Our beautiful first opinion practice in Ewell (Surrey) has a role coming up for an RVN that is looking to be part of a busy evolving team.
About your new role!
Ewell is a beautifully designed clinic with an open span prep area, walk in kennels and large reception area for your clients.
This position offers flexibility of up to 30 hours per week plus a 1:4 branch Saturday and 1:10 Saturday rotation at Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon. If you were looking for full-time hours, we are happy to explore options! You will be rota ‘d to 1 bank holiday per year in Stone Lion.
As part of your initial induction, you will spend a day at the hospital to learn their ways, ready for your first Sunday shift so you are not thrown in at the deep end!
There are NO on-call requirements for this position.
As a branch RVN some of your duties will include:
- Ensure the provision of a high quality and continually improving standard of nursing care.
- Assist the veterinary surgeon in theatre 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.
- Maintain a respectful and collaborative team environment
- Ensure equipment is cleaned, packed, sterilised and stored correctly when not in use.
- Maintain adequate stocks of drugs, diets and consumables and place orders with our suppliers to required levels as necessary.
- Assist with the induction of new staff and their subsequent training.
- Provide reception duties, as required, ensuring a friendly and efficient handling of clients and their pets, in person, by email and over the telephone.
- Support student nurses as a clinical supervisor
Ewell is a busy GP practice with a growing caseload, and we are recruiting for additional colleagues to help support our fantastic new senior vet and experienced support team including Senior RVN, RVN’s and trainee nurses who you can call upon for any support you may need while adapting to your new role.
Progression is important to us, and if after time you wished to explore senior roles in the group, we would be happy to encourage this and now provide leadership training.
As a practice you are supported by the Stone Lion 24-hour hospital in Wimbledon to refer more complex cases, and their own rotating night team provides your patients with invaluable OOH care.
The practice itself has multiple local train stations and is within easy reach of desirable parts of London such as Richmond and Wimbledon. There is also parking available which is very rare as you venture closer to London!
If you are a jetsetter, London Gatwick airport is just a 30-minute drive from the practice.
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:
The salary for position is £32,000 to £35,000 FTE (full-time equivalent based on 40 hours per week) depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role.
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 rstanton@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!