Veterinary Nurse

Vets Now, Bedford

Veterinary Nurse

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Vets Now, Bedford

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 6 Jun | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 58a881c362fd4e949e75b507379e38d8

Location ref: Bedford

Full Job Description

Understanding your key role Our nursing team are at the core of clinical treatment including triage, surgery, anaesthesia, and in-patient care. Key responsibilities will include:

  • First Aid - give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
  • Critical Care - management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
  • Diagnostics - confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.

    RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
  • Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
  • Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
  • Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous., 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.

    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 Barton-Le-Clay clinic has been providing local emergency care since 2010 and has the RCVS Small Animal Emergency Service Clinic accreditation, reflecting the work the practice does treating emergency and critical care cases without appointment., The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.

    Week 1: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 19:00 to 00:00
  • Week 2: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 19:00 to 00:00 Week 3: Off Week 4: Off Plus, a fair share of bank holidays. 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?
  • 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.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/veterinary-nurse-126942480

About this company

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency care for dogs, cats and small animals. We run 60+ out-of-hours clinics nationwide, with 24/7 hospitals in Glasgow and Manchester. We also offer Video Vets Now, allowing owners to video chat with qualified vets for advice and treatment options. If the pet needs a follow-up appointment in practice, the cost of their video chat will be refunded. We employ more than 1,200 staff overall, working with 1,700 daytime practices to provide a seamless pet emergency service when owners need it most. We helped around 200,000 pets last year.