About the Role
White Cross Vets, Tividale is a small animal practice serving the Oldbury community with excellent transport links and free parking. You'll be joining a clinical team of 3 RVNs, 2 Vet Surgeons, 4 client care team members, and 1 student nurse—a well-resourced environment where you'll deliver high-quality nursing care and support the wider team's clinical goals.
This is a full-time position offering 37.5 hours per week, though the practice is open to discussion about flexible arrangements that suit your circumstances. Currently, there are no requirements to participate in Saturday morning rotas, though this could become a possibility in future.
The practice is recently equipped with a Class 4 Laser for post-operative wound management and arthritis support, IM3 dental X-ray machine, HQ Vista imaging, patient warming systems, dual multi-parameter monitors, digital X-ray, ultrasound, and a full Idexx laboratory with urine microscopy—giving you access to modern clinical tools and diagnostic capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and recover surgical patients with confidence
- Provide inpatient nursing care alongside the clinical team
- Conduct nursing consultations independently
- Perform Schedule 3 procedures including IV line placement, blood sampling, and scale and polish treatments
- Take radiographs including dental imaging
- Operate in-house laboratory equipment and processes
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of nursing standards across the practice
- Support positive client relationships and communication
Requirements
- RCVS registration as a Veterinary Nurse (essential)
- Practical experience in clinical practice with growing confidence in medical and surgical nursing
- Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport with clients and colleagues
- Organised approach to workload management
- Commitment to continuous learning, reflection, and professional improvement
- Team-focused mindset with motivation to deliver high standards of care
Benefits
- 6.6 weeks' annual leave plus your birthday off, with increasing allowance based on length of service
- £550 CPD allowance plus 24 hours paid leave for professional development
- Certificate support and RCVS/VDS fees covered
- Enhanced family-friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, and surrogacy pay
- Private Medical Insurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Pension scheme
- Discounted veterinary care for personal animals
- Voluntary benefits including Green Cars salary sacrifice and access to retail discounts and cashback
- Clear progression pathways into Senior Nurse, Referral, leadership, clinical supervisor, mentor, and certificate holder roles
About the Practice
White Cross Vets, Tividale is part of IVC Evidensia, the UK and Europe's leading veterinary care group comprising over 900 practices and referral hospitals. The practice is a community-focused first opinion clinic serving the Oldbury area with convenient access via popular bus routes and the M5 motorway (approximately 2 miles away).
IVC Evidensia is committed to supporting careers without limits through investment in learning, innovation, and wellbeing. The group's mission is to create environments where teams grow in confidence, capability, and fulfilment at every career stage, with active support for local and professional community involvement. As a Disability Confident Employer, the practice welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds and is committed to diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging.