Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Cherrydown Vets
Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: 8.5-hour shifts (30-minute unpaid break)
Weekend Rota: Saturday weekend rota with TOIL for any Saturday worked
Salary: £28,000–£30,000 DOE

About Us

At Cherrydown Vets, we pride ourselves on being a fun-loving, family-style team dedicated to providing exceptional care. Our ethos centres around kindness, empathy, teamwork and supporting each other — and yes, we even enjoy homemade cake every Friday.

Our nursing team consists of nine team members, including two Patient Care Assistants, all committed to delivering high-quality clinical care while fostering a genuinely supportive workplace.

We are a large, spacious practice with a planned refurbishment next year. Our facilities include:

• Five consult rooms
• A dedicated dental suite with dental X-ray
• Two theatres
• X-ray room
• Large cat ward
• Kennels and recovery area

Everything is designed to allow you to nurse your patients to the highest standards.

The Role

We are looking for a fabulous nurse who shares our values and passion for gold-standard care.
If you are kind, empathetic, clinically driven and love utilising your full nursing skill set — we want to meet you.

You will be empowered to do what you do best: nursing, with encouragement and support to perform tasks up to Schedule 3, once trained and confident.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Monitoring & Inpatient Care

• Monitoring TPRs and patient status
• Administering medications & fluid therapy
• Ensuring welfare, feeding, grooming and exercise needs are met

Surgical Assistance & Anaesthesia

• Theatre preparation and instrument sterilisation
• Assisting during procedures
• Monitoring anaesthesia and recovery

Schedule 3 Procedures (with training)

• Suturing
• Dental scaling/cleaning

Diagnostics

• Blood sampling
• Urinalysis
• Laboratory processing
• X-rays and ultrasound support

Client Communication

• Admissions & discharges
• Discussing treatment plans
• Providing emotional support to clients

Nurse Clinics

• Weight & nutrition
• Parasite control
• Dental health
• Senior pet clinics
• Preventative healthcare

Hygiene & Practice Maintenance

• Cleaning wards, theatres and consult rooms
• Ensuring equipment is cleaned and sterilised

Training & Mentorship

• Supporting SVNs and new team members

Your Working Pattern

• 8.5 hours per day between 07:30 am - 7:30 pm
• Monday–Friday
• Saturday rota with TOIL for any weekend worked
• 30-minute unpaid break per shift

Benefits 

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + birthday leave
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including parental leave
• £500 CPD allowance + 2 CPD days
• Access to referral-level training & professional development
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• Pension scheme
• Employee wellbeing programme
• Staff discount for your own pets
• Access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Career progression pathways within Linnaeus

All applications with the relevant skills and qualifications will be carefully considered. If you need any support in completing your application or simply want to find out more about Cherrydown Vets Linnaeus or the role please contact our Talent Acquisition team at  Purvi.Kataria@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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