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    Join our supportive small animal practice in Braintree as a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN). This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week featuring a salary from £30,000 pro rata, working shifts of 8:30am-4:30pm or 11:15am-7:15pm with a 1-in-4 weekend rota.

    Requirements

    • Required: Qualification as a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)
    • Required: Good general nursing experience
    • Required: Great customer service skills and enthusiasm for animal welfare

    Skills & Responsibilities

    • General Nursing: Deliver outstanding pet healthcare through nurse consults, post-op checks, bandage changes, weight clinics, and inpatient care.
    • Surgical Assistance: Assist veterinarians with surgical cases and 2nd vaccinations.
    • Client Service: Provide excellent client service and build relationships in an established practice.
    • Potential transition routes: People from veterinary support or animal care roles may bring transferable nursing and animal welfare skills, alongside meeting mandatory RVN qualification requirements.

    Job description

    Are you a passionate RVN looking for an exciting new position with a brilliant team? Would you like to utilise your skills to their full potential? If so, our small animal practice in Braintree could have the perfect role for you!

    About the Role:

    You’ll be working in an established practice with a varied and interesting caseload, giving you opportunities to grow your skillset and work in the areas you’re interested in and enjoy. Responsibilities include conducting nurse consults, 2nd vaccinations, post-op checks, bandage changes, and weight clinics, as well as assisting with surgical cases and inpatient care.

    We are looking for an RVN with good general nursing experience, great customer service skills, and a genuine interest in animal welfare. You should be cheerful, down-to-earth, and enthusiastic, with a passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and excellent client service.

    If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

    This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with a shared weekend rota of just 1 in 4 weekends. A day of TOIL will be given following a weekend worked. Shift patterns are 8:30am-4:30pm or 11:15am-7:15pm, all including a 30-minute lunch break.

    About Us:

    We’re a supportive and friendly team with varying experience and interests made up of 5 Vets, 4 RVNs, 2 SVNs, 4 Receptionists, and a Practice Manager. We are based inside a popular Pets at Home store in Freeport Shopping Village, just a 5-minute walk from the train station, 20 minutes from Stansted Airport, and 45 minutes from the coast.

    We can offer you:

    • Salary from £30,000 pro rata (FTE, depending on experience)
    • Generous CPD allowance with allocated time off to complete
    • Emphasis on wellbeing
    • Contributory pension scheme
    • Paid memberships (RCVS, BVNA, VDS)
    • Exclusive company and high street discounts and rewards
    • Shared allocation of Bank Holidays (1-2 per year)

    Location: CM77 8YJ

    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!

    Apply now
    Vets for Pets

    Registered Veterinary Nurse

    Braintree
    On-site
    From £30,000 pro rata

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