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Referral Registered Veterinary Nurse (Neurology) - Alton

Employer
CVS (UK) Limited
Location
Alton, Hampshire
Salary
Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
Closing date
2 Apr 2021

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Job Details

Referral Service specific RVN (Neurology)

Reporting to: Senior Referral Service RVN

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week including unsociable hours contributing to the weekend rota, part time applications will also be considered.

Starting: ASAP

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists is a large multidisciplinary referral hospital providing veterinary referral services across the South of England including London and the Thames Valley. Our services include Orthopaedic surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, ECC, Soft Tissue Surgery, Cardiology, and Diagnostic Imaging. The hospital is an ISFM gold feline clinic and was awarded the BVHA design award for an outstanding working environment. We are part of CVS (UK) Ltd, the largest provider of integrated veterinary services in the UK; the referrals division currently operates nine referral hospitals in the UK and Ireland.

We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic RVNs to join our Referral Services nursing team to fill service specific roles in neurology. The Referral service RVN team spend the majority of their time working with their specific service but also contribute to other services should the caseload require. This is a role working alongside our front line service clinicians in neurology with contribution to work with the internal medicine, ECC, cardiology, orthopaedics, soft tissue surgery and ophthalmology teams if required. The role incorporates assistance with inpatient care, emergency and critical-care nursing and anaesthesia provision.

You will be working in a dedicated team of RVNs and PCAs and specialist-led referral team. The team includes several diplomates in neurology, internal medicine, ECC, ophthalmology surgery and anaesthesia. We support further professional development with a number of our nursing team having post graduate qualifications. You will receive competitive remuneration and a generous benefits package.

Previous referrals experience is desirable but not essential. If you are interested, why not come and spend time with us so you can find out if the role is right for you.

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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