Midland Veterinary Surgery, Leyton, Leyton, London
We are looking for someone to join our small animal general practice team at our East London vet practice that we can enrol onto a veterinary nursing course at City and Islington College once a 6-month probation period is complete. We are a 4.5 vet team with a support team of qualified nurses, a final year student nurse, care assistants and a dedicated reception team.Once you have started the course you will have a dedicated clinical coach in the practice and a paid day off to attend college.
As a student nurse you will support the nursing and vet team with:
* Holding animals for examination and procedures
* Caring for animals in kennels including feeding, grooming and giving medications appropriate to training level
* Helping to take and process blood and other lab samples
* Assisting with preparing animals for surgery and monitoring anaesthetics, appropriate to training level
* Cleaning and sterilising instruments
* Cleaning clinical areas
* Spending some time on reception
We are looking for a candidate who has:
* Must have 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) A-C / 4-9. These must include Maths, Science and English.
* An awareness of the veterinary industry and ideally some experience of working with animals and people
About the rota
You will cover 40 hours per week on a varied rota pattern, with 30 mins unpaid lunchbreak. Shifts will also include Saturdays on a rota basis, but no Sundays, night work or OOH.
In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:
* 6.6Weeks annual leave
* Additional annual leave for your birthday which will be added to your holiday allowance
* Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption/ shared parental and surrogacy pay
* Cycle to work scheme
* Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
* Non-accidental injury support
* Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
* Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
* Discounted staff pet care
Midland Veterinary Surgery, Leyton
655 High Road, Leyton, Leyton, E10 6RA, United Kingdom
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