Job title: Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Village Vets Longstanton, Cambridgeshire  

Job type: Permanent  

Salary: From £28,350 per annum  

Hours: Full time, average 42 hours per week Monday-Friday with 1:3 Saturday mornings 8am – 12:30pm

*Fantastic opportunity for an RVN to join an established community focused practice in North Cambridgeshire! *  

The Role:  

Village Vets Longstanton has a real community focus and an established team including 2 FTE Vets, 3 nurses and a dedicated client care team. The practice benefits from being an air conditioned, purpose built and well-equipped primary care practice. Facilities include, dental x-ray, digital radiography, ultrasound, multi-parameter monitoring, three consult rooms and one theatre. We are proud to have silver cat friendly status, offering a separate waiting area for cats. On-site parking is available for both staff and clients.

Patient care is a real focus at Longstanton, the team have great flexibility to adapt each day around the needs to each patient and the team share a close bond with clients. We encourage developing each individual team members specific interests, with some of the existing team having interests in behaviour, weight clinics, dentistry and nurse consults which are actively encouraged. If you have your own interests, we love to explore how these can be supported! Longstanton itself a beautiful village situation just off the A14 and M11, north of Cambridge, offering great links to Cambridge, Huntingdon and Newmarket. We are looking for a team player who is confident in their nursing abilities and who at times can support the veterinary team independently.

*Benefits: *  

· 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave

· RCVS 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 program  

· Eyecare voucher scheme  

· Free annual Flu jab  

· Cycle to work scheme  

· Recruitment referral reward scheme  

*About us *  

Village Vet Cambridge has a long established, excellent reputation for providing outstanding care for pets and clients alike. Our veterinary nurses are the foundation of the work that we do.   

With five unique sites in the region, we are fortunate to be able to offer a variety of roles, offering our nurses the opportunity to shape their career so it is a perfect fit whatever that may be. With job satisfaction and happiness at work being one of our biggest priorities we hope you will consider a role with us and would love to hear from you.  

We can offer a transparent career framework for professional progression, alongside excellent pay and benefits. We have supported many nurses with their growth and development over the years, resulting in high retention levels. We are building an open-minded, progressive culture and being part of the Linnaeus and Mars group enables us to truly invest in the long-term future, not just for short-term gains. Our commitment to sustainable and responsible growth is real and exists at every level and our supportive line management system is well established, offering frequent 1:1s and career coaching.  

A Village Vet nursing role includes a wide breadth of nursing duties, incorporating the management of complex medical and surgical patients, provision of perioperative care, assisting with the provision of anaesthesia and schedule III procedures, as well as supporting the patient journey from admission to discharge. We also support our clients with regular (and busy!) nurse clinics. Our vets are amazing, many of them are certificate holders and some are advanced practitioners too. Our veterinary surgeons appreciate and respect the nursing team, valuing their professionalism and input.   

We pride ourselves on learning and evidence-based progression and support this with a generous CPD budget and regular training events. Your personal study and learning would be actively encouraged as part of a bespoke professional development plan. If there is something you want to do? We will work with you to make it happen!  

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 Programme which is available to everyone.  

To be recognised as an exceptional and trusted provider of primary veterinary care to our patients and clients within the communities that we serve. Every patient, every client, every visit.  

*Get in touch! *