Job Description

If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.

Job Title:

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location:

Alder Vets

Job Type

: Full time, permanent

Hours:

40 hours per week, plus 1 in 5 Saturdays 8am-4pm. No OOH

Salary:

Starting from 28,000/annum, depending on experience

Welcome and join us in our purpose-built hospital!

We are a RCVS accredited, Primary Care Practice that is based in Guilford. We provide the highest standard of veterinary care for small animals in a friendly and professional environment. Our practices are continuously being updated to ensure that our pets are being cared for in the best way possible, through our facilities and caring team.


We moved into our purpose-built hospital in 2022 and we are super excited about what the future holds. Come and join us, be part of this new adventure.


We offer orthopaedic surgeries and also have Vets within the team who have a strong interest in exotic patients. This means we will have a radiography suite and an exotic ward built in the new hospital.

Your role and responsibilities

We are ideally looking for someone on a full-time basis with a 1:5 weekend rota (Saturdays only, following Monday off). Our shifts range from 8am - 5pm or 10:30am - 7:30pm. Most of our nurses work this pattern, but we are flexible and are open to longer shifts over 4 days.


We are a passionate, close-knit team and we are looking forward to meeting a new member of the Alder team. The team truly is everything, and we are a nursing team always keen to learn new things and give the best to our patients. We have started introducing schedule 3 procedures for the nurses and we run nurse consults every day. We actively encourage the RVNs taking on projects and pursuing new skills. Working in a purpose-built building also has it's perks, we have great facilities and would recommend anyone interested to come for a tour!


Located within walking distance of amenities including a spa and gym as well as a convenient coffee shop, grocery store and alongside a beautiful park, we can offer great facilities outside the hospital as well as inside and hope that this will aid our great work/life balance ethos.


Developing and empowering our nurses is important to us. You will have access to over 150hours of pre-recorded CPD delivered by our expert clinicians and nurses. All of our nurses receive a robust induction to help you thrive in your new role. On top of this, you will have access to modular courses on a variety of topics including our AVA-accredited anaesthesia and analgesia modular course.

What we offer:

5 weeks holiday, bank holidays and birthday day Life Assurance, 4 x salary Pension Scheme, 3% employer, 5% employee contributions salary sacrifice Enhanced equal family leave Enhanced sickness policy e-cars salary sacrifice car scheme Cycle to work scheme salary sacrifice Pet Insurance discount RCVS & VDS fees paid CPD allowance and allocated CPD days Access to an extensive range of clinical and non-clinical learning and development programmes Discount Platform - Benefits Hub Reduced Gym Membership (Pure Gym) Associate Assistance Programme Eye Care Scheme Headspace Annual Flu Voucher

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.


If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner - Becca Thompson at Becca.Thompson@linnaeusgroup.co.uk


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We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars. Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people. Why Linnaeus? - We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets - We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet - We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing - valuing equity, diversity and inclusion - We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one. We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future. Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates. At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people. If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk