Description
Head Registered Veterinary Nurse | Cheshire
Salary: up to £32,000 DOE
Why Join?
- Join a community of supportive, friendly professionals: with state-of-the-art facilities and genuine career support, develop your clinical interests
- Enjoy your time away from work: with no OOH or weekends, maintain and great work-life balance
- Take your next steps in nursing: have the opportunity to step into a leadership role and take your nursing skills to the next level
- Benefit from great add-ons: health cash plan, discounts, fees paid, and CPD allowance
The Opportunity
Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse looking for an opportunity to take the next step in your career within a friendly, supportive and growing practice?
We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Head RVN to lead a nursing team while remaining hands-on in all aspects of clinical nursing. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys variety in their role, wants to make a real impact on practice development, and is passionate about delivering outstanding patient and client care.
This practice is focussed on community and high-quality care, as well as your Head Nurse duties, get involved in dog shows, school talks and raising money for local charities.
Join an experienced team and have your input truly valued in developing clinical care and skill sets in a close-knit team
This varied position combines clinical nursing with team leadership responsibilities and includes:
- All aspects of nursing including consultations and clinics
- Some reception shifts
- Supporting, mentoring and managing a small team
- Conducting Performance & Development Reviews (PDRs)
- Managing Return-to-Work meetings (RTWs) and other people-management processes
- Working closely with the Clinical Director to support the continued growth and development of the practice
- Helping drive improvements in clinical standards, patient care and nursing services
What’s on offer?
As well as a competitive salary, this role offers a lot more on top:
- 6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
- CPD allowance to further your learning
- Health Cash Plan – offering a wide range of benefits for health and wellbeing treatments - from dentistry to sports massage
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
- Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company sick pay
- Colleague engagement survey
- Annual pay reviews
- Focus on employee wellbeing
- Career progression opportunities
The Rota
- Ideally a full-time position 37.5 hours per week (flexible working options considered for the right candidate)
- Days across Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6:30pm
- 1 in 4 Saturday mornings (8:30am to 12:30pm)
What we’re looking for
A Registered Veterinary Nurse who:
- Is passionate about delivering exceptional patient and client care
- Enjoys a mix of consulting, theatre and inpatient nursing
- Has strong communication and organisational skills
- Enjoys supporting and developing colleagues
- Is proactive, positive and keen to contribute ideas
- Wants to play an active role in the future growth and success of the practice
- Is looking for a role that offers variety, responsibility and opportunities for growth
We welcome applications from RVNs at all stages of their career. We recognise that leadership potential isn't measured solely by years of experience, and we'd be delighted to hear from candidates who are ready to take the next step into a Head Nurse position.
Take the next step in your nursing career – get in touch today!
For more information or for a confidential chat, please contact Georgia on 01904 570056 or email g.davies@purovets.com
You can also WhatsApp us at WhatsApp - Purovets and we are always happy to answer any questions you may have about our great opportunities.
To view all our vacancies, please visit https://purovets.com/veterinary-jobs/
And don't forget, if this position is of no interest to you but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on our details. We offer £250* for every successful candidate referral. *Terms and conditions apply