Companion Animal

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Who We Are

We have over 470 Companion Animal first opinion veterinary practices in the UK. They retain their unique identity and individual feel with clinical autonomy to give the best possible care to their patients. We pride ourselves on career development and progression within the division, whilst maintaining our focus on delivering a great client journey. 


Our MiNightVet is a dedicated out-of-hours emergency provider for local veterinary practices. We have 40 companion animal out-of-hours MiNightVet practices to ensure 24/7 joined up care. Each has state-of-the-art facilities and dedicated overnight colleagues to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care. 

Companion Animal roles

Regional Directors are vital to the success of our business. They provide support, coaching and leadership to enable our people and practices to achieve their full potential. Day-to-day our Regional Directors; give strategic direction and leadership to our practices; ensure the delivery of excellent clinical and client care; provide consistent support, training and coaching to meet the needs of practice teams; and help maximise the operational performance of each practice.

Our Clinical Directors lead and support our practice teams. The role is open to qualified veterinary surgeons already in leadership or experienced vets with a desire to progress into a management role. Our Clinical Directors are supported by a wide clinical support network throughout our group.

Our veterinary roles include a variety of consults, surgeries and sole charge. There’s the ability to become involved in QI projects and the opportunity to move into advanced practitioner, certificate holder, internship, specialist or management roles. Our vets are supported by an advanced practitioner and specialist clinical network. 

The operational anchor for all of our sites, our Practice directors and Managers recruit, train and supervise team members. They play a huge role managing day-to-day operations and ensure high levels of client satisfaction. From veterinary or non-veterinary backgrounds they normally have management or leadership experience.

We encourage our nurses to be the nurse they want to be! We promote career and skills development and support our nurses in schedule 3 procedures where they wish to. CVS offers an exciting and varied caseload and career development with our internal Nursing Career Pathway. There’s also the ability to move into leadership roles.

Enthusiastic individuals with a passion for animals make great Patient Care Assistants. The PCA role is one of the foundations of an outstanding veterinary practice, and our PCAs are involved in supporting our team of qualified RVNs and Vets to provide outstanding care to our patients. Many of our PCAs go on to be veterinary nurses. 

Our valued receptionists are the backbone of our practices. On the front line, they regularly act as the key point-of-contact for clients - a key focus of the role. They also play a huge role in organising the workload of a practice, including triaging cases. We offer regular sessions to support our receptionists, where team members collaborate, share experiences and support one-another.

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Current Vacancies

Registered Veterinary Nurse - Maternity cover

RVN Companion Animal First Opinion Nursing Orchard (Sherwood) Region 6 ORCH She0063 Sherwood Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Sherwood First Opinion First Opinion Maternity Cover
Orchard Vets are recruiting for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their team at the end of October on a Maternity Cover basis. This role is working 40 hours per week, including 1:4 Saturdays and no Bank Holidays. The practice has recently be...

Out of Hours Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVN Companion Animal OOH Nursing MiNightVet Winchester (Mildmay) Salary up to £25ph depending on experience Region 10 MILD Win0087 Winchester Hampshire United Kingdom Winchester OOH OOH Annualised Hours
  MiNightVet– OOH Registered Veterinary Nurse, Winchester, Hampshire - 7 nights on, 14 nights off Are you looking for a new challenge whilst maintaining a great work life balance? We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic and caring veterinary n...

Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVN Companion Animal First Opinion Nursing Yew Tree Veterinary Surgery Up to £30k DOE plus benefits Region 4 YEW 0048 Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom Manchester First Opinion First Opinion Permanent
  Yew Tree Veterinary Surgery are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team. We are a friendly, professional and supportive team located just outside Manchester city centre and within 7 miles of Manchester's International Airport...

Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVN Companion Animal First Opinion Nursing Ark Veterinary Surgery (Mobberley) Salary to £32,000, dependent on experience Region 4 5451 Knutsford Cheshire East United Kingdom Knutsford First Opinion First Opinion Permanent
Role: Registered Veterinary Nurse Location: Cheshire Salary: Up to £32,000 DOE Hours: Full Time Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm (30 mins unpaid lunch) or 11.00am to 7.00pm shift patterns with a 1:4 Sunday morning rota 8.30am t...

Registered Veterinary Nurse - FTC

RVN Companion Animal Nursing Nursing Fernside Veterinary Centre Salary up to £34k FTE DOE Region 11 5262 Borehamwood Hertfordshire United Kingdom Borehamwood Nursing Nursing Maternity Cover
  FTC Registered Veterinary Nurse, Fernside Veterinary Care, Borehamwood Salary up to £34k FTE + Dependant on Experience   Exciting opportunity for a RVN to join our friendly and happy team here at Fernside Veterinary Care, Borehamwood, Hertfo...

Registered Veterinary Nurse - Maternity Cover

RVN Companion Animal First Opinion Nursing Riverside Vets (Livingston) Region 1 5487 LIVINGSTON United Kingdom LIVINGSTON First Opinion First Opinion Annualised Hours
Role: Registered Veterinary Nurse Location: Riverside Vets (Livingston, Armadale, Bathgate) Salary: Up to £35,000 dependant on experience + benefits Hours: 38 hours per week, including 1 in 4 Saturdays (8:30am - 4:30pm)  Contract: Fixed Term Contr...

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