Veterinary Nurse

Welcome to Wanstead Veterinary Hospital! Our largest 24-hour hospital in the group is looking for a Senior RVN who thrives and excels in the ECC environment, and who has a particular bias for surgical nursing, specifically orthopaedic.

Before we delve into the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:

Our senior RVN salary band is £33,000 to £37,000 depending on prior experience and allowing room for growth within the role.

As a Goddard RVN you will benefit from:

-6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays

-2 days paid CPD leave every year

-Relocation assistance (where applicable)

-Generous colleague introduction reward

-24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

-RCVS and BVNA fees covered

-The opportunity to join our private medical insurance scheme at a reduced rate, as well as a medical cashback plan involving refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more

-Shopping discounts

-Generous colleague discounts

-Petplan 20% colleague discount

About the role

This full-time (40 hours per week) senior RVN position would be IDEAL for an RVN who all about is theatre and thrives in the surgical environment. The theatre will be your domain, providing pivotal nursing support to your vets, including orthopaedic surgery, supporting junior colleagues when in theatre, and ensuring the surgical equipment is maintained appropriately.

Your rota will also include an average of 1:4 weekends with TOIL and up to 3 bank holidays per year.

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This role would suit an experienced RVN who is already a dab hand in the theatre, and now wants to progress into a senior theatre only based role. If you already hold a surgical nursing certificate, amazing! If not, the hospital is keen to help develop their colleagues’ skills further.

There is fantastic diagnostic support at Wanstead, with a new CT scanner, a commercial laboratory, a strong medical team, and experienced surgeons routinely conducting advanced orthopaedic, soft tissue, and minimally invasive surgery all available on site.

You will be working alongside a large team consisting of approximately 24 vets, 27 RVNs, 14 SVNs, 7 VCAs and a large front of house team who are integral in maintaining excellent client care.

Wanstead itself is on the outskirts of leafy Essex but has quick and direct transport links that take you straight into all areas of London! There is a bustling café and restaurant culture in Wanstead so you will never be short of places to visit for a treat.

About us

In 2022 we celebrated our 70th anniversary and have 46 branches, 3 hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors, communicating real time updates, taking polls with live Q&A’s to ensure we're making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all our new starters.

If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!