Head Registered Veterinary Nurse

Are you a RVN looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Head Nurse so if this a role that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

• This is a fantastic opportunity for a RVN with ideally over 3 years’ experience to join us in our stand-alone practice and help lead and support the nursing team
• Your experience will be key in ensuring clinical standards remain high!
• As a practice we are passionate all our colleagues achieve their career goals, so we are happy to discuss and support certificates and CPD
• Our colleague’s well-being is key to our happy, stable practice and to ensure this we can be flexible on rotas and will consider any applicant able to work 32 -40 hours per week – so please chat to us and let’s see what we can do for you!
• Salary up to £35k FTE, DOE
• Get an extra day off for your Birthday!
• No Sundays!
• Enhanced holidays from day 1

About us: 

Halesowen Vets for Pets has been locally owned for over 8 years by practice owners Michelle and Ian who are both highly experienced surgeons, with Michelle already a certificate holder and Ian in the final stages of completion. Our vets are supported by a highly skilled nurse team. Our current Head Nurse who has been with us for over 5 years, is on maternity leave and will be returning to us later in the summer working fewer hours as a Senior Nurse. We have a brilliant clinical team of 3.5 vets and 4 RVN’s, and they are supported by a VCA, 4 Client Care Advisors and our Practice Manager (RVN).

The practice Based in the heart of the community, as a standalone site we see a varied caseload with a high proportion of insured clients. We are exclusively small animals predominantly cats and dogs with the very occasional rabbit and other small furry.

We are passionate about high quality care and service. We have all the usual equipment plus dental x-ray, laparoscopy, endoscopy, Kyon TPLO equipment, harmonic scalpel and K-laser. We aim to keep the majority of our caseload in house, but we are within 45 minutes of a quality referral hospital if needed. Our nursing team are all involved in these cases and so there are significant opportunities to scrub into theatre, do complex anaesthetics and help with medical investigations and inpatient care. We are also happy to support all team members with opportunities for further development and a certificate, or an interest in doing one, would be an advantage.

What your day looks like : The clinic is open from 8am-7pm weekdays, 9am-1pm Saturday. Bank holidays are worked on a rota basis and we’re not open on Sundays. Our Saturday rota will be 1 in 4, along with a consulting vet and CCA.

We believe in a good work-life balance so we can accommodate a somewhat flexible rota. 

About you:  

You will have a good experience of veterinary nursing, excellent customer service and communication skills, be an effective team player and able to use your own initiative when required. You are friendly, organised and down-to-earth, have a genuine interest in animal welfare and enjoy the variety provided by the clients and colleagues alike. You will not necessarily need to have experience with the broad range of cases seen in the practice but would need to be a fast learner who is keen to get involved in all parts of the job. Previous Clinical Coach experience would be advantageous but not essential, although an interest in becoming a Clinical Coach and supporting our students is a must. 

Your role will include:

• Leading, supporting and inspiring the nursing and VCA team on a day-to-day basis, including training and mentoring
• Acting as a role model across all aspects of clinical nursing
• Help to streamline and optimise workflows to ensure smooth practice operations
• To champion nurse-led consults and support their growth within the practice
• Participating in appraisals, clinical audits, and team development initiatives
• Encouraging individual clinical interests and professional growth across the nursing team

We’re keen for all colleagues to have a voice and share ideas to have a real impact on the success of our practice and drive the business forward. You will help with the daily running of the practice and lead by example, using your training and experience to its fullest to mentor others, whilst delivering the highest standards of client and patient care.

Our offer

• Salary up to £35,000 FTE based on experience.
• Flexible hours
• Generous CPD allowance– Encouraged and supported
• Paid memberships
• Enhanced annual leave from day 1 of 6.6weeks
• Day paid leave for your Birthday
• Enhanced pension contribution from employer
• Contributory private Health Care

As a practice, our number one priority is putting pets and the owners first whilst enjoying working as part of a fun and friendly team. So, if you feel the same, this might be the perfect role for you.

If you would like to hear more about working with us please contact Emma on northvet@vets4pets.com and we will get back to you within 1 working day 

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!