Head Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse ready to step into a leadership role? This is a brilliant opportunity to join Holly House Vets as our new Head Nurse, where you’ll guide and grow a motivated and close-knit nursing team in a progressive and supportive environment.
This is a hands-on leadership role offering the chance to make a real difference. You’ll support and mentor a nursing team consisting of experienced RVNs, newly qualified RVN's, students and VCA's, with full encouragement to pursue your own areas of clinical interest along the way.
Work Schedule
Working across a five day week (40 hours). There’s no out-of-hours or on-call requirement, allowing you to maintain a healthy balance around your clinical commitments. This is a temporary post for 12 months with the possibility of extending to permanent for the right candidate. This role is based at the main hospital with occasional cover at the branch surgeries when needed.
About the Practice
Conveniently located just off the ring road in north Leeds, near Roundhay Park, our practice boasts excellent transport links to the city centre. Our team comprises 10 vets, 10 RVNs (including our dedicated night nurse team), 6 SVNs, 4 VCAs, and 10 receptionists working to provide 24 hour wrap around care to our patients at our hospital, general practice clinics and exotics only practice. Having been open now for 30 years we have developed a range of annual team events and a full schedule of practice meetings as well as one to one career development and professional coaching available to all staff. Rotas are carefully crafted to consider work life balance and home time and breaks are prioritised. We want to know what you want from your career, and we will help you to make that happen.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced and proactive RVN with a passion for high standards, great teamwork and patient care. Whether you’ve led a team before or are ready to step up, you’ll be supported to make this role your own.
Why Join Us?
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, inclusive of bank holidays
* Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
* 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 24 hours paid leave 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
* BVA Membership
Additional
* Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
* Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer
* Discounted staff pet care
Holly House Veterinary Hospital, Moortown
468 Street Lane, Moortown, Leeds, LS17 6HA, United Kingdom
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, 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.
Any questions before applying?
Speak to Bethany Baker from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.
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