Head Registered Veterinary Nurse

Are you a RVN looking for your next step, or a Head Veterinary Nurse looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Head Nurse to join our supportive team, 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 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
• Salary up to £36k FTE, DOE
• Get an extra day off for your Birthday!

About us: 
Our RVN’s are key players in the practice and we encourage nurse led clinics. We also expanded the surgery to fit in with this, and now have dedicated nursing consult room for our wonderful RVN team. Our practice is led by practice owner and Veterinary Surgeon, Alemu Shawakena with 6 years’ experience working in emergency and critical care who also performs orthopaedic surgeries and he has a passionate, close-knit team made up of 3 part time vets, 1 RVN,  1 SVN and experienced support team led by practice manager Veronica who is also a Mental Health First Aider. To take a virtual tour of our surgery please visit - vets4pets.com/paisley-phoenix 

This is a Full Time role working 35 to 40 hours per week, including 1 in 3 weekends.

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 £36,000 FTE based on experience.
• 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!