The Role

Registered Veterinary Nurse required to join a forward thinking friendly team at the Ealing branch of Alcombe Veterinary Surgery. You will be working alongside the Head Nurse to support our three veterinary surgeons providing high quality patient focused care to our community based surgery in West London. This is a part time position working 3 days a week with 1:3 Saturdays (with time off in lieu). No OOH. We encourage our nurses to utilise all their skills from running nurse clinics, anaesthetic monitoring, caring for hospitalised day patients including i/v fluid set up and maintenance and the taking and running of laboratory samples to stock ordering and general administrative tasks.

About Us

We are ideally situated in West London with excellent transport links to London and for wider travel. We have a well-equipped surgery to include digital x-ray machine, ultrasound and multi parameter anaesthetic monitoring. You will enjoy working in an environment where your ideas are always valued and you are fully appreciated as part of the practice team.

Applicant Requirements

This position would suit a recent graduate but also suitable for a more experienced candidate. The ideal candidate would be willing to mentor our student veterinary nurse as there would be a possibility to train as a clinical coach. The ability to work under own initiative whilst being part of a team is essential.

Benefits
• 4 weeks paid holiday not including bank holidays
• 3 days paid CPD leave
• £550 CPD allowance per annum
• RCVS Membership paid
• Service based holiday entitlement increases
• VDS cover
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
• Enhanced paternity pay
• Birthday leave
• Discounted veterinary fees
• My Benefits – various discounts including retail & gym memberships
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Pension
• CPD/training support
• Paid bereavement leave
• Company sick pay
• Employee opinion survey
• Free uniform in a number of roles
• Annual pay reviews
• Social events
• Academy & Leadership courses
• Focus on employee wellbeing
• Relocation packages
• Career progression opportunities
• Free flu jabs

As a BAME and LGBT+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long term health conditions, and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

If this position is of interest to you then please get in touch.

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