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Night Registered Veterinary Nurse
Location: Southfields Veterinary Specialists
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Average 26 hours/week
Salary: From £32,000, depending on experience
Southfields Veterinary Specialists are currently recruiting for talented Night Registered Veterinary Nurses to support our existing teams in providing exceptional care to our patients.
Our core values ensure that we offer the same exceptional care to our patients during the day and night, and we are looking to meet candidates that are passionate about the patients they look after.
You will work as part of a large night team that includes interns, nurses, trainee nurses and patient care assistants.
You will provide inpatient and emergency care to patients from neurology, surgery, oncology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and internal medicine, assisting with incoming emergencies and being responsible for case handovers each day.
This is a varied role that will require you to be able to work under pressure, coordinate cases and be willing to learn and develop your skills.
Our night team is rapidly growing, and you will have the opportunity to work directly with the Senior Night Nurse and Head of Nursing Services to develop and implement new protocols.
This is a rewarding and challenging role that will require both team and individual work throughout the night. This is a working shift with outstanding facilities to support rest breaks provided.
You will participate in an on-call rota.
Opportunities for career development
This is an exciting time to join Southfields as we expand our offering and invest in new services. Joining us will allow you to work within an exceptional team and develop your career whilst being exposed to cases from all disciplines.
Due to the continued expansion at Southfields, you will work as a part of the growing team developing procedures and ways of working for the hospital.
You will have access to, and be actively encouraged to participate in, our extensive range of CPD, including webinars, journal clubs, modular training sessions and the Linnaeus Referral Nursing Professional Development (RNPD) Programmes.
You will be provided with a generous CPD package, including funding and paid CPD days to further your knowledge and experience and support the development of your career.
Referral experience is not essential, as full training will be provided.
What kind of person you need to be
You need to be a highly motivated self-starter with the:
1. Desire to provide the best clinical service to all our patients
2. Ability to work as part of a team and under your own initiative
3. Desire to build upon your current knowledge and experience, utilising learning opportunities available through Linnaeus and external CPD providers
4. Passion to guide and support junior team members to reach their full potential
5. Ability to help develop and shape a growing service.
Hours
7.45 pm -7.45 am as part of a 5 on 10 off rota.
About us
Southfields is the new name in referral services. It's a very exciting time to join a forward-thinking and highly motivated team that has the support of the Linnaeus Group, providing significant investment in providing new innovative services, a contemporary state-of-the-art working environment and commitment to personal and career development. With an excellent support team in place, you'll be able to concentrate on what you do best in a friendly and supportive practice in our brand new 42,000 sq. ft state-of-the-art facilities.
Benefits
6. Paid day off to celebrate your birthday
7. Enhanced equal family leave
8. Enhanced sickness policy
9. RCVS and VDS fees paid
10. CPD allowance
11. Extensive learning and development programmes
12. Progression opportunities
13. Staff discount schemes
14. Discounts with PetPlan
15. Recruitment reward scheme
16. E-car salary sacrifice week
17. Excellent location only 30 minutes by train from central London, within easy reach of the beautiful Essex countryside and extremely well located for international travel links by air and train
Wellness package, including.Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)Gym membership discountCycle2Work schemeEye care vouchersFlu vaccine voucher
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Referral Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Becca Thompson at Becca.Thompson@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
Part of an amazing global family
Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS .
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk