Registered Veterinary Nurse

About the Role

This part-time position offers an average of 22 hours per week across 2-3 days, with rotas arranged a year in advance via RotaCloud. You'll join a friendly, inclusive team of five RVNs at Wakefield Westgate Vets4Pets, situated inside Pets at Home on Westgate in Wakefield. The practice benefits from excellent transport links, a short walk from Westgate and Kirkgate stations, and free onsite parking.

The team is passionate about enabling RVNs to utilise their full skillset. You'll have the opportunity to run your own consults, monitor anaesthesia, and engage in dentistry, radiology, ultrasonography, laboratory work, and Schedule 3 procedures. The practice is RCVS accredited, a training practice, Fear Free accredited, and ISFM cat friendly.

Key Responsibilities

• Run your own nursing consultations
• Monitor and manage anaesthesia
• Perform dentistry procedures
• Conduct radiology and ultrasonography imaging
• Carry out laboratory work
• Perform Schedule 3 procedures as part of your scope
• Contribute to a diverse, inclusive practice culture

Requirements

• RVN registration with RCVS
• Experience and qualifications in small animal nursing

Benefits

• Salary of £26,000 to £31,000 FTE, dependent on experience and qualifications (pro-rata for part-time)
• 5.6 weeks annual leave, increasing to 6.6 weeks after 2 years' service
• Subsidised AXA private health insurance
• RCVS, VDS and BVNA membership fees covered
• Funded CPD including certificates and further qualifications
• Mental Health First Aid in practice and access to counselling services
• Discounts at Vets for Pets, Pets at Home and the Groom Room
• Exclusive discounts through Our Reward Hub covering high street retailers, supermarkets and travel
• Opportunity to pick up additional shifts covering colleague leave
• In-house training and mentorship
• Support for nursing certificates, diplomas and postgraduate qualifications

About the Practice

Wakefield Westgate Vets4Pets is part of the Vets for Pets group and operates from a Pets at Home store location. The practice has invested in team diversity and inclusion CPD and is autism friendly, with an open-door policy and mental health first aider on staff. The wider team comprises five vets including Fiona and Chris Coutts (JVPs), one VCA and four experienced client care advisors. Their varied caseload and team expertise allow them to retain most cases in-house, providing rich clinical experience.