Job Title: Registered Veterinary Nurse

Salary: £29,120.00 (D.O.E)

Location: Sandhole Veterinary Centre, Kent

Job Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover

Hours: 40 hours per week. Mixture of early, middle and late shifts. No OOH’s. 1:10 Weekends (8.30am-5pm Sat and 10am-1pm Sun) and 1:11 Saturdays with time off in lieu.

We are looking for a fabulous experienced RVN 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.

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

‘I love the fact that we work with the same patients for procedures, so continuity is excellent and each patient gets looked after by me from pre-med to recovery’

‘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!’

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave

• RCVS and VDS fees paid

• External CPD funded

• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program

• Career progression opportunities

• Staff discount schemes

• Life Assurance

• Enhanced sickness pay

• Enhanced equal family leave

• E-car salary sacrifice scheme

• Employer contribution pension scheme

• Recruitment referral reward scheme

• Wellness program including:

• Employee assistance program

• Eyecare voucher scheme

• Free annual Flu jab

• Cycle to work scheme

About us

Sandhole is a busy, small animal practice, providing a high standard of care to our patients. Sandhole is a purpose-built practice, situated close to the M2 and M20, for easy access to London, coast and the beautiful Kent countryside.

We are fully equipped with 2 theatres, dental room with dental x-ray, imaging room (x-ray and ultrasound), separate cat, dog and exotic wards, endoscopy, lap spay equipment, isolation ward and large garden area for team to enjoy.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with Paige at Paige.Suckley@linnaeusgroup.co.uk