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We are looking for a fantastic Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our dynamic team at New Malden Vets. You will work 8-hour shifts across 40 hours per week. This will include 1:5 weekends but with no OOH.
The successful person will join a friendly team of varying experience, including 7 Vets, 9 Nurses, 2 Veterinary Care Assistants and 9 Receptionists. Our clinical team have a huge variety of interests from surgery to emergencies, cardiology to ophthalmology. Although we do not have certificate holders, we encourage all our team to implement gold-standard learnings into clinical practice.
About us
We are based in a lovely part of the world on the SW London/Surrey borders close to Wimbledon and Kingston-upon-Thames. There is a lovely high street a couple minutes walk from us, with shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs. Our location gives easy, fast access to London (25 minutes by train) and access out of London by car on the A3 if you want to head to the coast.
We strive for high standards of general practice and are lucky to have a wide range of equipment and services to offer. We have three (soon to be four consulting rooms), a dedicated prep room and theatre, a separate dental area as well as an x-ray, digital/dental ultrasound room, multiparameter anaesthetic monitors, bronchoscopy, and a full surgical kit. We have separate cat and dog waiting rooms and kennels which allows for minimal stress for all of our patients.
We aim to give every team member a great quality of life and learning/working experience feeling supported with an open, caring structure. We run a local dog show once yearly which is incredibly popular and much loved. Our culture is one of support and encouragement on every level to maintain our gold standard of care.
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:
- Worklife balance
- 6.6 weeks annual leave
- Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
- Your birthday as a paid day off
- 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 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