Registered Veterinary Nurse – St David Veterinary Centre – Cardiff, South Wales
Are you looking for that elusive RVN role – ready to leave your current shelter? – got a nose for sniffing out the one where you are valued, supported, challenged, and above all part of a compassionate, skilled, and positive team?
Then prick up your ears as we may have the role for you!! 🐶
Here at St Davids, we’d love to adopt you and you’d be a great fit for our pack if you have a few years’ experience under your collar. If you’re cooperative, supportive, a fun team player and able to bring your own unique blend of skills and experience then you could be the breed we’re looking for.
About the role:
The role involves a variety of duties, including monitoring of anaesthetics, performing radiographs, taking blood pressures, cytology, inpatient care and keeping PSS standards.
We pride ourselves on the numerous nurse clinics we can offer, and we encourage interests and ideas to keep moving the practice forward. We actively encourage further learning and CPD.
- Full-time – 5 – 40 hours per week.
- 1 in 9 Saturday morning rota where you get the time back.
- No out-of-hours required as this is provided by our neighbouring hospital.
About us:
St David Veterinary Centre has been caring for the pets of Cardiff since 1997 and we pride ourselves on providing the highest standards of care – always putting our patients and clients first.
We have 2 small animal branches at Pentwyn and Llanishen which are just 3 miles apart, but in two very different settings.
Our fantastic and skilled team consists of 8 FTE vets, 10 RVN’s, 3 SVN’s and 3 ANA’s
The practice is well equipped providing standard services and consultations to more complex treatments and surgeries if and when required. We have all the things we need: x-rays, ultrasound, in house blood machines, dental x-rays, vet and nurse certificate holders in surgery and medicine.
The Area:
Cardiff, our beautiful capital, is a great place to live and work with all the advantages of city life – what makes it so special is it’s mix of old and new culture, a vibrant food scene and major events but also easy access to the scenic valleys and beautiful coastline of South Wales.
Cardiff is a highly accessible city with its very own airport; high-speed rail links from London and the M4 motorway passes the north of the city.
Want some inside information? – here’s what our team think about working at St. David’s….
- Everyone’s very supportive and encouraging of your interests within the industry. Good work and home balance options.”
- “I feel like the nurses are highly trusted/respected here, have a large input in animal welfare and are the heart to the practice.”
- “The Nurses have a very hands-on approach to hospitalised patients”.
- “We have an incredibly knowledgeable team of both vets, nurses and receptionists so there’s always someone who can help with any questions I may have.”
- “I feel like my niche is embraced and nurses are allowed to be nurses.”
The Treats – to attract talented RVNs like you we offer:
- Salary from £12.60 per hour (£24,570-£26,208 per annum dependant on hours)
- 6 weeks paid holiday including bank holidays
- A CPD Allowance per annum to assist your career growth
- Health Shield – wide ranging contributions for health and wellbeing treatments – from dentistry to sports massage
- Paid sick leave
- RCVS Membership paid
- One other membership subscription
- VDS cover
- Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and surrogacy pay
- Employee pet discounts
- My Perks – offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel, entertainment and much more
- Focus on employee wellbeing.
** We encourage our team to have a good work life balance – it’s cosy in the kennel but always good to run off the lead !! 🐕🦺
By now, we hope, you will have realised that St. David is an excellent environment to build a career.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our lovely team, please send your CV by email to Sharon Masling-Jones (Lead RVN): Sharon.Masling-Jones@St-DavidVetCentre.Co.UK
Or just reach out for more information, an informal chat, or even to arrange to pop in to meet us – we’d love to hear from you.