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Post Registration Programme Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Davies Referrals

Job Type: Full time - 12 months FTC

Hours: 40 hours/week

Salary: £27,000/annum

About us

Davies is one of the largest and most diverse, small animal veterinary referral centres in Europe, with a team of over 200 people. We are situated in the beautiful Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire countryside, within 50 minutes of London by train. Founded over 20 years ago, Davies is recognised as a leader in the veterinary referral sector offering a diverse range of multi-disciplinary services. We are also known for our pioneering sustainability initiatives within the industry, having gained the Investors in the Environment Green Award and won several other awards.

Your role and responsibilities

The Veterinary Nursing Post Registration Programme (PRP) is a 12-month programme that combines both professional skills training with hands on clinical veterinary nursing enabling newly qualified nurses to make the transition from student to successful referral Veterinary Nurse.

With the benefit of superb imaging and anaesthesia facilities, as well as specialists working in every discipline, Davies provides a truly rewarding working environment. We have an exceptionally friendly, professional, and dedicated team of nurses who give a warm and supportive welcome to new members of staff. This is an ideal chance for keen individuals to work in one of the UK's leading referral centres and develop their nursing skills.

Experience of working in a referral environment is not required as full support and training will be provided for the successful candidates. The successful candidate will be working alongside our team of Registered Veterinary Nurses, Surgical Veterinary Nurses and Patient Care Assistants to deliver the best veterinary care to our patients.

As part of our structured year-long programme, you will rotate around core areas of the hospital (wards, theatre, and diagnostics) whilst being supported by a trained preceptor (clinical mentor) and skills supervisors (experts in their nursing area). You will be given five professional development days to enhance your career progression and time off rota each week to learn new skills and improve your knowledge base.

Benefits

£500 CPD allowance + 3 days in which to take it5 Professional Development DaysThe equivalent of 2 hours each week off rota for studyPreceptor and PRP manager support25 days holiday + bank holidays + Birthday LeaveRCVS and VDS fees paidExtensive free online Linnaeus CPD programmeCareer progression opportunitiesStaff discount schemes Enhanced sickness pay- Enhanced equal family leaveWellness programme including:Employee assistance programmeEyecare voucher schemeFree annual Flu jabCycle to work schemeChildcare vouchersRecruitment referral reward scheme.

At Linnaeus, we 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. For more information, click here.

We would love to hear from you, please contact Cath Dean at cath.dean@linnaeusgroup.co.uk if you have any questions about the role.

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Salary Value:£27,000 per annum;

We are proud to be Linnaeus, part of Mars.

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly respected primary care and specialist referral practices in the UK and Ireland. Being family owned and part of Mars Veterinary Health, the largest veterinary company in the world, allows us to focus on advancing the veterinary profession to provide industry-leading pet care and unique career opportunities for our people.

Why Linnaeus?

-    We pride ourselves in offering high-quality excellence of service and clinical care for our clients and their pets

-    We lead on sustainability and collectively drive positive change for people, pets and the planet

-    We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing – valuing equity, diversity and inclusion

-    We support your personal and professional development with best-in-class career frameworks and training programmes. We will empower and support you to grow your career from day one.

We team up within our Mars family in partnership for a stronger future.

Linnaeus is an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We treat each other fairly and equitably and we are committed to fostering a culture that is inclusive and diverse for all our Associates.

At Linnaeus, A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with a better world for our people.

If you would like to apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or for more information or please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk