Join a full-time, 12-month fixed-term RVN role that combines first opinion and referral nursing in a hospital with expanded facilities. You'll also work a 40-hour week, with 1 in 8 weekends and minimal weekday on-call duties.
Minimal weekday on-call duties, plus 1 in 8 weekends with time off in lieu.
This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term Registered Veterinary Nurse position at Vale Vets and Referrals in Dursley. The role offers a varied clinical mix across first opinion and referral work, with rotation through surgery, wards, ophthalmology, soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery, medicine, and nursing clinics.
The hospital has recently expanded, bringing 5 theatres, a medicine suite for ultrasound and endoscopy, a dental room, x-ray, larger ward areas with a separate cat ward and treatment room, a separate exotics ward, and an onsite CT scanner. You'll be part of a large nursing team made up of 38 RVNs, SVNs, and hospital assistants.
The working pattern is 40 hours per week across 5 days, in 8-hour shifts with a 30-minute lunch break. The rota includes 1 in 8 weekends with time off in lieu, plus minimal weekday on-call duties.
Vale Vets and Referrals is part of IVC Evidensia and is based at The Animal Hospital in Stinchcombe, Dursley. The practice treats dogs, cats, and small pets, and is listed as rabbit friendly and chicken friendly.
Following a hospital expansion, the practice now offers extensive facilities for both first opinion and referral work, including dedicated theatres, imaging, wards, and specialist treatment areas.
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