Vacancy details
About the role
Take a lead nursing role in an established first-opinion practice, supporting a sole-charge vet and veterinary nursing assistant.
Candor Vets is working with an established veterinary practice in Kingston upon Thames to find a Registered Veterinary Nurse.
Practice and facilities
- Established first-opinion practice located in a period building with generous consult and colleague areas and a separate office for administrative duties.
Clinical work
- Provide consistently high standards of nursing care and maintain comprehensive hospitalisation records.
- Assist the veterinary surgeon in theatre and during consultations as required.
- Ensure patient comfort and welfare and maintain correct cleaning, packing and sterilisation of equipment.
What you will be doing
- Maintain adequate stocks of drugs, diets and consumables and place orders as necessary.
- Support induction and training of new staff and act as a clinical supervisor for student nurses.
- Provide reception duties as required, handling clients in person, by email and by telephone.
Working pattern
- Full-time role with a four-day working week (Wednesdays off). The role operates as a sole-charge practice RVN and includes a practice Saturday rotation and occasional Saturdays at a nearby 24-hour hospital; there are no on-call requirements.