Registered Veterinary Nurse

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our small animal practice in Tilehurst for an enthusiastic Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming team.

Based on the busy Reading Retail Park in the Pets at Home store, we can offer a fantastic location to work, close to Reading town centre, as well as boasting some state-of-the-art equipment and plenty of onsite parking.

You will be joining an existing team of 2.5 vets, 2 Nurses (including our brilliant students), 3 VCA’s and 3 CCA’s. 

By joining us you will have the opportunity to use your nursing skills to their full potential, admitting patients, monitoring anaesthetics, recovering, and discharging patients to name a few. Our super ANAs and an SVN are always on hand to assist with consults, turning around theatre, patient prep etc.

To apply you will have good general nursing experience and great customer service skills, be kind and cheerful, down-to-earth, and enthusiastic with a genuine interest in animal welfare. 

This is a Full OR Part Time Role working up to 40 hours per week with 2 in 4 Saturdays, NO OOH with great flexibility

In return, we can offer you:

• Competitive salary up to £32,000 (Pro Rata) 
• No OOH or weekends 
• Generous CPD (including funded Certificates)
• Social events and emphasis on wellbeing
• Contributary pension schemes
• Paid memberships (RCVS, BVNA, VDS)
• Exclusive company and high street discounts and rewards

If you share our passion for delivering outstanding pet healthcare and great customer service, then we would love to hear from you!

Benefits
In return, we offer such benefits as 20% discount at the Vet Group, Pets at Home and the Groom Room, access to discounts and cashbacks, in-house career development opportunities, pension and holiday allowance. 

Location: RG30 1PR

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!