Permanent Veterinary Nurse - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary nurse or soon to be?
• Are you looking to join an established charity veterinary hospital?
• Do you want to be part of a supportive team?
• Want to work part time?

Are you looking for...

• An excellent work-life balance?
• 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays?
• A working week of 22.5 hours?
• No OOH work?

We are recruiting on behalf of an animal charity hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a Permanent Veterinary Nurse to join their team. This role is part time for 22.5 hours per week, along with weekends on a rota with time off in lieu the following week.

You will deal with a controlled and manageable caseload based on the patient and client needs before all else, as opposed to being driven by commission or income targets.

The practice is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic nurse who has a good level of nursing experience and shares their ethos of educating the public on preventative animal welfare. The role will involve carrying out consultations, providing in-patient care and supporting the vets in operations.

Key details:

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Part time, 22.5 hours per week
• Weekends: On a rota
• OOH: None
• Branch work: N/A
• Team: Strong veterinary hospital team

About the role:

• The nurse will be working as part of the team with a variety of duties from supporting the theatre, inpatient care, consults, admission, dispensing medications, maintaining hygiene and encouraging financial contributions
• The hospital building is well equipped with plenty of consulting space allowing them to meet the demands of this busy small practice
• The caseload is very varied on a day to day basis
• There is an opportunity to perform schedule three surgeries with training and support
• They are a friendly welcoming team that are very supportive
• They aim to promote a healthy life for all their pets by preventing, educating and treating sick and injured animals with passion and compassion

About them:

• As the UK's leading veterinary charity, with 48 pet hospitals, they strive to improve animal lives through prevention, education and treatment
• Every year their dedicated vet teams carry out 2.7 million treatments on 470,000 pets
• Their national network of around 120 high street shops helps them to provide these treatments through selling both donated and new goods
• They believe that they work better together, so their vets, volunteers, shop teams and office support colleagues are driven into the help improve the lives of every pet

Package:

• Salary: £26,132 to £30,419 pro rata, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• CPD: Generous allowance of £500 with 1 week to attend
• Memberships: RCVS fees paid
• Excellent career opportunities for development
• Paid statutory holidays
• Travel allowance
• Life assurance 4x annual salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance after 12 months of service
• OOH work and on-call duties are specific to the role
• Weekends additional uplift and off in lieu
• On-call flat hour rate on top of normal hour rate
• Bank holidays are paid double with time off in lieu
• Travel allowance is dependent on the role
• Sick pay
• Access to online wellbeing centre
• Maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Eye care
• Flu vaccination
• Employee assist programme
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave
• Career break

Must haves:

• RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
• Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

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