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RVN salaries range from £30k to £33k, 0-3 years

Senior VN salaries range from £33k to £37k, 3-6 years

Head VN salaries £37k+, 6+ years

Virtue Vets is looking for competent, ambitious and entrepreneurial Veterinary Nurses at all levels for our new, premium, state-of-the-art clinics in London. Our team has posted 8.2 out of 10.0 satisfaction ratings and our eNPS is 50 when the industry benchmark is minus 50.

This role should be viewed as an opportunity to step outside your comfort zone and try something new and exciting.

Clinics

Our stylish clinics feature a contemporary aesthetic that appeals to both pets and their humans. We are equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic, surgical, and lab equipment to ensure the highest standard of care. Each site has 3 consult rooms, including a dedicated feline consult. The open-plan prep feeds an imaging suite, a dental suite and a sterile surgical theatre. Each clinic has a team room.

We are also equipped with

• an imaging suite with a 2m Digital Static X-Ray
• Vetus 50 ultrasound with three probes and VVS Specialist Cardiology hookups
• The latest Mindray anesthesia machines with ventilators and uMEC 12 monitors
• iM3 CR7 Dental X-ray machines and iM3 dental machines
• Endo/Laparoscopy Kit and rigid scopes
• 10+ in-house lab analysers running 70+ tests
• HTVista scanners for scanning lumps and bumps

The Team

Each site has three vets and a similar number of nurses. The team is exceptional, as the business has been extremely selective about hiring only the best veterinary professionals in London. Each team member is clinically competent and keen on supporting each other in the workplace.

Clinical Skills

• Patient assessment & monitoring
• Anaesthesia & sedation
• Intravenous skills
• Medication administration
• Diagnostic procedures
• Surgical nursing
• Wound care & bandaging
• assisting with fracture support
• Nutritional support – assisted feeding, tube feeding care (NG, oesophageal)
• Emergency & critical care
• Infection control – barrier nursing, isolation ward protocols, disinfection

You must love doing the following

• Mentorship – supporting junior nurses in clinical skills
• Training – demonstrating and supervising key procedures for less experienced staff
• Delegation – allocating daily nursing tasks under direction of Head Nurse or Lead Vet
• Client support – post-op discharge advice, inpatient updates, basic owner education (nutrition, medication administration)
• Record keeping – ensuring accurate patient notes and legal compliance (NMC-style for veterinary context)
• Stock checks – assisting in ordering/rotation of consumables and pharmacy stock
• Practice standards compliance – supporting audits, maintaining RCVS standards in day-to-day nursing care

People, Protocols and Career Progression

Candidates should have a passion for educating customers about treatment options and preventative care. You must be keen to use structured clinical protocols. Being personable (i.e. good with people) is, of course, essential to achieve all of the above. Meaningful career progression opportunities are available for those who are keen to development further. We are opening new clinics which will each need a senior team to lead their growth.

Must-have Attributes of Successful Candidates

An entrepreneurial nature is a must-have. In practical terms this means:

• Being a self-starter (takes responsibility, gets things done)
• Willing to do things differently and not “how they have always been done”
• Flexible and comfortable with rapid change
• Willing to improve the clinic’s operational performance
• Constructively recognizing, escalating and helping solve clinical problems
• Not a behind-the-scenes complainer. Not “gossipy”
• Cheerful and positive attitude

Hours and Rota

Clinic hours: 08:00am – 6:00pm Monday through Sunday

Shift pattern: 5 days x 8 hours

Weekend work: 1 in 3 weekends

Benefits

• 5.6 weeks per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays.
• Pension contribution.
• Membership of the RCVS
• Discretionary VDS Membership
• £1,000 per annum of CPD allowance plus 3 days paid leave*
• Staff discounts on treatments and drugs for own pets
• Private medical insurance for you and your dependants*
• Life assurance*
• Critical illness cover*

*after probation

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent