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Surgery Registered Veterinary Nurse Team Leader
Location: Edison Business Park, Hindle Way, Off Dorcan Way, Swindon, Wiltshire Practice: Eastcott Veterinary Referrals Practice Details
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Job Title: Surgery Registered Veterinary Nurse Team Leader
Location: Eastcott Referrals, Swindon
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 40 hours per week, 1 in 8 weekends
At Eastcott Veterinary Referrals, we are looking for a forward-thinking, proactive and enthusiastic individual who strives to provide the very best for their patients. We encourage a collaborative approach, empowering all team members to communicate openly with their ideas and improvements.
About us
Eastcott Veterinary Hospital is an RCVS Accredited Multidisciplinary Referral Practice based in Swindon, Wiltshire, just off the M4. Our referral hospital is led by a team of Veterinary Specialists who provide an exceptionally high level of clinical and surgical veterinary care. The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in all disciplines, and our team offers a warm welcome to referring vets, clients, and patients.
We are a veterinary clinic and referral multi-disciplinary practice that offers the highest care services for small animals. With our primary care and 24-hour emergency services, we care for pets from all over the south as well as animals in our local community. We believe excellence is at the heart of both clinical standards and customer service to make sure our patients have the best quality care.
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.
Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed nurse to join our team of 6 surgeon specialists, 10 nurses, and 3 surgery technicians covering both a soft tissue and orthopaedic case load in a busy multidisciplinary hospital.
We are a friendly team who work closely together provide outstanding care to our patients. The role consists of a mix of general anesthesia / sedation of advanced imaging and surgical procedures, and theatre nurse duties to include scrubbing into cases and theatre organisation. The surgery nursing team also works closely with our anesthetists to support range of complex anaesthetic cases.
The ideal candidate would have referral nursing experience and further anesthesia knowledge; however this is not essential as a training induction plan will be provided. Your passions and interests will be encouraged and supported with further learning opportunities.
The successful candidate would work a full-time 40-hour shift pattern of mainly 4 days between the hours of 8am - 6pm with a later shift week on rotation. This includes 1 in 8 weekend working pattern and one bank holiday a year.
There is also an exciting opportunity to join our surgery team as a nurse Team Leader where you will work predominantly within the surgery team as a nurse, but will also be an integral part of our nursing leadership team. This role involves line managing lead nurses, assisting and supporting them with leading their team, and acting as a representative and advocate for the nursing teams at Eastcott.
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
- 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 Program which is available for everyone.
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 Referral Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Becca Thompson at Becca.Thompson@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
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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]
