Registered Veterinary Nurse – Small Animal

About the Role

This is a permanent full-time or part-time position (flexible hours available) with a confident, established small animal practice in Clydebank. You’ll work with a friendly, close-knit team across modern, fully equipped premises that underwent refurbishment in January 2019. The role includes 1 in 4 Saturday mornings and no out-of-hours work, giving you genuine work-life balance alongside the commute convenience of excellent public transport links and proximity to both Glasgow and Loch Lomond.

This is an active nursing role with real variety and the opportunity to develop your clinical skills across surgical care, anaesthesia monitoring, diagnostic imaging, and specialist nursing clinics. The practice is actively expanding its nursing team and planning to introduce Wellness Screening appointments—a chance to shape and grow new service lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Admitting surgical patients, preparing operating theatres, and monitoring anaesthesia
• Providing post-operative care, intravenous catheter placement, and phlebotomy
• Operating in-house lab equipment including Idexx Lasercyte and Catalyst analysers; performing cytology
• Assisting with diagnostic imaging including dental and general radiography (digital X-ray enhanced with Signal Pet AI and Signal Smile AI)
• Running nursing clinics: nail clipping, anal gland expression, repeat injections, second vaccinations, and 6-month health checks
• Supporting the development of new Wellness Screening appointments (comprehensive nose-to-tail checks, blood testing, and blood pressure monitoring)
• Contributing to a supportive, collaborative team culture

Requirements

• Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) qualification
• Confidence and experience in small animal nursing
• Ability to work as part of a collaborative team

Benefits

• Leave & Work-Life Balance: 6.8 weeks annual leave, your birthday as a paid day off, flexible hours (full-time or part-time considered), 1 in 4 Saturday mornings only, no out-of-hours work
• Wellbeing Support: Private medical insurance, enhanced family-friendly policies (maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay), Cycle to Work scheme, non-accidental injury support, employee wellbeing initiatives
• Professional Development: £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave, access to IVC Evidensia Academy learning and development, Vetlexicon online encyclopaedia access, research funding available for nursing staff, Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Quality Improvement Programme
• Professional Memberships: VDS cover, RCVS fees covered
• Additional Perks: Pawsome Benefits (reward gateway with discounts and cashback from 100+ retailers), pension (5% employee/3% employer contribution), discounted staff pet care
• Salary: Up to £31,000 per annum depending on experience

About the Practice

Boyce & Houston Vets was established in 1990 and has been serving the small animal pet-owning communities of Clydebank for over three decades. In January 2019, the practice relocated to refurbished, modern premises offering a comfortable working environment. The facility includes two operating theatres, five consultation rooms, separate cat and dog wards, an isolation walk-in kennel, multiparameter monitoring, new ultrasonography equipment, digital X-ray technology enhanced with AI diagnostic support, and in-house laboratory facilities. The practice recently achieved RCVS General Practice accreditation.

The team comprises 7 vets, 3 nurses, 1 head nurse, 1 animal care assistant, and 5 receptionists. The practice is known for its low staff turnover, warm and friendly atmosphere, and genuine support for all team members from clinical to support staff. Social events and charity fundraising (including annual cycling challenges for Flutterby/Cystic Fibrosis, the Doddie Weir Walk, Street Vet support, and Christmas collections for homeless shelters) are central to team culture. The Clinical Director is highly supportive and actively recognises the vital contribution of every team member.