Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal
Location: Alora Vets, Whitburn, Bathgate, Scotland
Discipline: Small Animal
Employment Type: Full Time, Part Time, Flexible
Salary: Up to £32,000 DOE
Start the rewarding career you deserve
Alora Vets are looking for an enthusiastic RVN to join our close-knit team. As one of our RVN’s, you will strive to maintain our high standards of patient and client care whilst working together alongside the team, performing clinical duties as required.
This role will include:
* All clinical aspects including running nursing clinics
* Assist in the training of our Student Veterinary Nurses and Veterinary Care Assistants.
* Liaise with all roles within the practice to enable smooth running of day-to-day clinical work.
* Clinical supervisor experience desirable but not essential
Fix or Flex – find your perfect balance
We offer flexible working patterns that flex with you and your lifestyle. Whether you are looking to flex your rota hours to balance the school holidays, fix to navigate the school runs or just looking to strike that balance between home and work life. We can offer flexibility that actually works for you.
Our full-time nurses work 40 over 4 days alongside an equal share in the 1:5 weekends (Saturday 8.30-1.30) with TOIL the following week. Whilst Vets Now cover our OOH provision, we do look after some of our more stable in-patients and you would be expected to participate in a 1 in 5 rota for this however as our Veterinary Surgeon team take the lead on cases, this aspect is minimised.
Why Alora Vets?
Located within a modern purpose-built premises situated in Whitburn, just off the M8 and almost exactly halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh, making us very convenient for travel. We are a busy first opinion practice with a broad range of cases. We have 6 Veterinary Surgeons who have a wide variety of clinical interests from laparoscopic surgery to acupuncture and dentistry.
Our nursing team consists of our full time HRVN, 3 full time RVN’s and one part time RVN’s, two SVN’s and two ACA’s. We are lucky to have two RVN clinical coaches who are instrumental in the continuing education of our keen and very able students.
Our two ACA’s are vital to our team providing plenty of TLC to our patients and team alike. Our support team is made up of our Practice Manager, Insurance Co-ordinator and our amazing five strong reception team ran by our Head Receptionist who are instrumental in the smooth running of our day.
Because our people matter
We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:
Work-life balance
* 6.8 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
* Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
Wellbeing
* Private Medical Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential helpline
* Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
* Initiatives focused on colleague wellbeing
Development
* £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
* Certificate support
* Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
* Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
* Research funding
* Infection Prevention and Control Programme
* Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
* VDS cover
* RCVS fees
Colleague Benefits
* Company pension scheme. IVC Evidensia will make a contribution as well
* Supporting a greener commute to work with a Cycle to Work scheme and Green Cars Scheme, subject to eligibility criteria
* Voluntary benefits: we give you the flexibility to choose from a range of voluntary benefits to suit you
* Access to discounts/cashback with hundreds of participating retailers
* Discounted treatment for your own pets at an IVC Evidensia practice
At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
Any questions before applying?
Speak to Taylor Findlay from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.
Senior Talent Partner
Taylor Findlay
Contact: taylor.findlay@ivcevidensia.com
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