Job Information
Linnaeus Registered Veterinary Nurse in Ashford, United Kingdom
Job Title : Registered Veterinary Nurse
Salary: £27,000-£29,600 (DOE)
Location: Cinque Ports Vets, Kingsnorth branch
Job Type: Permanent, full-time
Hours: An average of 40.78 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8.5 hour shifts between 07:30-19:30, 1 in 4 Saturdays alternate 8-4 or 9-4.
Cinque Ports Vets are looking for a fabulous, pro-active nurse to join their team! If you’re passionate about setting high standards of care with a gentle, kind, and empathetic nature we want to hear from you.
Role and Responsibilities
You will be doing what you do best – nursing. We fully utilise our nurses and encourage them to excel in all areas, including performing schedule 3 procedure. You will be fully supported to achieve this by our fantastic customer care and a patient care assistant teams. Someone who is interested in becoming a clinical coach is preferred.
We asked some of our fabulous nurse team what their favourite things are about nursing with at Cinque Ports:
“We have the time to spend with nervous patients, we use lots of social clinics, we use fear free handing and chemical restraint where necessary and we never, ever scruff cats”
“It’s the little things like having a calm, quiet, cat waiting area. The cats are never anywhere near any dogs and there are plenty of cat castles, roomy kennels and lots of Pet Remedy”
“We use multi-modal analgesia with pain scores. We even use local anaesthetic for our neutering's as standard.”
“Our standard of care is on a referral centre level, but we are a close knit team with a family feel and no out of hours”
Benefits Include
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
RCVS and VDS fees paid
External CPD funded
Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
Career progression opportunities
Staff discount schemes
Life Assurance
Enhanced sickness pay
Enhanced equal family leave
E-car salary sacrifice scheme
Recruitment referral reward scheme
Wellness program including:
Employee assistance program
Eyecare voucher scheme
Free annual Flu jab
Cycle to work scheme
About us
Cinque Ports Vets have over 90 years' experience providing outstanding care for pets across Kent and Sussex. Working with VetsNow, we provide a 24-hour emergency care service from our hospital, ensuring our patients continue to receive excellent round-the-clock care. We are proud to say that we've been awarded Gold and Silver Cat Friendly Clinic statuses and multiple RCVS awards.
Cinque Ports Vets, as part of Linnaeus, are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available for everyone.
If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss it further, please get in touch with our Talent Acquisition Specialist Paige at Paige.suckley@linnaeusgroup.co.uk