Registered Veterinary Nurse

About the Role

This part-time Veterinary Nurse role is based at Vets Now’s Liverpool clinic, located within the PDSA Pet Hospital in Huyton. The work is centred on emergency and critical care, with nursing duties covering triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in-patient care.

Your rota includes midweek nights and weekend nights, plus a fair share of bank holidays. The role also calls for confidence working in a sole charge capacity for basic diagnostics, alongside close involvement in first aid and critical care support.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide first aid advice over the phone and in clinic.
• Support critical care treatment, including monitoring major body systems and tracking changes in in-patient trends.
• Carry out physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound care and dressing care.
• Perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.
• Work across triage, surgery, anaesthesia and in-patient care as part of the nursing team.

Requirements

• RCVS registered for at least six months.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for clients and their pets.

Benefits

• Salary up to £35,000 pro rata, dependent on experience.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced sick pay and maternity pay.
• 7 weeks annual leave pro rata.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• £1,125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
• RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
• Reward Gateway discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers.
• UK Standard Pension contributions at 5% employee and 3% employer.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• Death in service cover at two times annual salary.
• Paid volunteering.
• Access to professional qualifications, including the ECC certificate, and an industry-leading CPD package.

About the Practice

Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, supporting more than 1,700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. The Liverpool clinic operates from a fully equipped PDSA pet hospital and has been recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as an outstanding provider of emergency veterinary care.

The wider Vets Now team is described as close-knit, with structured rotas, experienced clinical teams and a shared focus on sustainable careers in ECC.