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Registered Veterinary Nurse

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Solihull, West Midlands
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
Closing date
26 Dec 2020

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Category
Companion / Small animal
Sector
Practice
Role
Veterinary Nurse
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time

Job Details

We are YourVets Solihull! 

Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse looking for more experience and exposure to a 24 hour hospital environment?

We are a dedicated small animal practice who provide excellent patient care and customer service to owners and their pets. We are fully equipped to provide gold standard care within our 24 hour on site hospital, laboratory (bio chemistry, haematology, EPOC machine etc.), digital x-ray/ultrasound machine, surgical suites, and dentistry with our very own dental x-ray machine soon to be arriving!

Here at YourVets Solihull we believe in supporting our RVN's by developing your nursing skills as you are an integral part of both prep/theatre and the inpatient team. Our nurses are utilised in every area. Dedicating their time to one area per shift for the whole week, ensuring continuity of patient care. We are a team of 11 RVN's, 5 student nurses, 4 PCA's and 8 vets. We also have our own reception team on site to deal with our admin, as well as a practice administrator. Also, we have our very own Minight service that runs each evening with dedicated OOH nurses and vets, however there is chance to cover OOH's when our nurses are on annual leave for more exposure to emergency and critical care.

This is a full time position where you will be working 40 hours per week over 4 days with 1:4 weekends offering a good work life balance. 

In return we offer:

  • Attractive Salary + Benefits package (up to £25,500 depending on experience)
  • Up to 7 weeks holiday a year (+Bank Holidays) with our Buy, Sell Holiday Scheme pro rata
  • Generously funded CPD
  • Share save scheme
  • Perkbox
  • Access to a range of flexible benefits to suit your needs – such as subsidised gym membership or cycle to work schemes and much much more!

Fancy joining our team? Please click Apply Now

Company

CVS (UK) Limited was established in August 1999 to acquire and operate veterinary practices which were well established within their local community and had a reputation for high quality service.  It was recognised that the value of these businesses lay in the quality of their staff and the relationship they enjoyed with their existing clients. To build on this CVS provides professional management expertise in the areas of finance, personnel, practice management, Health & Safety etc,  thereby relieving the local staff of many administrative tasks, to enable them to concentrate on clinical care.

As the number of acquisitions increases,  so does the diversity of operational styles and approaches.  These are shared on a regular basis at meetings of all the clinical directors, giving each practice an opportunity to consider alternative approaches to common problems. New initiatives are considered by this group and then fed back to each of their businesses.

Since 2001 CVS has diversified by acquiring two businesses that offer veterinary histopathology and cytology, plus more general veterinary laboratory services. This provides a wealth of experience to the practice division and the profession in general.

A more recent development has been the focus in acquiring practices in close proximity to each other.  This enables the group to benefit from certain synergies, and provides an opportunity for internal referrals.  Through its support for quality CPD many of the company’s veterinary surgeons have acquired skills of value to their colleagues elsewhere in the group. CVS already employs veterinary Specialists who offer invaluable advice to their colleagues.

Other benefits have also emerged as the company has grown. The use of single suppliers for certain types of product has enabled CVS to get more competitive prices and better support from the manufacturers.  Care is taken not to compromise clinical judgment through its selection of products, and this is achieved by having a working party drawn from the Clinical Director team that considers all options and seeks agreement from their colleagues before arriving at a decision.

Further acquisitions are always being considered but care is taken to ensure that each one is compatible with the CVS culture. The key attributes are their location, their current standing in the local community, their overall performance and the willingness of the existing practice team to embrace the CVS approach to business.

 

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