Head Veterinary Nurse
Medivet
Date: 1 day ago
City: Chorley, England
Contract type: Full time

We are currently seeking a Head Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our dedicated team at
Medivet 24 Hour Chorley.
The clinic is a well-established, community-focused veterinary practice dedicated to providing top-quality care to our beloved animal patients. With everything you need on your doorstep.
You'll be working with our super supportive Chris BP and Mel Heaton PM. We have a lovely team of 7 day & 3 night team of RVN's, 8 surgeons, 4 CCA and 1 VCA
The position is full-time working 40hrs a weeks mix of early and and lates. 1 in 6 weeks weekends.
Please contact [email protected] for further discussions.
Key Benefits
Exceptional care is at the heart of everything we do at Medivet. That’s the care for our patients, our clients and for each other – we really want to make a positive difference through every interaction we have.
In This Role You Will
Medivet 24 Hour Chorley.
The clinic is a well-established, community-focused veterinary practice dedicated to providing top-quality care to our beloved animal patients. With everything you need on your doorstep.
You'll be working with our super supportive Chris BP and Mel Heaton PM. We have a lovely team of 7 day & 3 night team of RVN's, 8 surgeons, 4 CCA and 1 VCA
The position is full-time working 40hrs a weeks mix of early and and lates. 1 in 6 weeks weekends.
Please contact [email protected] for further discussions.
Key Benefits
- Health cash plan from day one (covering dental, physio and optical services) with 24/7 Private GP Service.
- Life Assurance 3 x salary.
- Access to 24-hour counselling by phone or in person should you feel you need support.
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays rising to 6 with length of service.
- An additional ‘Day for You’, a paid day’s leave for you to use as you wish.
- Clinical CPD: £750 per year plus 2 days’ paid leave
- Internal CPD and access to Clinical Communities
- Funded certificate opportunities.
- VDS and RCVS fees paid.
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Discounts on Medivet products and services.
Exceptional care is at the heart of everything we do at Medivet. That’s the care for our patients, our clients and for each other – we really want to make a positive difference through every interaction we have.
In This Role You Will
- Consistently deliver exceptional care to your clients.
- Support with surgeries and procedures, completing all pre and post procedure activity.
- Carry out nurse led appointments and schedule 3 activities.
- Deliver patient monitoring and care.
- Manage admissions and discharges as directed by the Veterinary team.
- Complete patient transfers to out of hours or enhanced care.
- Dispense and check medication.
- Deliver professional excellence, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards.
- Hold briefings to engage and co-ordinate your team to support the most effective running of the practice.
- RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse.
- Experience of delivering exceptional patient and client care.
- Experienced in working effectively as part of a team.
- Experience of supporting Nurse consults, with an understanding of how this contributes to practice performance and efficiency.
- Experienced in using coaching and influencing skills to get the best out of every colleague.
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