Student Veterinary Nurse

We are looking for a student veterinary nurse to join our inclusive family-feel team. Here at South Shields, we pride ourselves in patient care, customer service and team wellbeing, and strongly believe that investing in your colleagues creates value and purpose.

We currently have 4 experienced vets, 5 RVNs, 1 SVNs, 2 VCA’s & 5 CCAs and would love the opportunity to welcome a new student nurse to the team.

The practice itself has been established for over 18 years and is lucky enough to have a very lovely, loyal, client base. We are committed to providing a positive experience for clients and their pets.

Wherever you want to go in your veterinary career Vets4pets at the Nook in South Shields could be the perfect practice to get you there.

• A student nurse with ideally, previous experience in the veterinary sector.
• You must be confident, proactive, strive to provide gold standard clinical care and enjoy client interaction.
• This is a full time role including 2 days a week at Askam Bryan College in Gateshead.
• You will be highly motivated with an enthusiasm to learn. We are happy to encourage and support clinical interests with a CPD allowance.
• This is only a student position lasting 2 years, we cannot guarantee an RVN position after qualifying.

• Minimum wage salary dependant on age.
• A supportive, experienced team
• No OOH, 1 in 4 Saturday rota.
• 5.6 weeks holiday which will extend to 6.6 weeks after 2 years’ service.
• An additional day off for your birthday after 1 years’ service.
• Regular nurse meetings to discuss protocols, new products and cases.
• Full team meetings to ensure effective communication throughout.
• RCVS & VDS memberships paid, CPD supported including wide range of interests
• Attractive, in-house own pet discount.
• Rewards Hub membership offering hundreds of retail, restaurant and holiday discounts including Cycle to work scheme.

• Regular team activities outside of work if you would like to take part!
• RCVS accredited and silver ISFM accreditation.
• Short distance from the coast and some beautiful beaches.
• Close by road and rail links to nearby Newcastle and Sunderland
• Practice Tour:
• Cat waiting area:

We want our colleagues to be as diverse as our clients. Our teams are inclusive and celebrate difference so if you meet our role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities.

Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!