Registered Veterinary Nurse

Our clients love us and we believe you will too Join our friendly and dynamic team here at Blackwood Vets for Pets

Our location
Our busy practice is based within the Pets at Home pet store in the heart of the South Wales valleys. Just a few minutes’ walk from the small bustling town centre of Blackwood. There is ample parking on site and road, rail and bus links are plentiful in all directions.

Our Practice
Our spacious small animal practice is 7 years old, and we have the clientele of a 15-year-old practice. Our facilities are modern and well maintained. We have 4 separate kennels areas for dogs, cats, exotics, and isolation. There has been continuous investment in diagnostic, surgical, monitoring, and therapeutic equipment for both small animals and exotic pets and we have our own comprehensive in-house laboratory with biochemistry, Epoch, electrolytes, haematology, sediment analyser, microscopes, and small exotic haematology. We also have orthopaedic equipment, a dentistry machine, IPPV, multi-parameter monitors with capnography, ECG, a Sonoscope ProPet 60 ultrasound, digital x-ray, a tonometer, an otoscope, electrocautery, a Class 4 laser machine and access to an endoscope. We are always looking for opportunities to expand our capabilities and our services.

Our Patients & Clients
Our clients travel from a 25-mile radius to see us, and we are one of very few exotic vets in the area. As well as routine surgeries and clinics we also do more complex surgeries such as orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeries (trauma and non-trauma) and echocardiography. We see many pets for medical and surgical treatment including dogs, cats, rabbits as well as small mammals like hamsters, rats and guinea pigs and more exotic exotics like sugar gliders, skunks, hedgehogs, reptiles and birds (including birds of prey).

Our Team
Our team is headed up by JVP Dr J. Colas Ldo. Vet. GPCert(Ex)AP. MCRVS and Senior Vet Dr C. Scheul MCRVS and they are supported by our dedicated Practice Manager Clair who is on hand to provide non-clinical leadership and to support to the whole team. The clinical team is supplemented by 3 additional full time Vets, 4 RVN’s, a Head Nurse, 2 SVN’s and a veterinary care assistants. The practice is also supported by 3 receptionists and a practice administrator.

Our Hours of Work
We provide nursing cover 7 days a week from 8:00 - 20:00 on weekdays and 9:00 - 18:00 on weekends. Our nurses usually work 40 hours a week over 5 days and work 1 weekend in 3 or 4, with a day off in the week to compensate. We do not provide Out of Hours services within our practice; this is provided by a local designated hospital.

The Role
We are looking for a full-time nurse who will work 40 hours a week. (Paid Lunch breaks & Paid overtime). You must be friendly, driven, committed and confident in your existing knowledge and be focused on constantly improving your knowledge and areas of expertise. It is essential that you are customer service focused, a good communicator and that you have a positive attitude. For this role you will need to have at least 1 year experience since graduating and be able to work on your own and as part of a team. Our nursing team performs a mixture of work including monitoring anaesthetics, patient recovery & monitoring, lab work, nurse consults & clinics, stock management and cleaning.

Benefits

Vets4Pets is the market leader in small animal veterinary care and we offer a supportive and friendly working environment together with career development opportunities and an excellent package and benefits that includes the following;

• Competitive salary starting from £27000
• 5.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays (increasing after 2 years service)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Paid memberships
• Dedicated CPD allowance
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards - including 20% off at Pets at Home, The Groom Room and the Vet Group.

For more information, please email us blackwood@vets4pets.com

Location: NP12 0NT

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you#J-18808-Ljbffr

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