Registered Veterinary Nurse – Twilight

About the Role

This is a twilight shift position at a purpose-built 24-hour veterinary hospital, giving you the best of both worlds: daytime freedom and engaging evening work in a specialist-led environment. You’ll work Monday to Friday, 5pm to 2am, supporting a mix of first opinion and referral cases across a collaborative hospital team.

The role offers genuine variety and exposure to advanced caseload—orthopaedic surgery, soft tissue procedures, ophthalmology, internal medicine diagnostics—with access to cutting-edge equipment including MRI and CT scanning. You’ll be part of a dedicated evening team that handles admissions, stabilisation of emergency cases, theatre support, and high-quality inpatient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care across prep, theatre, wards and imaging departments
• Monitor anaesthesia and sedation for diagnostic procedures, surgical patients and rechecks
• Provide direct theatre support during surgical and diagnostic procedures
• Manage first opinion and referral case nursing, liaising with clients on admissions and discharges
• Deliver comprehensive inpatient ward care and monitoring
• Support the out-of-hours team with emergency case admissions and patient stabilisation
• Work with advanced orthopaedic, soft tissue, ophthalmology and internal medicine cases

Requirements

• Current registration as a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)
• Confident, compassionate approach to patient and client care
• Comfort working in fast-paced hospital environments with complex cases
• Competence in anaesthesia monitoring and support
• Commitment to delivering consistently high standards of nursing care
• Experience in referral or emergency work is advantageous but not essential for candidates with strong core nursing skills

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 6.6 weeks paid holiday plus your birthday as a paid day off, with increasing allowance based on length of service
• CPD & Development: £550 annual CPD allowance with 24 hours paid professional development leave (pro rata), certificate support, and access to the IVC Evidensia Academy and Vetlexicon online resource
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance, enhanced family-friendly policies (maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and surrogacy pay), cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and non-accidental injury support
• Professional Support: VDS cover and RCVS fees paid
• Pension: 5% employee and 3% employer contribution scheme
• Additional Perks: Pawsome Benefits reward gateway with hundreds of retail discounts and cashback, discounted staff pet care, and shared bank holiday rota (currently averaging two per year)
• Flexible Working: Open to part-time arrangements and flexible working requests

About the Practice

Rowe Veterinary Group’s purpose-built Bradley Stoke hospital operates 24 hours daily, 365 days a year, delivering advanced treatment and specialist referral services across small animal disciplines. The facility brings together experienced RVNs, dedicated referral clinicians and an established out-of-hours team in a collaborative environment where clinical standards and patient welfare are central to operations.

Part of IVC Evidensia, the UK’s largest independent veterinary group, the practice combines local clinical expertise with access to group-wide learning resources, research funding opportunities, and structured quality improvement programmes. The team prioritises a supportive, inclusive workplace culture where people are genuinely valued.