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Looking for a supportive team to develop and a caring team that will encourage you to be your best? Want to take full advantage of a combined 36+ years of vet experience and 41+ years of vet nursing experience? Then we are the place for you!
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Bury St Edmunds for a Full or Part Time Registered Veterinary Nurse. You would be joining an experienced, dedicated team made up of 3 Vets, 3 Nurses, 1 SVN, 1 VCA’s and 2 Receptionists.
The Vet team consists of Vanessa and Ana who each have 18+ years’ experience and have worked together for the past 12 years. Our Nurse team have a minimum of 8 years’ experience and our VCA’s all have at least 3 years’ experience. We will endeavour to support your unique interests and to the best of our ability provide you with additional training / time off for training.
You will be joining a very close team with extremely low staff turnover, we have routine staff meetings but also go out for staff meals and drinks (we have just re-started this after Covid!). Our staff report a very good work/life balance.
The practice Partner, Ana Xavier, graduated from Lisbon University in 2004, and worked in Utrecht, Netherlands until moving to Britain in 2006. Her main areas of interest are endocrinology, orthopaedics and acupuncture. Vanessa has a special interest in small furries and has completed her General Practitioner Certificate in Small Animal Medicine.
The practice is very well equipped with capnography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, tonometer, full state of the art IDEXX lab (haematology, biochemistry, in-house T4, fructosamine, bile acids, cortisol, PCV), blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximeter, v-gel and separate dog, cat and isolation wards.
The team see approx. 45% cats, 45% dogs and 10% small furries with approx. 55% insured clients. Orthopaedics (CCLR, FHNE, pinning), acupuncture and basic physiotherapy are all carried out in practice so we can guarantee exposure to a wide variety of cases.
Who we're looking for
This role would suit both an experienced registered nurse looking for the next step in their career or a recent graduate with great communication skills who is looking to work with a positive and passionate team and is willing to accept any challenge!
We want you to make the role your own and will value your input and ideas. We offer every pet gold standard treatment and are keen on high standards of care and being up-to-date with the profession constant changes.
We will consider any applications from 8h - 40h / week with a 1 in 5 Saturday rota, no Sundays or OOH. We can be flexible with shift pattern and will do our best to accommodate to individual needs, so please do get in touch. The surgery is located inside Pets at Home with allocated parking for colleagues at the back of the surgery. Salary starts on £23K+ depending on experience.
What We offer
- Excellent salary - £23k+
- Generous CPD/Support to do a certificate or other qualification
- Pension scheme
- Paid memberships (RCVS, VDS, BVA)
- Great clients and lovely colleagues
- Corporate perks and staff discounts
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
