Paragon Veterinary Referrals
Location
Wakefield, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
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Job Title:Night RVN
Salary: starting from £35,000 PA
Location: Paragon Referrals
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 - Wed, Thurs, Fri nights with 1:4 Sat nights and 1:7 Sat nights on call.
Your role andresponsibilities
A Night RVN position has opened at Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Paragon Park, Wakefield. This is a full-time position working an average of 37 hours per week.
The ideal candidate will be a dedicated, compassionate, and organised RVN. Our Night RVN’s main focus of work iswithin the inpatient care setting, including medical, surgical wards, cattery, and ICU. The ideal candidate will be passionate, positive, and able to work under pressure. The RVN should be proactive, able to manage time effectively and work within a team. With clear career pathways including developing your leadership skills, there is plenty of opportunity for further development and progression within the Hospital.
This opportunity would suit an RVN who enjoys all aspects of ICU and ward nursing, including triaging patients, managing emergencies, and providing intensive care to canine and feline patients. The candidate would enjoy working in a busy environment, within a small team.
Key duties will include:
Creating and delivering nursing care plans to numerous inpatients
Nursing intensive and critical patients
Performing handover to the team between shifts
Working as part of a team
Teaching and sharing knowledge
Infection Control
Previous experience of nursing within an intensive care unit setting is desirable, but not essential.
Benefits
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
About us
We are a state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary referral small animal practice, based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. With our practice being RCVS accredited to Small Animal Veterinary Hospital level, it allows us to provide outstanding levels of care to our patients with a kind and compassionate approach. Our Paragon team is committed to highest quality of care and the excellence of service assuring patients get the best possible treatment.
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 [email protected]
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Salary
£35k per annum
