Veterinary Nurse: Emergency and Critical Care

Closing date: 01/06/2022 at 5pm

Do you wake up in the morning with a spring in your step, wondering what exciting challenges your shift will hold?  Do you relish critical thinking, understanding physiology and having your opinions matter?  Do you enjoy stretching yourself, learning advanced skills and teaching others? 

 If so, this job is for you. 

The Opportunity:

We have creating this new rolling ECC post as a fantastic opportunity to join our Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) team in the Hospital for Small Animals (HfSA) at a very exciting time.  This role will primarily sit in our ECC service, however, you may also occasionally cover ward-based patients, including intermediate care ward, felines, canines and exotics if needed. 

At the HfSA we are open to emergencies 24/7 and offer a friendly and supportive working atmosphere, with a strong tradition of research and innovation. We value our team of ECC dedicated nurses highly, offering excellent education and development opportunities.  

We are looking for three candidates who are passionate about providing state-of-the-art nursing. As part of this role, you will cover the annual leave for your colleagues, accruing overtime for all additional hours worked. We hope our successful candidates will be highly motivated to take your career forward by helping us develop and teach nursing skills within our hospital.  

You will gain: 

• Comprehensive training and induction with friendly, knowledgeable staff.  
• A generous external CPD allowance and abundant free internal CPD.   
• Holiday entitlement of 32 days + 4 days of public holiday per year (pro rata).   
• This post is graded as a UE05.  

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Being an RCVS registered veterinary nurse is essential  
• Excellent organisational and communications skills are essential   
• Keen dedication to teaching the next generation of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses is a must

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