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Student Veterinary Nurse
Location: 12 Columbine Road, Walton Cardiff, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Practice: Folly Gardens Veterinary Clinic Walton Cardiff Salary: £23,795 per annum, Starting from Practice Details
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Job Title: Student Veterinary Nurse
Salary: From £23,795 DOE
Location: Folly Gardens Vets, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham
Job Type: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week (time allocated for college attendance). Saturdays are one in three half-days or one in four full days with time off in the week. No OOH.
Your role and responsibilities
Due to qualification, we have an exciting opportunity for a Student Veterinary Nurse (SVN) to join the experienced team at Folly Gardens!
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, forward thinking and keen to develop their skills and knowledge. We would be willing to take on a Pet Care Assistant who’s looking to progress into a nursing role or a first or second-year student.
However a candidate with prior experience of the veterinary profession would be preferred.
You will be based at our main clinic in Walton Cardiff but you may be required to work at our three other branches to cover absences.
Our nurses are well utilised and encouraged to fulfil all areas of nursing; we will support and provide all necessary training and development within the role.
We are a supportive team who thrive on development of individuals both at the start of their career as well as throughout.
This role will involve working in a variety of areas within the practice to support the team. By working enthusiastically within the team, you will help maintain an, efficient and effective working environment.
Some responsibilities include:
- Patient handling and restraint
- Maintaining patient welfare
- Reception duties e.g. answering the phone, booking appointments
- Maintenance of hygiene and cleanliness of all areas of the practice
- Lab work, radiography, anaesthesia and nurse consultations
Benefits
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded
- 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
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
About us
Folly Gardens is a thriving group of four practices within the Gloucestershire area that are proud to have recently joined Linnaeus.
Our main practice based in Tewkesbury provides a range of exciting services, including laparoscopy, endoscopy, radiography and advanced imaging including CT scans.
We have vets that specialise in orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, medicine, dermatology and have a visiting ophthalmologist.
We'd love to hear from you! If you have any questions please reach out to Stephanie at stephanie.acton@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
Folly Gardens Veterinary Clinic, as part of Linnaeus, is 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.
Part of an amazing global family
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. 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.
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.
Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
