Registered Veterinary Nurse - Out of Hours

About the Role

You'll join Swift Referrals' night nursing team as a dedicated Night Nurse, working full-time or part-time on a permanent basis. This is a genuine opportunity to develop your emergency and critical care skills within a close-knit, supportive environment where your wellbeing matters as much as the care you deliver. As a Night Nurse, you'll play a vital role caring for first opinion and referral emergency cases, managing ICU patients and hospitalised referrals alongside experienced emergency clinicians, vets, nurses and animal care assistants. You'll encounter a wide range of interesting and complex cases while receiving full support from the team as you settle in.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to ICU patients and hospitalised referrals during night shifts
• Work closely with emergency clinicians and the nursing team to manage complex emergency and critical care cases
• Monitor and assess inpatients, responding promptly to clinical changes
• Support first opinion and referral emergency admissions during your shifts
• Maintain the highest standards of patient care and nursing practice within the dedicated ECC and OOH centre
• Contribute to the collaborative team environment across the multidisciplinary referral hospital

Requirements

• Current RVN registration
• Attitude and aptitude are what matter most—full training and support will be provided
• Emergency or out-of-hours experience is desirable but not essential
• Additional nursing qualifications are an advantage
• Commitment to delivering exceptional patient care with integrity and compassion

Benefits

• Competitive salary: Up to £39,273 FTE per annum
• Time off: 6.6 weeks annual leave plus additional leave for your birthday
• Development: £550 CPD allowance with 3 days paid pro rata; Certificate, Diploma and VTS support; access to IVC Evidensia Academy learning; Vetlexicon online encyclopaedia; research funding opportunities; Infection Prevention and Control Programme; Quality Improvement Programme
• Wellbeing: Enhanced family-friendly policies (maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay); Private Medical Insurance; Cycle to Work scheme; discounted gym membership
• Professional support: VDS cover; RCVS fees paid
• Additional perks: Pawsome Benefits reward gateway with discounts and cashback; pension (5% employee/3% employer); discounted staff pet care
• Work-life balance: Flexible rota patterns available—set shifts or rolling rota to suit your preferences

About the Practice

Swift Referrals is a purpose-built, multidisciplinary referral hospital opened in 2019, specialising in orthopaedics, neurology, internal medicine and soft tissue surgery. The practice is part of IVC Evidensia and features state-of-the-art facilities including MRI, CT, advanced imaging, modern theatres, separate dog and cat wards, and a dedicated ECC and OOH centre with a large ICU. With a team of over 80 colleagues, Swift Referrals is proud of its strong focus on employee wellbeing and consistently positive feedback from team satisfaction surveys. The practice is outcome-driven, tailoring treatment options in close consultation with owners to achieve the best possible results for each patient.