Looking for a nursing role with an excellent work-life balance, great team and fantastic facilities? Medivet Watford 24 is a modern 24-hour veterinary hospital providing emergency, critical care and inpatient services, supported by an experienced clinical team.

We’re looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our dedicated night team. This is a great opportunity for an RVN who enjoys emergency and critical care nursing and wants to work in a supportive hospital environment.

What makes this role stand out?

• £2,000 sign-on bonus | £42,000 FTE (£26,800 prorated per year)
• 7 nights on, 14 nights off – excellent work-life balance
• Work alongside another RVN and a Veterinary Surgeon every night
• A varied emergency, critical care and inpatient caseload
• Excellent equipment including CT, X-ray, dental X-ray, ultrasound, scopes and ventilator
• Opportunity to develop your emergency and critical care nursing skills

Want to earn extra? We offer our employees exclusive opportunities to pick up additional shifts before offering them externally. Rates are benchmarked against external market averages, ensuring competitive pay for our colleagues.

You’ll play an important role in delivering outstanding overnight patient care, supporting emergency consultations and critical cases, and helping ensure the smooth running of the hospital overnight.

Your career means more than a rota and a job title, that’s why we offer:

Health and wellbeing

• Health Cash Plan from day one

• 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support

• Life Assurance 3 x salary

Learning and development

• £750 CPD allowance prorated

• Access to Clinical Communities, internal CPD and our 24-hour hospitals

• Funded certificates and internal career pathways

Additional support

• RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid

• Cycle to Work

• Season Ticket Loans

• Discounts on Medivet products and services

About you

You’re a RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for delivering exceptional patient and client care.  You’re a team player who wants to make a real difference in a practice that values and supports you. 

What you’ll be doing

Typically, in this role, you’ll:

• Deliver exceptional care to patients, carrying out nurse led appointments and schedule 3 activities, supporting consults, surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards
• Deliver patient monitoring and care, and manage admissions and discharges 
• Deliver exceptional care to your clients
• Work collaboratively within a supportive team 

About Medivet

Medivet is a leading Veterinary care provider, with over 400 practices, including 24-hour centres and referral hospitals, across the UK and Europe. We’re more than a network – we’re a community.

We believe in providing the right treatment for our pets and our people. That means giving you the tools, time and support to build the career you want.

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