At Cave Veterinary Specialists, our top priority is to provide outstanding specialist care to our client’s pets.
We have a team of highly-experienced clinicians and veterinary nurses working with state-of-the-art equipment and technology, which enables us to treat the most complex and challenging cases our motto being Clinical Excellence, Personal Care.
We pride ourselves on being a very friendly, supportive and approachable team and offer a fantastic induction service to anyone who joins us.
Your role and responsibilities
A Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) position has become available at Cave Veterinary Specialists, Wellington, Somerset. We welcome applications for full and part time applicants. Average of 1:5 weekends and 1 weeknight on call per week.
Our rotational RVN team have a varied role with the opportunity to be involved in the care and support of patients from all disciplines including internal medicine, oncology, neurology, soft tissue, and orthopaedic surgery and dentistry.
The successful individual will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skillset in all aspects of referral veterinary nursing with support from experienced rotational and discipline-specific nurses. Daily duties include but are not limited to:
- Providing gold standard care to both inpatients and day patients by developing and implementing care plans in conjunction with our specialists.
- Patient care and case handovers; liaising with clinician, nurse and PCA team’s.
- Supporting patients under sedation and general anaesthesia during diagnostic and surgical procedures.
- Supporting patients during advanced imaging such as ultrasound, CT and MRI.
We place great emphasis on working as a team who offer a high level of support, professional development in a friendly environment. Our quality framework supports continual improvement in the delivery of nursing care.
Potential applicants will need to be effective at time management and communication, have a desire to grow within the role and passionate about providing the best standard of care to our patients. Joining us will allow you to work within an exceptional and progressive team and develop your career in a supported environment. Referral nurse experience is desirable but not essential.
You will receive a comprehensive, fully supported induction programme and a benefit package that includes generous CPD allowance to enable you to learn and progress.
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- RCVS & VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded - £600per year allowance
- 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
- Employer contribution pension 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.
Why Linnaeus?
We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.
Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.
- We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets
- We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet -
- We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion
- We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.
We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.
At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.
