Registered Veterinary Nurse
Registered Veterinary Nurse, Cariad Vets.
Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4US.
Salary £24,000 - £28,000.
Start date – June 2023.
Cariad Vets is a newly formed, determinedly independent practice in Swansea.
The whole team will have a patient-first ethos and aspire to the highest clinical standards. Our focus will be keeping our team happy and valuing everyone’s work-life balance. We won’t work to targets or KPIs, our aim instead will be healthy patients and happy clients.
Your job satisfaction is a huge priority of ours and we want our nurses to use their skills to their full potential. You will have daily nurse clinics, lead our anaesthetic inductions and maintenance, perform radiography, dental descaling and polishing, take blood samples and undertake schedule 3 procedures.
As we grow, we will become a nurse training practice and grow our clinical team organically by training up our own ACAs into nurses and supporting their career progression. We will also fully support your continued development, and if you desire to enrol for a certificate you would be supported in doing so.
The practice is newly built and equipped with separate dog & cat wards and waiting areas, a large surgical theatre, imaging suite with DR X-ray and ultrasonography, an in-house laboratory, a nurses consultation room, staff common room and nurse office.
We will have monthly nurse meetings, along with clinical meetings for case discussions and provide in-house CPD. We have a forward-thinking attitude and are always looking for ways to develop and evolve. We will set up focus groups to look at key areas for developing the practice, specifically clinical standards, sustainability, arthritis management, behavioural management, dental care and our digital journey.
As a newly established practice our team will start off small, with a RVN and a veterinary receptionist. ACAs and further RVNs will be employed as the practice grows. The OOH work will be performed by Vets Now, so there will be no on-call rota.
The practice is located on the outskirts of Swansea, very near the M4, with easy access to the Gower peninsula and the Brecon Beacons.
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity to create a new team with a forward-thinking attitude, then please call us now for an informal chat or simply just apply now!
Benefits include:
· 5 weeks holiday (plus all bank holidays)
· Salary range £24k - £28k
· Generous CPD & support for further education (certificates).
· Professional fees for RCVS, Veterinary Defence Society and one other paid.
· Company pension with 4% matched employer contribution.
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Bi-annual development reviews.
· Monthly nurse, clinical and full practice meetings.
· Social events.
· Annual pay reviews.