We are seeking an experienced Head Veterinary Nurse to join our team and support our vets and nursing colleagues in our state of the art Mandeville Veterinary Hospital in Northolt. You will be working closely with the Hospital Manager and Head Vet to ensure the efficient management of the caseload and maintain the high standard of care we offer our clients and their pets. The hospital has dedicated dog and cat waiting areas, separate dog, cat and isolation wards, a dental suite, two theatres, x-ray, imaging and CT. We provide services from first opinion through to orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery, enhanced imaging as well as ophthalmology services. The successful candidate will have a range of nursing experience allowing them to develop our fantastic nursing team and be well organised and passionate about the standard of care we provide. This is a full-time role with some on-call responsibilities on evenings and on a one in four weekends shared rota. The salary for this role is £32,000 to £40,000 per annum.
The Head Veterinary Nurse role offers a fully supported opportunity to advance existing line management or senior nurse skills and would suit an experienced RVN with ECC experience and excellent clinical standards. The successful candidate will be capable of mature decision making, whilst working in an ever-changing environment and will share our philosophy of practising to the highest clinical standards and providing great client care. Previous hospital or referral centre and Clinical Coach experience would be ideal.
The role requires an exceptional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to motivate a large highly skilled team of RVNs, SVNs, VNAs and receptionists. Line Management experience would be an advantage.
We offer paid CPD- with 2 full or 3 -part days CPD allowance. We see CPD as an investment in the individual as well as for the practice, and in some roles, we can support study for nursing certificate or leadership qualifications.
We have a great benefits package including:
– Simply Health which provides cashback/refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more.
– 24hr Employee Assistance Programme.
– Generous shopping/leisure discounts (never pay full price in all the major shops and cinemas again!).
– Cycle to work scheme.
– Great colleague pet discount scheme.
– Paid BVNA membership, RCVS and VDS fees.
– Colleague Introduction incentive of £1500.
– Increasing holiday allowance with length of service.
Goddard Veterinary Group was started in 1952 by Arthur Goddard and now consists of 44 branches, 3 hospitals, and our own nursing college. We have a great reputation for looking after our people; over 20% of our team have been with us 10 years or more and we’re proud of our many 5-star employee reviews on Indeed.
In 2022 we are celebrating our 70th anniversary and have 44 branches, 3 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, communicating real time updates, taking polls with live Q&A’s 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 our new starters. We are a forward-thinking practice and have developed our own successful contact centre to help ease reception pressure in our busy branches. We have a schedule of refurbishments planned and are continually reviewing equipment needs at our practices. As an A1 Home Office approved sponsor, we are sometimes able to help non -UK veterinary surgeons and nurses obtain a working visa.
If you are interested in this rewarding role and working for a forward-thinking business, and would like to know more, please email vacancies@goddardvetgroup.co.uk to arrange an informal chat, or click the apply button!