Registered Veterinary Nurse

Job Description

Are you an RVN looking for a new challenge in a thriving practice where you are encouraged to develop your clinical interests and apply the skills you've trained so hard to acquire? We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified nurse to join our team here at Sydenham Vets for Pets!
About us

Our vision is to provide unparalleled quality vet care for pets and their families, whilst providing compassion and understanding and being open to invest in our facilities and team. We’re client-focused, progressive, and professional individuals who place strong emphasis on professional development and provide a supportive and committed environment to enable continued education to every one of our colleagues. 

We have a wide range of equipment, digital radiography, a large in-house laboratory, and the latest model of ultrasound. We’ve also expanded our surgical suite to offer orthopaedic surgery! The team works closely together, and we strive to improve every day, you’ll be joining a forward-thinking culture that welcomes further studies and interests. Each colleague brings their own set of skills to the team. 

The practice itself is in a great location within the Pets at Home store and offers plenty of parking and shopping facilities. 

About you
Nurses are the heart of our practice and perform an integral clinical role in caring for our patients. We are looking for a proactive, enthusiastic team player who is keen to work in a progressive, fast paced first opinion practice, with high clinical standards.  The key to your success will be your ability to embrace all aspects of the veterinary nurse role, delivering excellent patient and client care. 

Here at Sydenham Vets4Pets we encourage all of our colleagues to be their best and achieve their careers goals. So whether you are a newly qualified RVN looking for a practice to help you kickstart your career or a more experienced RVN looking to take that next step into a senior role, we would love to hear from you and see how we can help support you!

About the role 
This is a full time role working 40 hours a week with every other Saturday included. We’re closed on Sundays and have no OOH involved giving you an excellent work life balance! 

Our team RVNs are able to utilise their full range of skills and we actively encourage all our colleagues to develop their individual areas of clinical interest, including the possibility of funded certificates

Benefits 
By joining us you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing superb standards.  We offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes;

• Competitive salary of up to £35,000 DOE
• 28 days holiday per annum, birthday day and pro rata bank holidays
• RCVS/VDS/BVA fees paid
• Generous CPD allowance including funded certificates for the right candidate
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• No OOH
• Certificates funded for the right candidate
• Locally owned practice with the support of a larger organisation 
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards - including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and the Vet Group.  

If you'd like any further information about this vacancy, the practice or our company please contact Abi from our Talent Acquisition team via email; eastvets@vets4pets.com for an informal and confidential conversation. 

Location: SE26 4PU

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!