Veterinary Nurse – Weekends

About the Job

Veterinary Nurse – Weekends

Up to £19ph DOE plus benefits

Vets Now Bridgewater – Devon

We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new out-of-hours veterinary clinic based in Bridgewater, Devon. Working out of our host practice, Blake Vets, an RCVS accredited practice, you’ll be joining a highly experienced team of Vets and Nurses as they provide a vital out of hours service to the local community.

Make your weekends work at Vets Now

A weekend role with Vets Now allows you to further your ECC knowledge, whilst gaining a second income or balancing family commitments. You can work as little as 2 shift per month, flexible options available.

Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 08:30 to 18:00

Understanding your key role

Our nursing team are at the core of clinical treatment including triage, surgery, anaesthesia, and in-patient care. Key responsibilities will include:

• First Aid – give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
• Critical Care – management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
• Diagnostics – confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.

Key requirements

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

Rewards and Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
• £1400 CPD allowance increasing annually plus 20 paid hours pro rata
• ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
• Private medical insurance
• Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
• Enhanced sick pay and more

Take the next step in your career with Vets Now Devon. Click apply or contact Julia Duncan in our Talent team at julia.duncan@vets-now.com to discuss this exciting opportunity further.