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Neurology Registered Veterinary Nurse
Location: Bradbury, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham Practice: Wear Referrals Salary: £28,000 per annum, Salary from, depending on experience Practice Details
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Location: Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
- Five European diplomate specialist surgeons
- Two Neurology Residents
- Surgical Interns
- Eight experienced RVNs
- Supported by Student Veterinary Nurses and Patient Care Assistants
- Providing complex inpatient care, including delivery of rehabilitation and physiotherapy
- Delivering anaesthesia for diagnostic imaging and a wide range of diagnostic and surgical procedures
- Conducting nurse consultations
- Working closely with our Anaesthesia and Imaging services
- Clinically skilled with excellent attention to detail
- A confident communicator
- Comfortable working within a rolling rota, including weekends and bank holidays
- Enthusiastic about referral nursing and committed to delivering exceptional patient care
About us
Wear Referrals, part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited (owned by Mars), is a leading multi‑disciplinary specialist veterinary referral hospital in the North East of England. We are conveniently located near the historic university city of Durham, close to the vibrant city of Newcastle, and perfectly positioned between the stunning North East coastline and the Pennine countryside. Our award‑winning hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, and Scotland, offering an exceptional quality of life outside of work.
We are proud to provide an extensive range of specialist services delivered by a team of more than 25 board‑certified specialists, covering:
- Neurology
- Orthopaedics
- Soft Tissue Surgery
- Internal Medicine
- Anaesthesia
- Oncology
- Diagnostic Imaging
In addition to our referral services, we operate a busy primary care out‑of‑hours emergency service and offer comprehensive nurse led physiotherapy and in‑house hydrotherapy.
Our large and diverse nursing team includes over 64 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) who work closely alongside our veterinary specialists. This includes a dedicated and highly skilled night nursing team, ensuring our patients receive exceptional care around the clock.
Benefits
Wear Referrals provide a competitive salary and CPD allowance along with company sick pay.
Including:
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off
- Payment of professional RCVS registration fees
- External CPD funded with generous CPD allowance plus CPD leave
- Enhance sick pay
- Enhanced Equal Family leave
- Life assurance
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Professional indemnity cover
- Health care and purchasing scheme
- Staff discount for your own pet’s treatment
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellness program including free annual flu jab, employee assistance program
- Uniform, shoe allowance and free onsite parking also included
We pride ourselves on being a leading training practice, dedicated to developing talent and promoting from within wherever possible. We offer real opportunities to develop your nursing career through clinical specialism or managerial progression as part of the leading UK veterinary referral chain.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss further, please get in touch with Rebecca.coleman@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
Part of an amazing global family
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.
