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Lead Registered Veterinary Nurse
Location: 2 High Street, Bushey Practice: Blythwood Vets Bushey Practice Details
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Lead Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)
Location: Blythwood, Bushey
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £36,000 DOE
Overview
The Lead Nurse role is key to the business’s ability to provide a high level of clinical standards. The Lead Nurse will ensure that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective to support the profitability and further growth of the practice. Working enthusiastically with your team, you will help maintain a happy, efficient working environment whilst providing outstanding patient and client care.
Main Purpose & Goals
- Maintain an overview of the nursing team and provision of patient care across the team that you lead
- Manage your area of responsibility by working with other lead nurses and the Clinical Nursing Manager to achieve this
- Demonstrate an excellent work protocol in all nursing duties, including a high level of hygiene and the ability to recognise and undertake relevant actions with regards to infection control
- Approximately 95% of the role will be clinical duties, with 5% allocated to administration, including a full share of the on-call rota
- Ensure that you and those working in your area of responsibility provide a high and sustainable quality of nursing care
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a high level of clinical standards including implementing the PSS and ISFM
- Provide leadership to those working in your area of responsibility
- Support the Clinical Nursing Manager
- Ensure effective communication within your area of responsibility
What We Offer
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays and Birthday Leave
- RCVS and VDS fees paid
- Generous CPD allowance and allocated CPD days
- Access to extensive Linnaeus clinical and non-clinical CPD programmes
- Career development opportunities within a leading practice and the wider Linnaeus network
- Pension scheme with employer contribution
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Annual flu vaccination
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff discount and benefits platform
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of all our Associates. Blythwood benefits from access to wellbeing resources, Mental Health First Aiders, and confidential support services to ensure our teams feel supported both professionally and personally.
How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply button.
For an informal discussion or more information about the role or Blythwood practice, please contact our Nursing Talent Acquisition Business Partner:
Purvi Kataria
Email: Purvi.Kataria@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
All applications with the relevant skills and qualifications will be carefully considered. If you require any support in completing your application, please contact the Talent Acquisition team.
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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.
If you would like to apply for this role, please click the Apply Button or for more information, please feel free to reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
