Registered Veterinary Nurse

Job Description

As a progressive, growing and highly successful practice here at Northampton we are on the lookout for an outstanding Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our expanding, friendly team. We are a very supportive team, led by our experienced head vet who qualified 17 years ago. The ideal RVN to join our team would have great communication skills and enjoy building relationships with patients, clients and colleagues.  We are the type of Practice where clients know their vets and nurses by name and expect to trust them for life. You would need to be a proactive RVN with well-rounded skills to include (but not limited to), patient care, triaging and emergency care, anaesthesia, consultations, and orthopaedic care. 

We understand that a good work life balance is important and especially in these challenging times, we aim to enjoy our work, support each other and have some fun along the way! That’s why we have a fully trained Mental Health First Aider on hand and hold regular Wellbeing Treat Days for the whole team.

The RVNs currently with us wanted to share their personal top benefits to working within our team. These included being with a close nit open and friendly team, having a supportive practice manager, being open to new ideas and updates, and encouraging personal growth.

We will offer £23-35,000 (pro rata) dependent on experience, for the right person to work with us part time, between 20-25 hours per week, 1 in 4 Saturday, with no OOH's or on call.

Benefits include:

•  Free access to Retail Hub, a wellbeing service that includes access to professional support and counselling.   
•  £500 (pro rata) CPD allowance and support for Certificates
•  Free onsite parking
•  Pension scheme
•  Discounted pet care
•  RCVS registration fee paid.
•  Exclusive discounts to high street shops, gym memberships, restaurants etc.
•  Exclusive company discounts and rewards – including 20% off at Pet at Home, The Groom Room and The Vet Group

We are conveniently located just a 10-minute walk from Northampton town centre and bus station and only a 20-minute walk from the train station.

Our established practice is purpose built with state-of-the-art equipment including digital X-ray, ultrasound, dental machine, theatre, isolation kennels, in house laboratory, Doppler blood pressure monitor and capnography. We see a varied caseload and have a high number of insured clients.

Location: NN1 1ET

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!