The role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team at our Skeldale Hospital in Thirsk. 

This position will offer a varied workload working alongside our supportive team in practice. It will provide you with the opportunity to develop and progress, use your initiative, and promote new ideas.  

In this diverse and dynamic role, you’ll be an RCVS Registered Nurse with small animal practice experience, you put high standards of patient care first and can demonstrate how you’ve worked with empathy and demonstrated initiative when needed. You also understand not only your role but also the capabilPCAs of PCAs and student nurses and are eager to help colleagues to develop their skills and knowledge. You will have the opportunity to undertake clinical coach training to train upcoming RVNs and take part in developing a highly motivated team should you wish to do so.   

Most importantly, you’ll share our values of being trustworthy, caring, and progressive showing your passion and professionalism for working as one team to deliver exceptional care.

The role is working 40 hours per week with 1 in 4 weekends

• - Salary £30,000 per annum (FTE)
• - 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holiday (FTE)
• - Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• - CPD Allowance £750 plus 2 days CPD leave (FTE)
• - RCVS, BVA, and VDS fees paid
• - Access to Wellbeing support and EAP programme
• - Opportunity to be involved in the Valuing Veterinary Nurse Committee
• - Access to a wide range of discounts for days out, high street, and on holidays
• - 100% attendance bonus schemes
• - Colleague Purchase scheme
• - 1-day' Pet'ernity Leave
• - Excellent career progression
• - We also offer relocation allowances should you move more than 50 miles from your current home address
• - We can also support Certificates of Sponsorship for a Tier 2 (General) Visa if you meet the criteria and are eligible to register as a Veterinary Nurse with the RCVS upon arrival in the UK

Skills and experience:

You must be a Registered Veterinary Nurse with the RCVS.

Branch:

Skeldale Veterinary Centre is a thriving hospital set in North Yorkshire in the market town of Thirsk. Our hospital consists of 4 consult rooms, a large operating theatre, a digital X-ray room, ultrasound, a well-equipped prep area, and a large waiting area with a dedicated reception team and night nurse team.

This is a busy branch with a large client base where no two days are like the other. The caseload varies from routine consultations to procedures, with emergency and critical care for our own clients as well as clients from surrounding practices. The branch is well equipped already but has recently undergone refurbishment to gain hospital status including the construction of a cat ward, a cat-friendly waiting area, and a large meeting room for internal CPD and client evenings.

We have a large theatre, dedicated imaging suite, a large prep area, a separate dental/treatment area, four generously proportioned consult rooms, and an excellently equipped in-house laboratory.

Relationships are what are important to us - both between our colleagues and to our clients and their pets. We are a historic practice with a rich heritage and we honour that by building strong relationships with each other and our clients while pushing forward with new techniques and management of cases. We encourage growth in all our staff and opportunities for further education and study are available. The team is dynamic, overflowing with enthusiasm and drive which is contagious and makes everyone strive to achieve their best.

North Yorkshire is a beautiful area, with several world heritage sites on our doorstep, as well as national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, National Trust, and English Heritage properties. Yorkshire is perfect for adventure, but also for relaxation with an abundance of fine dining, as well as traditional pub grub nearby.