About the Job

Veterinary Nurse – Out of hours – Full Time

Salary – Up to £34,500 plus 10% shift allowance

Make a difference and be the Vet Nurse you trained to be

We are looking to add to our existing team. Currently, our hospital offers ECC, and orthopaedic, soft tissue, internal medicine, referrals. You will be part of our OOH team providing emergency care on a wide range of emergency and critical care cases. You will be required to provide high-standard inpatient care for a wide variety of cases including referral cases from our Internal medicine and surgery services. This is an opportunity to work with Specialist and AP vets in a multi discipline environment.

Working pattern

5 days on, 5 days off – On a rota basis you will cover shifts between the hours of 17:00 to 04:00, 18:00 to 05:00, 19:00 to 06:00, 20:45 to 07:45 and 21:00 to 08:00

Make a difference and be the vet nurse you trained to be

With such a diverse caseload, Vet Nurses will be continually challenged. At Vets Now we invest heavily in the continuous professional development of all our people across the business. You will be supported and encouraged in achieving professional qualifications, and benefit from ongoing coaching and mentoring.

Your health and wellbeing

  • Private medical insurance
  • Membership of employee wellbeing programme
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
  • Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes

Your work life balance

  • 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
  • Your birthday as a paid day off
  • Paid volunteering days

Your development

  • £1125 CPD allowance increasing annually plus 20 paid hours pro rata
  • ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave

Your professional memberships

  • RCVS fees
  • VDS cover

Your additional benefits

  • Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
  • UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
  • Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
  • Death in service of two times annual salary

For further information on this role please call Julia in our recruitment team at 07535651164 or email [email protected]

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.