Night Veterinary Nurse

We are the only independent dedicated out-of-hours clinic based on the outskirts of Chester.

A rare opportunity to work inside a multi-disciplinary referral RCVS-Accredited Hospital our evenings and weekends are made up of emergency treatment as well as ongoing care of hospitalised patients, with full referral clinician back up.

You will have access to a range of referral standard equipment including endoscopy, CT scanning and ultrasound, with a range of drip pumps, syringe drivers and extensive laboratory suite. We keep transfusion products on-site and are part of the Blood Sharing Scheme and pride ourselves on accommodating home-visits wherever possible.

Out-of-hours care for us is about offering access to the best level of local support for stressed clients in emergency situations, and ensuring the standard of care is high but also affordable for pets and their owners. This means no equipment is ‘restricted access’ to the referral clinicians only, and no off-site call centre’s handling calls! We have an on-site daytime administration team to support the clinic.

On the Wirral Peninsula, we are close by to major transport links and airports in the cities of Liverpool and Manchester.

Rota- 0.75

FTE (Av annualised 31-33 hour week), 7-on-14 off; 730pm – 830am

Salary- £33-40k pro rata (based on 40 hour week) PLUS bonus scheme

BUPA Healthcare (including dependents up-to age 22)

Employee Assistance Programme

Bright

HR discounts with retailers

RCVS and VDS fee’s paid

Capability – RVN with a passion for ECC and inpatient care. Confidence with complex anaesthesia preferred as well as critical inpatient care, managing of feeding tubes, catheters and transfusion medicine. Working well under pressure and empathetic customer care essential.

Job Description- You will be responsible for managing the spectrum of emergency work from OOH phone calls, acute OOH cases, GP and referral inpatient care and admit/triage of routine and emergency referrals. Working alongside experienced ECC vets you will usually be responsible for 5-15 inpatients per night, and will be confident in running a range of in-house labs and diagnostics.

Who you are - Confident, capable, enthusiastic, professional RVN with an interest in ECC. High standards of clinical and client care. Excellent record keeping. You will be keen to be involved in the nursing of referral cases out-of-hours and become a valuable team player with close links to the day teams.

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