Veterinary Nurse - ECC

It takes a certain calibre of vet nurse to thrive in an emergency environment, and we expect our hospital teams to lead from the front in terms of experience and skill. On shift you will be working alongside our ECC team providing daytime emergency care. This role will involve triage and stabilisation of newly emergent patients, as well as more advanced ECC tasks such as placing central lines, arterial sampling and catheters and monitoring invasive blood pressure. You will be required to provide a high standard of inpatient care in ICU for a wide variety of cases including referral cases from our Internal Medicine and Surgery services. This is an opportunity to work with Specialist and AP vets in a multi-disciplinary environment. We are committed to training our nurses to the highest standard and continued professional development. Key requirements

• RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
• Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
• Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
• Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.
  We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
As the UK's leading pet emergency service, we have a route to an exciting career in emergency and critical care for veterinary surgeons and registered veterinary nurses, no matter where you are in your career. Vets Now was founded by Richard Dixon, a veterinary surgeon who understood the pressures of being on-call which also trying to maintain a good quality of life. Today, almost two decades since Richard did his first out-of-hours shift, we're still just as passionate about emergency and critical care and our clinics are all managed by people who have worked as frontline vets or vet nurses. In an emergency, pet owners want to know they've got the experts on board. And so do we.
Working an average 40-hour week covering the following shifts on a rotating pattern: 07:00 to 18:00, 09:30 to 20:00, 10:00 to 18:00 and 10:30 to 21:30 Plus, a fair share of bank holidays. Unlock your potential We will support you in your development and provide you with access to professional qualifications, such as our widely recognised ECC certificate and industry leading CPD package. Why Join Us?
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced sick and maternity pay.
• 7 weeks annual leave.
• Your birthday as a paid day off.
• £1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
• RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
• Reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100s of retailers.
• UK Standard Pension contributions - 5% Employee/3% Employer.
• Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
• Death in service of two times annual salary.