Wards Registered Veterinary Nurse

Wards Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Southfields Veterinary Specialists

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours/week - shifts between 7am-10 pm and 2:8 weekends with time off in lieu following.

Salary: From £29,500, depending on experience

About us

Southfields is the new name in referral services. It's a very exciting time to join a forward-thinking and highly motivated team that has the support of the Linnaeus Group, providing significant investment in providing new innovative services, a contemporary state-of-the art working environment and commitment to personal and career development. With an excellent support team in place, you'll be able to concentrate on what you do best in a friendly and supportive practice with state-of-the-art facilities.

Your role and responsibilities

Southfields Veterinary Specialists are currently recruiting for a talented nurse to support the existing Wards team in providing exceptional care to our patients.

You will work as part of our large, multi-disciplinary team consisting of consultants, residents, interns, nurses and patient care assistants. You will see a large and varied referral and emergency caseload, allowing you to work within an exceptional team and develop your career whilst gaining experience in cases from all disciplines. This is a rewarding and challenging role that will require teamwork and dedication to the service and its patients.

As a Ward RVN in our specialist veterinary hospital, you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional inpatient care. Your responsibilities will include prioritising and providing timely nursing support, developing tailored care plans alongside our consultants, and ensuring seamless case handovers and communication across all disciplines. You will monitor and assist patients through recovery, delivering both specialist and emergency care. This role offers the opportunity to rotate through our high-dependency ward, managing complex and critical cases such as brain tumours, seizures, diabetic ketoacidosis, transfusions, and septic patients. To thrive in this position, you will need excellent clinical skills, strong communication, the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and a calm, organised approach under pressure.

You will work a range of shifts between 7am-10 pm and 2:8 weekends with time off in lieu following.

Opportunities for career development
This is an exciting time to join Southfields as we expand our offering and invest in new services. Joining us will allow you to work within an exceptional team and develop your career whilst being exposed to cases from all disciplines.

Due to the continued expansion at Southfields, you will work as a part of the growing team developing procedures and ways of working for the hospital.

Referral experience is not essential, as full training will be provided.

What kind of person you need to be

• You will need to be a highly motivated self-starter able to work both independently and as part of a team
• As a member of our nursing team, your desire to provide the best clinical service to our patients will allow you to demonstrate a proactive approach to developing and shaping a growing service.

Specific experiences / qualifications / status / citizenship requirements
You must fulfil the following requirements:

• Proof of your right to work in the UK
• Be a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with a minimum of 2-years post-qualification experience
• Have an excellent command of written and spoken English
• Maintain a professional and caring approach in all aspects of your work

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
• Excellent location only 30 minutes by train from central London, within easy reach of the beautiful Essex countryside and extremely well located for international travel links by air and train.

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, please click Apply, or for an informal discussion, contact our Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner:

Purvi Kataria
📧 Purvi.Kataria@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

Southfields is part of Linnaeus and Mars Veterinary Health, the largest family-owned veterinary company in the world. Being privately owned, we can truly be driven by our purpose, to create a better world, and think long-term as opposed to being focused solely on short-term profits. 

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. Our Associates are over 6000 strong and empowered to speak up, step up and deliver quality services. You’ll have access to a huge network of specialists, worldwide development opportunities and an easily accessible, comprehensive wellbeing package that prioritises your physical and mental health, allowing you to focus on what you do best – care for pets. 

We are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse, we care about you and want you to be authentic, with everything you need to perform at your best. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to achieve our purpose. 

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