| Location: | Maidstone in Kent |
| Specialism: | Vet Nurse / Small Animal Practice |
| Date: | Start ASAP |
| Contract type: | Permanent |
| Salary: | £25,000 - £35,000 / per annum |
| Contract info: | Subject to experience |
| Ref: | SN/12888 |
SN/12888
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our established small animal training practice near Maidstone. They require a Head Veterinary Nurse to join their amazing team.
The team see a good variety of cases and flow of potential new clients with the majority of these clients being insured allowing cases to be worked up to a high standard. They are a progressive practice and have ambitions to provide world class clinical care at the very heart of the community and need great people to join their team to help realise this vision. This role would suit an experienced registered nurse looking for the next step in their career or a Head Nurse who is happy to lead by example, has great communication skills and is looking to play a key role in the direction the practice takes. You will be confident with all general nursing duties including the running of nurse clinics and ideally have experience of and enjoy coaching and mentoring student nurses.
You will be part of a small team of 2 vets, 4 nurses/student nurses and 3 receptionists. The whole team is dedicated to providing a superb standard of client and animal care. This role plays a key part within a small, friendly team so the ideal candidate will need to be adaptable, flexible and a good team player.
The role is full time averaging 40 hours a week and including 1 in 3 weekends. There are no OOH. They offer a supportive and friendly working environment.
You will be covering all nursing duties where required including assisting in surgery, monitoring anesthetics, taking bloods and x-rays, in patient care, critical care, nursing clinics amongst others. The ideal candidates will be hard working, enthusiastic and down-to-earth with a proactive, positive attitude who thrives with a busy caseload. A confident level of general nursing is required and above all else, you will be passionate and dedicated to providing an outstanding service for our clients and their animals.
As a Head Nurse you will be required to be RCVS registered with strong nursing skills and be able to lead and mentor a team, coach and guide colleagues and support the trainee nurses as their clinical coach. You will be committed to developing nurse clinics whilst providing a high level of care and with the opportunity to develop skills and Individual interests within a modern medicine environment.
The practice is offering a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a funded CPD package as well as 4 weeks holiday plus bank holidays. The ideal candidate will have at least 1 years UK experience.
If you are interested in this excellent role call Stephen Nicolle on 01291 645 871 or email snicolle@glvets.com