One of our amazing night RVN’s is currently on their parenting adventure, and this has resulted in a fixed term maternity cover vacancy until February 2027 in our largest 24-hour hospital in the group: Wanstead Hospital.
About your new role!
Our night RVN’s are no stranger to a fast-paced action-packed environment and thrive in an overnight emergency setting. You will have a cool head managing your cases but also have the empathy and patience for our beloved patients requiring overnight care.
You will be working alongside another RVN and an experienced VNA/SVN on your shift as well as our highly experienced permanent night vets (1 vet per night).
This role involves a 4 on 8 off rotation with shift times being 7.30pm-8.30am and averages 35 hours per week. This is inclusive of an additional 18 shifts per year (pro rata) to help support with annual leave, so there is the upmost continuity for the hospital.
You will also be supported by the late shift day nurses, who cross over for the start of your shift to assist in handover and for any early evening emergency support.
We are open to reviewing applicants from a range of relevant experience levels. As an RVN experienced in ECC, or an RVN with a keen interest to develop your skills further this role is ideal!
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.
- Carry out duties in accordance with shift guidance notes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Record details in clinical histories of any conversations with clients regarding fees, treatment options or anything related to patient care.
Wanstead not only has its own first opinion client base but also sees the internal referral cases from the surrounding branches in East, North and Central London, giving you a plethora of diverse cases a hospital night RVN could dream of.
There is fantastic diagnostic support at Wanstead, with a CT scanner, a commercial laboratory.
Wanstead itself is on the outskirts of urban Essex but is close enough to rural life for that countryside relief. Transport links into London do not get better than a short walk to a Central Line tube station!
Onsite parking is available over night.
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this 4 night on 8 off position is £35,000 to £41,125 (£40,000 to £47,000 full-time equivalent) depending on prior experience.
A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard RVN:
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays *pro rata for contract length
- CPD budget every year plus up to 2 days' paid CPD leave *pro rata
- 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 Ashley. Alternatively, please feel free to email Ashley directly at ahutchinson@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!
About your new role!
Our night RVN’s are no stranger to a fast-paced action-packed environment and thrive in an overnight emergency setting. You will have a cool head managing your cases but also have the empathy and patience for our beloved patients requiring overnight care.
You will be working alongside another RVN and an experienced VNA/SVN on your shift as well as our highly experienced permanent night vets (1 vet per night).
This role involves a 4 on 8 off rotation with shift times being 7.30pm-8.30am and averages 35 hours per week. This is inclusive of an additional 18 shifts per year (pro rata) to help support with annual leave, so there is the upmost continuity for the hospital.
You will also be supported by the late shift day nurses, who cross over for the start of your shift to assist in handover and for any early evening emergency support.
We are open to reviewing applicants from a range of relevant experience levels. As an RVN experienced in ECC, or an RVN with a keen interest to develop your skills further this role is ideal!
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.
- Carry out duties in accordance with shift guidance notes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Record details in clinical histories of any conversations with clients regarding fees, treatment options or anything related to patient care.
Wanstead not only has its own first opinion client base but also sees the internal referral cases from the surrounding branches in East, North and Central London, giving you a plethora of diverse cases a hospital night RVN could dream of.
There is fantastic diagnostic support at Wanstead, with a CT scanner, a commercial laboratory.
Wanstead itself is on the outskirts of urban Essex but is close enough to rural life for that countryside relief. Transport links into London do not get better than a short walk to a Central Line tube station!
Onsite parking is available over night.
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary band for this 4 night on 8 off position is £35,000 to £41,125 (£40,000 to £47,000 full-time equivalent) depending on prior experience.
A little snippet of the benefits you will receive as a Goddard RVN:
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays *pro rata for contract length
- CPD budget every year plus up to 2 days' paid CPD leave *pro rata
- 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 Ashley. Alternatively, please feel free to email Ashley directly at ahutchinson@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!
Benefits for this role include
- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time)
- 2 days paid CPD leave every year (pro-rata if part-time)
- Relocation assistance (where applicable)
- Generous colleague introduction reward (for the introduction of vets and RVN’s)
- Paid 30-minute lunch breaks
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- RCVS and BVNA fees covered
- The opportunity to join our private medical insurance scheme at a reduced rate, as well as a medical cashback plan involving refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more
- Shopping discounts
- Generous colleague discounts
- Petplan 20% colleague discount
About us
In 2022, we celebrated our 70th anniversary and now have 46 branches, three hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors communicating real time updates and taking polls with live Q&As to ensure we’re making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all new starters.
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 her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!