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Registered Veterinary Nurse- Focus Referrals Banbury
Location: Sandpiper House, Beaumont Close, Banbury, Oxfordshire Practice: Focus Referrals Salary: £30,000- £35,000 per annum, Salary range depending on experience Practice Details
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Position Title: Registered Veterinary Nurse
Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Focus Referrals is looking for an enthusiastic RVN, with a passion for providing excellent care, to join our friendly team! Previous experience of ophthalmology is not required as full training will be provided.
Focus Referrals is a dedicated ophthalmology referral service, where we deliver specialist ophthalmic care from our newly renovated referral centre in Banbury.
Our values:
To provide the highest possible standard of clinical care
To nurture a friendly, sociable team and a healthy work environment
To recognise the importance of wellness and work/life balance
To support learning and career advancement in areas of interest
To strive to create an environmentally sustainable veterinary practice
Enthusiasm, positivity, empathy, pride in excellent clinical care, initiative, the ability to work as part of a team and thoughtful communication are the key skills for our next team member.
This RVN role includes anaesthesia and patient care, placing IVs, assisting in complex ophthalmic procedures, assisting in consultations (including with our visiting cardiology specialist), administration, client communication and liaising with referring vets. In our environment, there is plenty of time to allow you to fulfil your role to a high standard.
No previous experience in referral ophthalmology is required. We will support your transition into referral work amongst our friendly team. Every nursing team member has come from a general practice background'.
Key facts:
- No routine weekend work or late evenings. Hours distributed between 8am and 7pm, Monday to Friday.
- Participation required for 1 in 5 on-call rota. Bonus OOH scheme and overtime paid. Our OOH is referral only with calls screened by the on-call vet
- 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
- RCVS & VDS fees paid
- External CPD funded
- Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
- Career progression opportunities
- Staff discount schemes
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced sickness pay
- Enhanced equal family leave
- E-car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employer contribution pension scheme
- Wellness program including:
- Employee assistance program
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral reward scheme
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an experienced 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.
If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with our director Alice on Alice.Rhodes@focusreferrals.co.uk
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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
