Veterinary Nurse
hace 8 días
London
Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon are recruiting for a nocturnal registered veterinary nurse, to join their night team on a permanent basis. About your new role! Our new night colleague will be an RVN or student soon to qualify, that comes from a background in ECC and is confident in managing night cases and ward alongside your vet, providing exemplary care to your patients when admitted for their hospital sleepovers. You will work alongside an experienced on-site veterinary surgeon for your night shifts and will have support from the clinical management team if you needed to contact during the day for any queries. This role has a unique rotation of 3 nights on 7 nights off, 4 nights on 7 nights off averaging 30.33 hours per week. The nightly shift time is 7pm-8am. As night RVN, some of your duties will include: • Triage cases on arrival and quickly determine the associated level of urgency and react appropriately., • Assist veterinary surgeons in theatre, with inpatient examinations and procedures and during consultations, as and when required., • Maintain comprehensive patient hospitalisation records., • Ensure a high standard of comfort and welfare for all pets in our care., • Complete and maintain accurate records of hospitalised patients., • Ensure equipment is cleaned, packed, sterilised and stored correctly when not in use., • Ensure orders are stored and put away in correct place if required to do so., • Utilise Schedule 3 skills as directed., • Answer client telephone calls as promptly as is possible and advise and inform clients on matters of pet welfare to a level of understanding commensurate with training and experience. If there is any doubt about best outcome then clients should be advised to attend the hospital to see the vet., • Admit clients to reception in a friendly and efficient manner bearing in mind the potentially high level of urgency involved., • Inform owners of the progress of their hospitalised pets, as directed. Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital offers a well-rounded caseload of routine procedures, emergency, and critical care, as it not only has its own first opinion client base, but also supports the surrounding Goddard practices for internal referral cases that require hospital expertise. The hospital also provides specialist work with an orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeon, cardiologist, and physiotherapist. Stone Lion is equipped with everything you would expect from a 24-hour hospital and we are an RCVS Accredited Hospital and for the cat lovers out there, hold an ISFM Silver Award for Cat Friendly Clinics. The hospital is located in the heart of picturesque Wimbledon Village, just a 10-minute walk from Wimbledon Junction station which is on the district line and enables you to get to all the hot spots of London! If driving, due to the hours you will only need to pay for approximately 1 hour in the local parking which is a stone’s throw from the hospital. Now let's get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you: Our Night RVN salary for the above rotation is £30,330 to £35,634 (£40,000 to £47,000 FTE based on 40 hours per week) depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role. We are happy to support with more extensive CPD or certificates in ECC if you wished to progress further. A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard RVN: • 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata), • CPD budget every year plus up to 2 days' paid CPD leave, • Paid 30 minute lunch breaks -The opportunity to join our private medical healthcare scheme at a reduced rate, plus medical cashback incentives 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 Rose directly at for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!
Sarah S.Activo hace 17 días
