Job Title: Registered Veterinary Nurse (Maternity cover)
Location: Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES
Job Type: Fixed-term contract for 12 months
Hours: Part time, full time would be considered,
Ideally working 3 days per week, minimum 24 hours per week. Would consider full time also.
Shifts covered between hours of 7.30am and 7.30pm with 1.5 weekends out of 6 weeks.
We are looking for a passionate RVN to join our dedicated nursing team, working primarily within our Internal Medicine team; working alongside specialists and dedicated nurses covering medicine procedures and inpatient care, Oncology, Cardiology and ICU.
Our hospital is staffed by highly skilled RVN's 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide referral level and emergency and critical care to our patients. If you are looking for an extremely rewarding and fulfilling career this position may be of interest to you.
About you
About us
Our team consists of over 60 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN) working alongside specialists in Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Soft Tissue, Orthopaedics, Diagnostic Imaging and Neurology. We have also have a dedicated night team.
About Us
Wear Referrals (part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited, owned by Mars) is a multi-disciplinary, specialist veterinary referral hospital in the north east of England, close to the historic university city of Durham, the thriving city of Newcastle, and set between the north east coast and the Pennines. Our award-winning hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Scotland.
Our services, with more than 20 specialists, include neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia, oncology, diagnostic imaging and cardiology, as well as a busy primary care out-of-hours emergency service and in-house physiotherapy and hydrotherapy. Our nursing team consists of over 60 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN) specialising alongside our vets, including a dedicated night nurse team
Benefits
Wear Referrals provide a competitive salary and CPD allowance along with company sick pay.
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We pride ourselves on being a leading training practice, dedicated to developing talent and promoting from within wherever possible. We offer real opportunities to develop your nursing career through clinical specialism or managerial progression as part of the leading UK veterinary referral chain.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss further, please get in touch with Rebecca.coleman@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
Part of an amazing global family
The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.
Our Associates are fundamental to our success, and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.
Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.