Lead Veterinary Nurse at Oldbury

Job Title:

Lead Veterinary Nurse

Reporting to:
Clinical Nurse Manager

Location:

Oldbury branch
Salary:
Up to £33,000 dependent on experience

Hours:

37.5 HPW, 1 in 5 weekends

We're looking for a Lead Nurse to join our team at Blacks and would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting for an RVN with 2 years post qualification experience and leadership experience to work alongside the clinical team and develop this practice. We seek an excellent communicator that is highly organised and is comfortable working with autonomy in our busy practice.

The Lead Nurse role is key to the business ability to provide a high level of clinical standards ensuring that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective to support further growth of the practice.

Working enthusiastically with the leadership team, you will demonstrate an excellent work protocol in all nursing duties while taking overall responsibility for a specific area of the practice.

The Lead Nurse will organise and oversee patient flow on a day-to-day basis to ensure the most effective and efficient approach to the workload. This includes identifying and improving the efficiency of the patient pathway from admission through to discharge while ensuring that practice policies and group policies are adhered to, supporting the provision of outstanding patient and client care.

You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM); the Lead Nurse team will identify areas of training and development needs within the nursing team and ensure that the nursing team across the business is managed as effectively as possible.

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

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 Programme which is available for everyone.

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 the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Business Partner, Rebecca at rebe