Registered Veterinary Nurse - Small Animal

Ark House Vets, Leighton Buzzard are looking for an enthusiastic and caring RVN to join our team! Working as part of our supportive team to provide the highest level of care for our clients and their pets in the locality, running your own nurse clinics which include - dentistry, diabetic, behaviour, well being, juniors, puppy parties, arthritis and work on schedule 3 procedures as well as supporting the 5 vets in practice., Our team includes 6 brilliant Vets, 9 fantastic RVN's as well as being a nurse training practice. We have 5 fabulous Front of House staff plus our support staff and are RCVS accredited.

We're keen to welcome another team player with great people skills and a sense of humour who wants a new challenge in a safe and supportive environment. We are looking for someone who demonstrates empathy with clients and a desire to practice good medicine. The ability to communicate effectively is vital, we value teamwork and appreciate staff contributing ideas to improve our practice and services.

We are a single site practice in the lovely Beds/Bucks border. For a veterinary nurse there's no such thing as the perfect job, but it's perfectly possible to get close. The right job needs to tick a lot of boxes including colleagues and management who'll willingly lend a hand when you're stretched and lend an ear when you've had a tough day including 3 fully trained Mental Health First Aiders. Our practice ethos focuses on doing the right thing, providing gold standard care to both pets and clients. We have excellent, confident RVN's and Vets with outstanding front of house support.

Our people are at the heart of everything that we do, that's why we know that work-life balance is vital in supporting our people to be their best selves. Our flexible approach to rota patterns and working hours offers a balance that truly flexes with you and your lifestyle no matter what stage you are in your career. Ideally working on average 36 hours per week with 1:4 Saturday mornings until 1:00pm and No OOH duties, however we can consider full/part time candidates for this role., We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from -Work-life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Additional holiday entitlement for your birthday
Wellbeing
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support
Development
• £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid CPD leave pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider All our Vets & Nurses can
• for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme
Professional Memberships
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees
Additional
• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
• Pension 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care
Ark House Vets, Leighton Buzzard 22 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 1HJ, United Kingdom Animals treated Small animals