Veterinary Nurse- Anglesey
Veterinary Nurse
- Fulltime opportunity
- 40 hours a week
- 4 days a week
- Saturday rota
- No OOH's
- A great salary up to £30,000
Purovets have an excellent opportunity for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their busy team. Their nursing team help with administration, reception, and cleaning duties as well as:
- Assisting vets during consulting, X-ray, surgery, post-op care/discharge and house visits
- Monitoring anaesthetics
- Conduct Schedule 3 procedures and dental scale and polish
- Take skin scrapes, hair plucks, cytology samples, urine samples, etc and interpret findings
- Take and develop X-rays
- Conduct sterilisation/regular maintenance of practice equipment as appropriate
- Run and maintain the biochemistry, haematology, and coagulation machine
- Provide food and drink for animals as required
- Create and implement care plans for in-patients and update computer records
- Administer flea and worming treatments and implant microchips
- Hold nursing clinics
As a Vet Nurse you will also maintain contact with clients about the animal's well-being after surgery. You will instruct and supervise work experience students/pupils and act as clinical coach after relevant training. You will have a pro-active attitude towards lifelong learning (CPD) and keeping this up to date.
They are a small animal practice. They have been providing services to their loyal client base for over 15 years! Their equipment includes a modern IDEXX in-house laboratory (catalyst and procyte), digital AGFA CR X-ray, colour Doppler ultrasound with ECG, tonopen, and slit lamp.
Their fantastic team comprises 2 full-time vets, with a 3rd vet due to start in autumn, 2.5 veterinary nursing and reception staff, and their Clinical Director who holds a PGCertSAS. The principal vet has a particular interest in small animal surgery and orthopaedics (regularly carrying out TTAs) and holds a PGCertSAS also.
The role includes some fantastic Benefits: Work life balance
- 6 weeks annual leave
Your birthday as a paid day off
Wellbeing
Enhanced family-friendly policies
Private Medical Insurance
Cycle to Work scheme
Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
Non-accidental injury support
Development
£550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid pro rata
Certificate support
All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
Infection Prevention and Control Programme
Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
VDS cover
RCVS fees
To apply please contact Hannah on 01904 570056 or email a copy of your up-to-date CV to h.pinder@purovets.com
To view all our vacancies, please visit www.purovets.com