Registered Veterinary Nurse

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Job Title: Registered Veterinary Nurse

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on experience

Location: Cinque Ports - Kingsnorth Hospital, Kent

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 40.78 hours per week. Mixture of early, middle and late shifts. No OOH’s. 2 in 9 Saturday shifts (8.00am-4/5pm Sat (paid) or 9.00am - 4.00pm) with time off in lieu.

About us

At Cinque Ports we do things a little differently. We asked our fabulous nurse team what their favourite things are about nursing with ‘the Cinque Ports difference’ and these are their replies:

‘I love the fact that the patient journey is overseen by a registered veterinary nurse from admit, pre meds to recovery and discharge’

‘We have reliable monitoring equipment including capnography for all GA’s’

‘We have the time to spend with those nervous patients, we use lots of social clinics, we use fear free handing and chemical restraint where necessary and we never, ever scruff cats!’

‘It the little things like having a calm, quiet, cat waiting area - cat ward. The cats are never anywhere near any dogs and there are plenty of cat castles, roomy kennels and lots of Pet Remedy’

‘We use multi-modal analgesia with pain scores. We even use local anaesthetic for our neutering's as standard.’

‘We treat every patient as if they are our own and we are all on the same page, we use freeze spray or EMLA for blood and cannulas to make it as easy as possible for our patients.

‘Our standard of care is on a referral centre level, but we are a close knit team with a family feel and no out of hours’

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a fabulous nurse who shares our values. If you share the passion for incredible standards of care with a gentle, kind and empathetic nature we want to hear from you.

You will be doing what you do best – nursing. We utilise our nurses and encourage them to excel in all areas. We have a designated customer care team and a patient care assistant team so there is minimal reception and cleaning duties. Our nurses are encouraged and supported to undertake all aspects of nursing up to and including schedule 3.

Benefits

(Below is our standard list of benefits, please feel free to add to any additional benefits you offer as a group.)

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• RCVS & VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Childcare vouchers
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

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.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Specialist, Leah at Leah.Khalfan@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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 careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk