Registered Veterinary Nurse

About the Role

This is a truly varied position that splits your time between hospital nursing and first-opinion consulting—ideal if you thrive on clinical diversity and want to develop skills across both domains. You’ll work 38 hours per week over 4 days with shifts between 8:00am and 7:00pm, plus a 1:4 Saturday clinic rota and bank holiday on-call cover (1–2 per year).

At Scarsdale Vets in Derby, you’ll join a large, supportive nursing and veterinary team delivering gold-standard care across a complex caseload in a purpose-built, modern facility with exceptional equipment and resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Hospital and procedure nursing: Support high-quality patient care across anaesthesia, inpatient care, diagnostics, imaging and procedures. Perform Schedule 3 procedures under veterinary direction and work with advanced diagnostic equipment including digital X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring and in-house laboratory diagnostics.
• Clinical operations: Contribute to stock control, equipment maintenance and efficient clinical workflows within the hospital.
• Nurse-led consulting: Deliver independent first-opinion consultations including wellness and preventative healthcare, chronic illness management, weight management, senior pet clinics, dental health and post-operative care.
• Client relationships: Build strong and lasting relationships with clients, taking real ownership of patient and client care while developing confidence in independent consulting.

Requirements

• Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) qualification
• Passion for clinical excellence and client interaction
• Ability to work confidently in both hospital and consulting environments

Benefits

• Salary & pension: Up to £29,500 DOE. Pension with 5% employee and 3% employer contribution
• Leave: 6.6 weeks annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) plus your birthday as a paid day off, with increasing allowance based on length of service
• Development: £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid leave pro rata. Certificate support, access to IVC Evidensia Academy, Vetlexicon online resource, research funding opportunities, and structured Infection Prevention and Control and Quality Improvement Programmes
• Wellbeing: Enhanced family-friendly policies (maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and surrogacy pay). Private Medical Insurance, Cycle to Work scheme, non-accidental injury support and initiatives including discounted gym membership
• Professional support: VDS cover and RCVS fees paid
• Additional perks: Pawsome Benefits (reward gateway with discounts and cashback from hundreds of retailers), discounted staff pet care

About the Practice

Scarsdale Vets is a purpose-built, modern referral hospital in Derby with exceptional facilities: 13 consultation rooms, 7 hospital wards, 5 theatres (with expansion planned), advanced imaging suite with CT, MRI and digital X-ray, 3 ultrasound rooms, endoscopy suite, hydrotherapy pool and treadmills, and dedicated chemotherapy treatment rooms.

Part of IVC Evidensia, the practice is committed to investing in its people, premises and processes. You’ll work alongside a large, friendly and highly skilled nursing and veterinary team in a supportive, collaborative environment delivering care to a diverse and complex caseload.