Exotic Pets Veterinary Nurse

4 weeks ago

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom Southfields Veterinary Specialists Full time

Southfields Veterinary Specialists is seeking a talented Registered Veterinary Nurse to support our existing teams in providing exceptional care to a wide variety of patients visiting our exotic service.

You will see an exciting and varied referral and emergency caseload, allowing you to work within an exceptional team and develop your career working alongside our Exotics Service Team Leader.

This is a rewarding and challenging role that will require teamwork and dedication to the service and its patients.

As an exciting addition to Southfields in January 2021, our exotics service is looking for a proactive, dedicated, and knowledgeable RVN to support its continued growth.

With the ability to treat a large range of exotic species, including birds, domestic fowl, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, arthropods, fish, and zoo animals, you will work alongside Dominic to establish, implement and evolve working processes in this growing discipline.

You will have access to on-site advanced diagnostic imaging, including MRI, CT, endoscopy, and intra-operative fluoroscopy; in-house radiotherapy treatment and operating theatres, enabling you to utilise your knowledge and experience to support patients requiring investigations and medical and surgical management for a variety of conditions.

You will be required to liaise with all disciplines to facilitate the highest standard of patient care through effective communication from the point of admit through to discharge.

What kind of person you need to be?

You need to be a highly motivated self-starter with:

  • An interest in, and experience of working with, exotic pets.
  • The desire to provide the best clinical service to all our patients.
  • The ability to help develop and shape a growing service.
  • The ability to work as part of a team and individually.
  • An inclination to learn and develop your clinical skills.
  • A passion for mentoring and training colleagues.

Specific experience/qualification/status/citizenship requirements

You must fulfil the following requirements:

  • Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) with a minimum of 1-year post-registration experience
  • Have experience of working with a range of exotic pets
  • Have an excellent command of written and spoken English.
  • Maintain a professional and caring approach in all aspects of your work.
  • Provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

Additional qualifications in exotic species nursing, such as Advanced Programme in Veterinary Nursing of Zoo and Exotic Species (APVN), are desirable but not essential

About Us

We are a multi-disciplinary, RCVS accredited specialist lead referral centre within the county of Essex, where we work to the highest standards of veterinary care for pets, creating a seamless experience for them and their owners.

Benefits

  • 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
  • RCVS and VDS fees paid
  • External CPD funded
  • Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Staff discount schemes
  • Life Assurance
  • Enhanced sickness pay
  • Enhanced equal family leave
  • E-car salary sacrifice scheme
  • Employer contribution pension scheme
  • Wellness program including:Employee assistance programEyecare voucher schemeFree annual Flu jabCycle to work scheme
  • Recruitment referral reward scheme
  • Excellent location only 30 minutes by train from central London, within easy reach of the beautiful Essex countryside and extremely well located for international travel links by air and train.

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Program which is available for everyone.

Part of an amazing global family

Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

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