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Lead RVN
Location: 5 The Rosebird Centre, Stratford Upon Avon Practice: Avonvale Veterinary Centres Stratford Practice Details
If you are a current Linnaeus Associate, you will need to apply internally. In order to do this, please contact our Talent Acquisition team (details can be found via The Link) and someone will be in touch to discuss and progress your application.
WE’RE HIRING: LEAD REGISTERED VETERINARY NURSE
Avonvale Veterinary Practice – Stratford-upon-Avon
Full-Time • 40 hrs/week • 4.5 days • 1:7 Saturday mornings
Are you a Registered Veterinary Nurse with 2+ years’ experience looking to take the next step in your career?
Do you thrive in a supportive, friendly team where your skills are truly utilised?
If so, Avonvale Stratford wants to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated RVN to join us as our Lead Nurse, helping guide and support our talented nursing team while shaping the future of our progressive practice.
What You’ll Do
As Lead Nurse, you’ll play a key role in:
- Supporting, developing and mentoring our nursing team
- Working closely with our Senior Vet, CNM and fellow nurses
- Ensuring practice and group policies are upheld
- Helping create a happy, efficient and collaborative working environment
- Enjoying full nurse utilisation — including consults and Schedule 3 procedures
- Facilitate clinical audits at your site as required within your area of responsibility
- Organise and carry out 6 monthly PDRs with the members of staff line managed.
Our nursing team includes those with interests in anaesthesia, ECC, behaviour and more—so you’ll be surrounded by colleagues who are as passionate about development as you are! You’ll also be supported by our fantastic Patient Care Assistants.
What We Offer
(Benefits may vary for fixed-term contracts)
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- RCVS & VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded
- Access to extensive free Linnaeus online CPD
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay & enhanced family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Recruitment referral rewards
- Wellness programme, including:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Free annual flu jab
- Cycle to Work scheme
About Avonvale
Avonvale Vets is a group of seven Primary Care practices with over 40 years of experience. With multiple certificate holders in surgery, imaging and medicine, we’re committed to investing in our people and helping them develop their clinical passions.
As part of Linnaeus, we also champion wellbeing and mental health support, with trained MHFAs across the business and a dedicated confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
Ready to Lead With Us?
Join a practice where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported and your wellbeing truly matters.
Apply today or for an informal chat please contact our Talent acquisition area partner Rebecca on Rebecca.coleman@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
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.
Part of an amazing global family
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
