Registered Veterinary Nurse – Rotational

About the Role

This is a full-time permanent position working 40 hours per week with shifts between 7:30am and 8:30pm, Monday to Friday. You’ll enjoy just one weekend duty every 6 weeks (with 2 days in lieu the following week), meaning genuine work-life balance alongside the excitement of referral practice.

You’ll rotate through five different wards, diagnostics, and theatre departments, exposing you to a varied and rewarding caseload across multiple specialisms. Working alongside over 60 RVNs, 31 recognised specialists, and a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, residents, interns and nursing assistants, you’ll develop your skills in surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology, oncology, neurology, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostic imaging and anaesthesia. Referral experience isn’t essential—comprehensive induction and training will set you up for success.

This practice is an internationally acknowledged centre of excellence with RCVS accreditation. The new Nursing Pathways programme offers individualised career progression opportunities whilst maintaining and developing your core veterinary nursing skills—a structured way forward for nurses serious about their career.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care across five dedicated ward areas, supporting diverse patient presentations
• Rotate through diagnostics and theatre departments, utilising your full range of trained nursing skills
• Work as part of a large multidisciplinary team, collaborating with RVNs, specialists, residents, interns and nursing assistants
• Provide compassionate, high-standard patient care within a specialist referral environment
• Contribute to a culture of teamwork and dedication across all service areas
• Engage with the Nursing Pathways programme to shape your career development

Requirements

• Current RVN registration with the RCVS
• Full-time availability on a permanent basis
• Flexibility to rotate across different departments and specialisms
• Team player with dedication to patient care and colleague support
• Referral experience is not essential—full training provided

Benefits

• Leave: 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and birthday leave
• Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, enhanced sickness pay, free annual flu jab, eyecare voucher scheme, employee assistance programme, mental health first aider support
• Learning & Development: Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD programme, career progression opportunities via Nursing Pathways
• Financial: Employer contribution pension scheme, e-car salary sacrifice scheme, staff discount schemes, recruitment referral reward scheme
• Family Support: Enhanced equal family leave
• Active Travel: Cycle to work scheme
• Wellness: Comprehensive wellness programme

About the Practice

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking partnership of primary care and referral practices across the UK and Ireland. This particular site is an internationally acknowledged referral centre of excellence for specialist veterinary care, with RCVS accreditation and access to one of the largest groups of veterinary specialists in the UK and Europe. The team comprises over 60 RVNs and 31 recognised specialists across surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology, oncology, neurology, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostic imaging and anaesthesia.

Linnaeus is deeply committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all team members, with Mental Health First Aiders across practices and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone. The practice maintains the highest standards of medical and surgical care within a caring and compassionate environment.