17:30
Location: Merton animal hospital, London SW19 1BD
Closing date: Wednesday 2 August 2023
We’re recruiting a Veterinary Nurse to join our fabulous team of dedicated, talented, and outstanding veterinary professionals at our animal hospital in SW London, helping to deliver excellent nursing care for a wide range of small animals, providing both emergency and routine healthcare.
Salary: £26,314 - £33,594 (incl. London Weighting Allowance of £3,954)
Hours: 42 hours per week - working hours Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 17:30
Location: Merton animal hospital, London SW19 1BD
Closing date: Wednesday 2 August 2023
We’re recruiting a Veterinary Nurse to join our fabulous team of dedicated, talented, and outstanding veterinary professionals at our animal hospital in SW London, helping to deliver excellent nursing care for a wide range of small animals, providing both emergency and routine healthcare.
More about the role
Our animal hospital in Merton has a hub design providing easy access between four consultation rooms, two dedicated operating theatres, a dental suite, imaging room and species-specific kennels and provides free or discounted vet care to pets whose owners receive certain means-tested benefits and live within the catchment area.
Your responsibilities will include:
Our regular working hours are Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 17:30. Due to the nature of our work, we occasionally need to cover duties outside of these hours, including early, evenings, lates, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Including Merton, Blue Cross has three London based animal hospitals, the other two are based in Hammersmith and Victoria. You will be required to work at these sites to cover weekends to enable us to deliver our services in these locations, usually one weekend in six.
About you
As an integral team member, the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and effective communication skills are really important, especially as you will often be the first point of our clients, forming strong bonds with them to ensure improved animal health and welfare.
It goes without saying the Veterinary Nurse role is rewarding and provides lots of opportunities for job satisfaction and happy outcomes but there are often times of sadness, so it is important you have the
resilience and ability to adapt to different situations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Provision of nurse clinics to include vaccination clinics and education of the general public with regard to pet welfare
- Monitoring and administering treatments to patients in kennels and maintaining records.
- Radiography
- Maintaining anaesthesia and surgically assisting the veterinary surgeon in theatre
- Preparing samples in the laboratory for postage and performing some routine laboratory tests
- Providing great customer service and an experience inductive of maximising donations and promoting a positive and productive Blue Cross experience.
Our regular working hours are Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 17:30. Due to the nature of our work, we occasionally need to cover duties outside of these hours, including early, evenings, lates, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Including Merton, Blue Cross has three London based animal hospitals, the other two are based in Hammersmith and Victoria. You will be required to work at these sites to cover weekends to enable us to deliver our services in these locations, usually one weekend in six.
About you
As an integral team member, the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and effective communication skills are really important, especially as you will often be the first point of our clients, forming strong bonds with them to ensure improved animal health and welfare.
It goes without saying the Veterinary Nurse role is rewarding and provides lots of opportunities for job satisfaction and happy outcomes but there are often times of sadness, so it is important you have the
resilience and ability to adapt to different situations.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
• Fully qualified Veterinary Nurse
It would be great if you also had:
How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Wednesday 2 August 2023.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Blue Cross benefits
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.
In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.
Our generous benefits package includes:
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.
- Registered with RCVS
- Confident in all aspects of veterinary nursing
- Demonstrable customer service skills
- Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values.
It would be great if you also had:
- Experience of providing nursing clinics
- Laboratory skills
- Use of computerised records
How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Wednesday 2 August 2023.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Blue Cross benefits
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.
In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.
Our generous benefits package includes:
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement: 30 days plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
- Health cash plan
- Life assurance
- Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
- Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
- Free access to GP via MetLife
- Recognition scheme Annual volunteer days
- Claim for professional fees
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.
About Blue Cross
Blue Cross is a national charity that has been helping sick, injured and homeless pets since 1897.
Every month we help thousands of pets and their people by providing veterinary care, expert behaviour advice and find homeless pets loving families. We also offer education for future generations plus pet bereavement support for those who have lost their beloved pet companion.
We love the ways that pets can make such an amazing difference to the people they live with and we offer lifelong support and advice to help that unique relationship thrive. With your support we can give back to more pets and their families who need our help.
Pets change lives. We change theirs.
Every month we help thousands of pets and their people by providing veterinary care, expert behaviour advice and find homeless pets loving families. We also offer education for future generations plus pet bereavement support for those who have lost their beloved pet companion.
We love the ways that pets can make such an amazing difference to the people they live with and we offer lifelong support and advice to help that unique relationship thrive. With your support we can give back to more pets and their families who need our help.
Pets change lives. We change theirs.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
We believe that every pet should enjoy a healthy life in a happy home, and we always seek to recruit the best people who share our values and commitment so we can continue to help and support pet owners across the UK to achieve this.
At Blue Cross, we want you to feel that you belong, without the need to hide any part of who you are.
Diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross means creating a workplace where all people, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nation or country of origin, disability, age, and socioeconomic backgrounds are welcome, respected, supported, and have access to equal opportunities.
We are working hard to reflect the world we live in and the communities we serve at every level of our organisation. As much as we have made positive advances, we consider diversity and inclusion to be a work in progress – a continual commitment that remains a priority for all of us.
If you would like to talk to us about any reasonable adjustments or changes to our recruitment process to support you to be your best, then please get in touch either via email at [email protected], via telephone on 01993 825515 or if you would prefer a video call then we can arrange this using Microsoft Teams.
Our values
Our values define the way we do things. We use them every day to guide us, and to make sure we put people and pets at the heart of everything we do.
Compassionate: We listen, we are non-judgmental, we are kind and caring to the pets and people we encounter, and we offer support in difficult times
Courageous: We make brave decisions, embrace change, and encourage innovation, ensuring we always act with integrity – doing the right thing even when no one is looking
Inclusive: We value all our relationships and work in an open and positive culture where we celebrate our diverse talents and empower you to be you
Application Deadline
August 02, 2023
Department
Veterinary Services
Employment Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
Merton animal hospital
Workplace type
Onsite
Compensation
£22,360 - £29,640 / year
Reporting To
Nurse Manager
Blue Cross for Pets
www.bluecross.org.uk
Burford, United Kingdom
Chris Burghes
$25 to $50 million (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
1897
