Registered Veterinary Nurse - Paying up to £32k FTE, DOE

Ready to take your RVN career to the next level? Join our supportive, forward-thinking team at Shelfield, where you’ll have the autonomy to use your skills, explore your interests and develop your career with a varied caseload and exciting new opportunities.

About Us:

At Shelfield we take pride in delivering a high standard of veterinary care with a strong emphasis on patient well-being. Our team is comprised of skilled professionals who are dedicated to maintaining a high standard of care. We are a cat-friendly and dog-friendly practice, with separate dog and cat waiting areas.

By joining us you will have the opportunity to use your nursing skills to their full potential. We have a varied case load including dermatology, orthopaedics, and feline medicine. Utilize our state-of-the-art in-house lab, AI microscope system for cytology work, in-house blood machine, and blood gas analysis. You will also have the opportunity to perform schedule 3 work, assist with diagnostic imaging, including ultrasound and radiography.

You will be joining an existing team of 3 vets, with a dedicated reception team, RVNs, and student nurses. We strongly value and support further development and advanced studies. One of our vets is completing a dermatology certificate, and we actively support ISFM and advanced nursing certificates for our nursing team.

About the Role:

To apply for this role you will be an experienced RVN who is confident working independently within a general practice setting. Clinical coaching experience is desirable. You will have good general nursing experience and great customer service skills, be cheerful, down-to-earth and enthusiastic with a genuine interest in animal welfare.

There are lots of opportunities to learn new skills, and we actively encourage nurses to bring their own interests into the practice. We’re currently expanding into laparoscopic surgery and advanced dental imaging, so this would suit someone keen to grow with the practice.

This is a Full Time role working 40 hours per week, including a mixture of early and late weekday shifts, as the practice is open 8:30am–7:00pm Monday to Friday, with 1 in 3 Saturday mornings (8:45am–12:45pm). There is no out-of-hours work required, we are closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

In return, we can offer you:

• Competitive salary up to £32,000 FTE, dependant on experience
• No OOH or overnight in patient checks
• Generous CPD (including funded Certificates)
• Social events and emphasis on wellbeing
• Contributary pension schemes
• Paid memberships (RCVS, BVNA, VDS)
• Exclusive company and high street discounts and rewards

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service, then we would love to hear from you!

Benefits

In return, we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, in-house career development opportunities, pension and holiday allowance.

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: WS4 1PU

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!