Vacancy details
About the role
Lead four theatres so they run efficiently and to a high standard.
Candor Vets is working with an established veterinary hospital in Wanstead to find a Senior Theatre Registered Veterinary Nurse for maternity cover until next spring.
What you will be doing
- Carry out GA sheet audits, pre-GA checklist audits and GA troubleshooting.
- Provide theatre training and in-house CPD, including ventilator, endoscope and ethylene oxide training, and look after scope maintenance.
- Keep set-up folders and theatre SOPs up to date, maintain surgical kits and surgery stock, organise the theatre day, and order medical air.
- Attend and contribute to leadership meetings, and help cover Charge Nurse when needed.
Working pattern
Who this suits
- Full-time, 40 hours per week, over 4 or 5 days.
- Maternity cover until next spring.
- 1:6 weekend rotation with time off in lieu, and 2 bank holidays per year.
- Included in the last-resort on-call rotation every 1:10 weeks.
- An experienced hospital RVN with a keen interest in theatre.
- An RVN who has not been in a senior role before may be considered if they want to develop into a theatre lead.
Practice and facilities
- First-opinion work plus internal referral surgical cases from surrounding sites in East, North and Central London.
- On-site CT, a commercial laboratory, and experienced surgeons doing advanced orthopaedic, soft tissue and minimally invasive surgery.
Team and support
- Large clinical team, with on-site nursing leadership and hospital management.
- No on-site parking; public transport is advised. A Central Line station is a short walk away.