The Rowe Veterinary Group is recruiting for an experienced night nurse. You will be able to work in an enriching environment where you will use your nursing skills and assist in the high standard of care provided to a wide variety of cases.
Join an established team
As part of the Emergency Veterinary Service, you will work alongside the rest of the dedicated EVS team, including another Veterinary Nurse covering the evening hours, night and twilight Veterinary Surgeons and a dedicated team of Care Assistants. Our patients stay on site for the duration of their treatment. This provides a real opportunity for the team work up their own cases and allows case and patient continuity. The Emergency Veterinary Service works alongside the Rowe Veterinary Group, as well as providing OOH cover for numerous practices locally. You will also help to care for patients who are hospitalised by our Referral department in a variety of disciplines, including Medicine, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic, Soft Tissue, Neurology, Oncology and Dentistry.
Our tier 3 hospital has excellent facilities including digital X-Ray, CT, MRI, blood pressure monitoring & ECG, on site laboratory, dental X-ray, ultrasound, and more. We are looking for someone to join our team who strives for clinical excellence, excellent client and patient care and have a passion to do things right clinically and importantly is a great team player.
Working hours/rota
The role operates on a 7 nights on / 7 nights off rota, with shifts running from Monday night to the following Monday morning, 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM. This schedule averages 77 hours during the working week.
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 salary, you will benefit from:
Work life balance
*6.6 weeks annual leave pro-rata plus additional annual leave for your birthday
*Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
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
*Employee assistance programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
Development
*£550 CPD allowance with 3 days paid leave
*Certificate, Diploma and VTS 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
Salary of up to £34,000 pa DOE
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