Veterinary Nurse – Weekends
Up to £19ph DOE plus benefits
Vets Now Bridgewater
We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new out-of-hours veterinary clinic based in Bridgewater. Working out of our host practice, Blake Vets, an RCVS accredited practice, you’ll be joining a highly experienced team of Vets and Nurses as they provide a vital out of hours service to the local community.
Make your weekends work at Vets Now
A weekend role with Vets Now allows you to further your ECC knowledge, whilst gaining a second income or balancing family commitments. You can work as little as 2 shift per month, flexible options available.
Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 08:30 to 18:00
Understanding your key role
Our nursing team are at the core of clinical treatment including triage, surgery, anaesthesia, and in-patient care. Key responsibilities will include:
- First Aid – give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
- Critical Care – management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
- Diagnostics - confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.
Key requirements
- RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
- Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
- Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
- Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.
Rewards and Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
- £1400 CPD allowance increasing annually plus 20 paid hours pro rata
- ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave
- Private medical insurance
- Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes
- Enhanced sick pay and more
Take the next step in your career with Vets Now Devon. Click apply or contact Julia Duncan in our Talent team at to discuss this exciting opportunity further.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from diverse and minority groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we encourage candidates with disabilities and health conditions to apply and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.