FTC Night Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

12-month FTC Night Registered Veterinary Nurse – Small Animal

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Penmellyn Vets have a fantastic opportunity for a Part-time Night Nurse to join their St. Columb Major Hospital! This is a 12-month maternity cover role. We are looking for someone to join us part-time of 31.25 hours per week, over five days every other week.

You will work alongside a fantastic team completing general nursing duties including inpatient care, theatre work, triaging out-of-hours emergencies and supporting the night vet in providing an out-of-hours service. Our night team, each night, currently consists of a night nurse, a night vet, a twilight nurse and a late evening and early morning prep room assistant or veterinary nurse student.

Penmellyn Vets is set in Mid Cornwall, we have the main Hospital and 5 branch surgeries throughout the area. This vacancy is situated at the main hospital in St Columb, which is where our out-of-hours service runs from.

• Work‑life balance: 6.6 weeks annual leave, increasing holiday allowance based on length of service, your birthday as a paid day off.
• Wellbeing:
  Enhanced family‑friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, initiatives focused on employee wellbeing including discounted gym membership, non‑accidental injury support.
• Development: £550 CPD allowance, certificate support, learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy, access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider, all our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding, infection prevention and control programme, quality improvement programme.
• Professional Memberships: VDS cover, RCVS fees.
• Additional:
  Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers; pension 5% Employee/3% Employer; discounted staff pet care.

Salary of up to £29,900 pa DOE.

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