Registered Veterinary Nurse / Student Veterinary Nurse

Equine Veterinary Nurse or Student Veterinary Nurse – Full Time

Endell Equine Hospital, Salisbury

We are looking for a Full-Time RVN or SVN to join our hospital on the outskirts of Salisbury in Wiltshire.  You will be based at the hospital, working alongside our surgical and medical specialists and our team of ambulatory vets. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic / proactive and hardworking RVN/SVN to join our nursing team. You must be passionate about horse welfare, have high attention to details and thrive on being part of a busy team.  We are a busy hospital with a growing case load of both first opinion and referral cases.  The role will involve the care of demanding surgical and medical cases.  You must be confident in handling all horses from youngsters through to competition horses.

We have fantastic facilities at Endell Equine Hospital, allowing us to offer the following services:

• Lameness investigations
• Complete diagnostic imaging - radiography, ultrasonography, MRI and nuclear scintigraphy
• Endoscopy including gastroscopy
• Stud medicine and breeding service which includes both chilled and frozen semen AI
• A full range of soft tissue and orthopaedic surgeries
• A full medicine referral service
• Ophthalmology services
• Dentistry

Our facilities include:

• Hospitalisation for numerous horses including under critical care and isolation
• A fully equipped operating theatre which includes a complete range of orthopaedic and arthroscopy equipment, soft tissue and laparoscopic equipment, and emergency operating equipment.
• Dedicated induction and recovery rooms as well as a large purpose built theatre.
• Specialist anaesthetic monitoring equipment and directly observed rope assisted recovery
• Digital nuclear scintigraphy (bone scan), digital radiography, digital ultrasonography, videoendoscopy and videogastroscopy equipment.
• On-site laboratory facilities for bacteriology, parasitology, haematology and biochemistry
• An all-weather lunge arena to assess ridden and lunged horse

A typical working week comprises of 5 working days with variable 8-hour shifts between 8am and 7pm. As a hospital, we offer 24 hour care to our patients so weekday and weekend out of hours duties are part of the role on a 1:5 basis.