Vacancy details
About the role
Combine advanced clinical nursing with day-to-day leadership, mentoring, rota planning and practice standards.
Candor Vets is recruiting a Senior Veterinary Nurse in Shoreham-by-Sea.
The role
- Full-time, permanent Senior Nurse role.
- Day-to-day management of the clinic.
- Mentoring colleagues.
- Implementing protocols.
- Managing rotas, with support from the practice administrator.
- Advanced clinical nursing alongside leadership and organisational responsibilities.
- Mix of theatre, prep and nurse consulting duties.
Working pattern
- 4-day working week.
- Shifts of 8:00am to 6:00pm or 9:00am to 7:00pm.
- 1 in 8 weekends at the hospital, with Monday off in lieu.
- 1 in 14 weeks on the second on-call rota.
- Varied caseload, with nurses fully involved in patient care.
Clinical work
- Registered Veterinary Nurse (RCVS).
- Clinical Coaching qualification, or willingness to obtain it.
- Strong post-qualification clinical nursing experience.
- Excellent anaesthesia monitoring.
- Strong inpatient nursing.
- Theatre nursing experience.
- Medical nursing experience.
- Laboratory skills.
- Emergency and critical care nursing.
- Able to motivate others, with excellent communication.
- Organised, proactive and calm under pressure.
- Good decision-making and problem-solving.
- Passionate about animal welfare and outstanding patient care.
- Committed to ongoing professional development.