Head Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Do you have the ambition to be part of the driving force behind our progressive yet close knit team?

White Lodge Veterinary Surgery, based in an area of outstanding natural beauty with Woodbury Common, the Exe Estuary, the coast and 1.5 miles of sandy beach on our doorstep. We have an exciting opportunity for an RVN to join as our Head Nurse.  You will be working closely with our Head Vet to provide leadership to our clinical team, with a commitment to promoting a culture of continuous quality improvement and clinical excellence.  We are looking for a confident and capable leader with excellent communication skills.  

Our practice prides itself on being a part of the local community and is staffed by a friendly, vibrant team.  We are an RCVS training practice and have 5 RVN's, one student veterinary nurse and two patient care assistants.  White Lodge is also a Bristol Vet School training partner and you will support student learning whilst they are on 4-week placements as part of their final year rotations. We invest in our team and encourage our colleagues to pursue their professional interests so that everyone has the opportunity to develop their career.

Duties will include managing the day-to-day running of the clinical areas, delegation and oversight of areas of responsibility within the nursing team, induction of new staff members, regular ‘check-ins' and one to one meetings, Organising and leading nurse team meetings , monthly rotas, controlled drugs audits and other administrative duties associated with the role.

This is a full-time role working 35 to 40 hours a week with 1 in 5 Saturday mornings.  There are no OOH duties. We can offer a salary up to £37,000 per annum depending on experience.

Our standard benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (or equivalent) with our Buy/Sell holiday scheme - allowing you to purchase an additional two weeks of annual leave
• Generously encouraged and fully funded CPD – abundant opportunities within the business aided by internal and external development courses and programmes
• Receive an extra day of annual leave each year in your first 5 years at CVS
• Cycle to work scheme and subsidised gym membership
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme – automatic enrolment and completely hassle free
• Access to First Aid for Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions across CVS and 300 trained CVS colleagues in this role
• Colleague discount on pet products and treatments including free consults, cost price drugs and a discount to our online pharmacy, Animed.
• Access to the company share-save scheme

Join us at CVS

We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and able to do their best work. We foster an inclusive and equitable workplace, where diverse perspectives are invited and people feel safe to speak up.

Wellbeing support is always available, from monthly line-manager check-ins to our network of 400 Wellbeing Champions, Pastoral Support Vets and personal mentors. We offer leading benefits and policies, such as our Health Shield which provides support for physical and mental health.

Our aim is to free up clinical colleagues to do what they do best, so we offer practices a wide range of operational support. Central expert HR, recruitment, payroll, IT, finance, procurement teams are on hand to support with all aspects relating to the smooth running of each practice.

We prioritise investment in our facilities, delivering significant enhancements across numerous practices through a dedicated multi-million-pound improvement fund.

Interested? Please click apply now! For further details or an informal chat, please contact Emily in the recruitment team at emily.card@cvsvets.com