Registered Veterinary Nurse

Job Description

We have a unique and exciting opening for an experienced RVN at Leeds Birstall Vets for Pets Hospital. Please read below for more information:

Full Time Dental / Anaesthetic Nurse

• Salary dependent upon experience
• 40hrs per week
• 4 days Mon-Fri
• 1 in 4 weekends

Our large multi-disciplinary team (of 70 colleagues) at Leeds Birstall Vets for Pets Hospital are looking for an experienced nurse with a passion for Surgery, Anaesthesia  and primarily Dentistry.  

Leeds Birstall Vets for Pets is a 24-hour Hospital and Emergency Service Centre which is a family run, award-winning practice. Owned by Hospital Director’s Keith and Julie Leonard since 2012, we are a family run, RCVS Accredited Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic, providing OOH and Referral support to 19 referring veterinary practices in the region.  Our range of Referral Services include orthopaedic & soft tissue surgery, medicine, oncology, laparoscopy, endoscopy, imaging (both ultrasonography & CT), as well as a busy Dental Practice; providing both general, preventative and referral dental services in-house Monday to Friday.

We are looking for an anaesthetic nurse who is comfortable providing anaesthetic support to all procedures, surgeries (both general and referral), and dentistry at the hospital. In this new position, we are primarily looking for a nurse passionate about dentistry, who would spend the majority of their shift coordinating dental clinics, running/stocking/overseeing the IM3 purpose-built Dental Suite, doing dentals (inc. Schedule 3 procedures) and providing/overseeing the anaesthetic nursing support in the Dental Business.

We have a Post Graduate Certificate Veterinary Surgeon in Dentistry who runs a daily workflow of dental clinics, first opinion, preventative and referral procedures, so ideally the candidate would need to show enthusiasm, experience and interest in working closely with this senior vet to grow and diversify what we can offer our clients and patients through the Dentistry Business.

Ideally we are looking for a Dental RVN :

• Who has, or is working towards a nursing certificate in Dentistry
• Experience in performing full mouth dental radiographs would be essential
• Knowledge of some advanced procedures such as interdental wiring/temporary crown extensions/incline planes as examples would be beneficial but not essential
• Responsible for proper maintenance of all dental equipment, ensuring the dental suite is in good working order ie. restocking of consumable materials.
• Ideally experience and enthusiasm for nurse led dental clinics ie. seeing patients back for post op rechecks, seeing clients/patients for general oral health checks - encouraging toothbrushing as an example - large scope to expand on this so need someone who is passionate about furthering client’s education
• Responsible for internal/external referrals and responsible for the management of the dentistry diary – ie. booking procedures and following up on providing estimates to clients.
• Organising in-house staff training/CPD relating to dentistry – ie. proper maintenance (sharpening) of dental instruments can also expand this to the other consulting nurses in order to raise awareness of common dental problems.

Contracts also include:

• In-house support and training from certificate holders- Vet and Nurse 
• Paid memberships- RCVS, VDS, BVNA 
• Generous CPD allowance and support development of specific interests. Certificate sponsorship encouraged 
• Pension, income protection, life insurance
• 20% off at all the Pets at Home group including Pets at Home, Vets4Pets and the Groom Room 
• Access to Our reward hub giving exclusive discounts across a range of high street retails, supermarkets and more 

If you would like to find about more about us or this brilliant opportunity, meet the team or pay us a visit please get in touch, we would love to hear from you: e-mail julie.leonard@vetsforpets.com

Location: WF17 9AD

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!