Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

We are looking for an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly and passionate team at Park Vets.

Our role presents the opportunity to work across all departments including surgery, prep, clinics, outpatients, and kennels (with the support of our dedicated kennel nursing team). We are seeking a dedicated, adaptable nurse who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering gold-standard care to our patients.

Join a practice you are proud to be a part of. Park Vets is a large, well-established hospital renowned for delivering gold-standard care through our friendly, dedicated team of vets, nurses, and VCA’s. We pride ourselves on being a busy, fast-paced practice with a diverse case load, specialising in inpatient care, medicine, orthopaedics, soft tissue and laparoscopic surgery, advanced imaging, ophthalmology, dentistry, and exotic animal care.

Parkvets Veterinary Hospital is based in Foots Cray within the London Borough of Bexley offering 24/7 care to their loyal clients. We have a large enthusiastic and friendly team including a dedicated Veterinary Care Assistant team, client care team, insurance team, bookings team and lab team.

Working pattern:

• Full-time, 40-hour week with varied shifts between 7am and 8:30pm
• Weekend rotation: 1 in 4 weekends worked, with lieu days offered
• Shared second on-call rota with the nursing team, focused on inpatient care when needed

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:

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday

Wellbeing:

• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support

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
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships:

• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional:

• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

Up to £33,000 DOE

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.