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Theatre Registered Veterinary Nurse
Location: Southfields Veterinary Specialists
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours/week
Salary: From £28,000, depending on experience
Your role and responsibilities
An exciting opportunity had arisen for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our Theatre Nursing Team.
As a Theatre RVN you will work alongside 2 full time Theatre RVNs, 1 part time Theatre RVN and 2 Theatre Techs. You will work with surgeons from soft tissue, orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, cardiology and exotics.
1. The opportunity to use fluoroscopy and portable x-rays for in-op imagining.
2. Performing the circulating nurse and scrub nurse role.
3. Provide nursing care and preparations for surgical patients including clipping and cleaning surgical site, IV placements, feeding tube placements etc.
4. Help with the maintenance and preparation of sterile supplies.
5. Supporting SVNs and PCAs during their theatre rotation.
6. Infection control monitoring.
7. Work and communicate effectively between different departments and personnel.
8. Anaesthesia and sedations for surgical patients
9. Provide highest standard of care for our patients.
You would work a variety of shifts between 8am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 2:8 weekends with time in lieu the following week and a minimum of 1 bank holiday per year.
Referral experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided.
About Us
We are a multi-disciplinary, RCVS accredited specialist lead referral centre within the county of Essex, where we work to the highest standards of veterinary care for pets, creating a seamless experience for them and their owners. We are incredibly proud to have an outstanding team of highly qualified veterinary specialists, that enable the very best care for all patients that come to our practice.
Benefits
10. 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
11. RCVS and VDS fees paid
12. External CPD funded
13. Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
14. Career progression opportunities
15. Staff discount schemes
16. Life Assurance
17. Enhanced sickness pay
18. Enhanced equal family leave
19. E-car salary sacrifice scheme
20. Employer contribution pension scheme
21. Wellness program including:Employee assistance programEyecare voucher schemeFree annual Flu jabCycle to work scheme
22. Recruitment referral reward scheme
23. 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.
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 Program 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