Registered Veterinary Nurse

We are looking for an experienced Part Time Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join our friendly Walthamstow team on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

Are you passionate about creating a better world for pets by utilising your nurse consultation skills and supporting our lovely patient care assistant., An RVN is crucial to our business's ability to provide patients with the highest level of clinical care and will ensure that clinical standards & nursing care are aligned supporting the patient journey. The RVN will work closely with the clinicians and their team to cultivate a positive work environment and foster the practice's growth., An RVN responsibilities will include nurse duties such as, provision of nurse consultations, assisting with minor procedures and supporting our patient care assistant. The role will primarily focus on overseeing the daily running of our busy surgery and supporting our veterinary surgeon.

We're looking for a part time RVN, ideally with two years post-qualification experience to join our Walthamstow team on a fixed contract covering our maternity leave. As an ideal candidate, you would have excellent communication skills, be highly organised, and able to work comfortably with autonomy in a small but busy core practice.

Palmerston Veterinary Group was set up in 1968 in Buckhurst Hill, it was granted Veterinary Hospital status by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons the following year - one of the first in the UK to earn this privilege.

In February 2002, we opened the Walthamstow Veterinary surgery, seven years later launching the Hornchurch branch. We are delighted to have expanded our offering by welcoming our Woodford Green surgery to the family, in 2022.

We are dedicated veterinary professionals with the proven track record. Our team of veterinary surgeons, nurses and administrative staff are of the highest calibre., Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best - caring for pets. We are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best - caring for pets.

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team.

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our associates.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays


• Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday


• Enhanced equal family leave


• Enhanced sickness policy


• RCVS & VDS fees paid


• CPD allowance and allocated CPD days


• Access to an extensive range of clinical and non-clinical learning and development programmes


• Progression & development opportunities


• Staff discount schemes


• Discounts with PetPlan


• Wellness program, including;


• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)


• Gym membership discount


• Cycle2Work scheme


• Eye care vouchers


• Flu vaccine voucher


• Recruitment reward scheme