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Veterinary Nurse
Bath Vet Group, Chapel Surgery, Melksham
Salary up to £30,000 depending on experience plus benefits

Find your future

Chapel Surgery is looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse who prides themselves on providing high standards of patient and client care. You will be keen to develop nurse clinics, be confident at anaesthesia and be happy to help with the daily running of the surgery. This is a sole nurse role with the benefit of a full-time kennel assistant to provide support where required.

The role is part time, working two days a week plus 1 in 8 Saturdays and 1 in 20 Sunday mornings working at Rosemary Lodge. No nights or additional out of hours.

Be part of what we do

The Chapel is located in the historic Market town of Melksham, in beautiful rural Wiltshire. The Chapel is a busy first opinion practice offering both consultations and operations daily throughout the week. We have two consulting rooms, a fully equipped operating theatre, x-ray facilities and practice laboratory all housed in the beautiful, renovated surgery.

Join a welcoming and supportive team

We are a small, friendly team who benefit from the support of our 24-hour first opinion and referral hospital in Bath. Here at Bath Vets we pride ourselves on our friendly working environment and our focus on staff wellbeing. Staff are actively encouraged to develop their skills and knowledge via in-house learning and CPD.

What we need from you

This role would suit an RVN with previous branch experience who enjoys client facing and excels working in small team. You must feel confident as sole nurse and have excellent communication skills. This role is essential for bonding clients with the practice and therefore applicants must be willing to form a close working relationship with clients.

Because our employees matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from –
Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off

Wellbeing

• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £550 CPD allowance with 3 days paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.