Registered Vet Nurse

Job Opportunity:
Registered Vet Nurse (preferable but not essential with Equine background)

Location:

Lanark, ML11 9SZ

Position: RVN

Type:
Full time (permanent)

Clyde Vet Group Equine Hospital is currently seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate, driven RVN with good communication skills to join our existing team of nurses and equine veterinary care assistants. A team player is essential to join a team built on mutual respect, support and continuous development.

• General Duties – Daily care including mucking out, grooming, feeding and water maintenance; maintaining hygiene, cleaning stables and managing clinical areas, ensuring safe work environment; nursing inpatient and outpatients, preparing for surgery, assisting with veterinary investigations and diagnostic imaging, wound care and educating owners.
• Inpatient Care – Nursing sick or injured patients, administering medication and monitoring pain levels.
• Clinical and Diagnostic Procedures – Taking blood samples, placing catheters, wound management and bandage changes; diagnostic imaging including ultrasonography, radiography and scintigraphy; laboratory work including haematology, biochemistry, blood smears, faecal analysis, urinalysis, skin scrapes and hair plucks.
• Surgical and Anaesthesia Support – Preparing theatre, sterilising instruments and assisting with procedures.
• Client communication – Educating owners on horse health, preventative care and post‑operative rehabilitation.
• Handling – Confident equine handling skills for wide variety of horses including young stock, stallions and competition fit horses.
• Health and Safety – Monitoring and recognising signs of ill health; completing health and safety checks of the work area; must be able to be accountable for own health and safety as lone working involved in role.

• Must be a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with a recognised veterinary nursing degree or diploma. Student RVNs may be considered if they are nearing completion of their studies.
• Current or previous Equine RVN experience preferred.
• Competent in emergency care.
• Confident handling wide range of equine patients.
• Ability to work out of hours necessary.
• Reliable, self‑motivated and a strong team player with attention to detail.
• Ability to relocate or be within 30 minutes of Lanark.
• Driving licence.

• 30 days paid annual leave.
• Opportunity to buy and sell holidays.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, surrogacy and paternity pay.
• Company sick pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary dependent on experience.

To Apply or for further details please send CV and covering letter to .