Registered Veterinary Nurse

About the Role

Join Avonvale Veterinary Centres’ friendly nursing team in Stratford as a Registered Veterinary Nurse. You’ll work a 40-hour week with flexibility built in—choose between nights or weekends to suit your life. Out-of-hours work is part of the role, with a relaxed 1:13 weekend rota, 1:10 nights rota, 1:8 Saturday afternoons, plus Saturday mornings (1:7 at individual branch level). Weekend and night shifts are based at the Warwick hospital location.

This is a role that truly values nursing—the practice prides itself on full nurse utilisation, incorporating consultations and Schedule 3 work into your everyday practice. You’ll be exposed to a wide variety of procedures and advanced nursing techniques thanks to the team’s numerous RCVS certificates in surgery, imaging, and medicine. Your nursing colleagues bring real expertise and remarkable longevity—one team member has been with the practice for over 35 years.

You’ll need your own transport and a self-motivated approach, but in return you’ll work alongside a skilled, genuinely supportive team in a growing group of seven primary care practices across Warwickshire.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care across a broad range of small animal cases, from routine procedures to advanced nursing techniques
• Conduct veterinary consultations and Schedule 3 work as part of full nurse utilisation
• Support surgical, imaging, and medical cases alongside RCVS-certified veterinary surgeons
• Work collaboratively with Patient Care Assistants to maintain the highest standards of patient care
• Contribute to the team’s culture of continuous professional development and skill-sharing
• Undertake out-of-hours duties on a flexible rota (nights or weekends as chosen)

Requirements

• Current RCVS registration as a Veterinary Nurse
• Own transport (essential for out-of-hours and multi-site working)
• Self-motivated approach to professional development
• Willingness to work out-of-hours shifts (nights or weekends—your choice)
• Passion for small animal nursing and a collaborative team ethos

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £29,120 per annum (depending on experience)
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and birthday leave
• RCVS and VDS fees paid
• External CPD funded, plus extensive free Linnaeus CPD programme delivered by specialists and referral teams (online and in-person)
• Nurse certificates funded
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• Staff discount schemes
• Wellness programme: employee assistance programme, eyecare voucher scheme, free annual flu jab, cycle-to-work scheme
• Recruitment reward scheme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Career progression opportunities within Linnaeus group

About the Practice

Avonvale Veterinary Centres operates a group of seven primary care practices across Warwickshire, with over 40 years’ experience in small animal medicine. The Stratford location is part of this established, locally-respected group. The team comprises RCVS-qualified vets and nurses who hold numerous certificates in specialised areas including surgery, imaging, and medicine. This depth of expertise means the practice sees a wide variety of cases and refers very few, offering nursing staff exceptional learning opportunities.

Avonvale is part of Linnaeus, a forward-thinking veterinary group within Mars Veterinary Health. The practice is committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all staff, with Mental Health First Aiders across the practice and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone.