Head Nurse – Sidcup
Up to £40,000 DOE plus benefits
About Vets Now
Company Overview
Join the Team at Vets Now – Providing Exceptional Emergency Pet Care
Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals.
Our Sidcup clinic is based in a fully equipped pet hospital. The team has been recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as an outstanding provider of emergency veterinary care.
Understanding your key role
You will be leader of a large team of vet nurses and clinical support staff in an already well-established clinic. Whilst on clinical shifts you will maintain a high standard of patient care alongside being passionate about developing and coaching your team.
Duties will include, but not limited to:
- Ensuring day-to-day operational and financial management of the clinic is maintained.
- Rota and gaps management.
- Maintaining strong relationships with host practices through regular communications.
- Responsibility for quality control of clinical equipment.
- Team and welfare management, including mentoring and supporting staff, appraisals, performance, and return-to-work tasks.
Key requirements
- Minimum of two years’ experience working in an out of hours and critical care environment.
- Proven experience of managing others, preferably in a veterinary setting.
- Demonstratable experience of managing performance.
- Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
- Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
Working pattern
You will be working an average of 40 hours per week. Working a mixture of week nights, weekend days and nights. You will tend to work 1 weekend of days and 1 weekend of nights per month. Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.
Shift times:
Monday to Friday 18:00 – 07:00
Saturday and Sunday 19:00 – 09:00
Saturday 12:00 – 19:30
Sunday 08:30 – 19:30
Unlock your potential
We will support you in your development and provide you with access to professional qualifications, such as our widely recognised ECC certificate and industry leading CPD package.
Why Join Us?
What we offer?
- Private medical insurance.
- Enhanced sick and maternity pay.
- 7 weeks annual leave.
- Your birthday as a paid day off.
- £1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
- RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
- Reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100s 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.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy in more detail, please contact Jess in the talen team on [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.
Life at Vets Now
More than a job in emergency care
At Vets Now, you'll be part of close-knit teams who support each other under pressure, share responsibility and work together with a shared purpose. With structured rotas, experienced clinical teams and opportunities to grow, we aim to create careers in ECC that are both rewarding and sustainable.
Your birthday as a paid day off
Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
Paid volunteering
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