Registered Veterinary Nurse - Workflow Coordinator & Theatre

We have an exciting opportunity within our nursing team at Pride Veterinary Referrals for a compassionate, confident RVN to join us in a combined role, covering Workflow Coordinator and Referral Theatre nursing.

This combined role offers an opportunity to work in a hybrid role as Hospital Workflow Coordinator, as well as in our Referral Theatre team.

Workflow Coordinator (1+ days per week):

Our Workflow Coordinator will be instrumental in the effective and efficient running of the clinical floor across all referral disciplines in the hospital, which will include Anaesthesia, Cardiology, Diagnostic Imaging, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics & Soft Tissue Surgery.

The Workflow Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the clinical floor runs effectively and efficiently by taking a central role in planning the day’s referral procedures, and leading the teams to complete their individual work flows as scheduled. Due to the dynamic nature of referral and emergency work, the workflows of each department will be subject to change, and this will require decisive action and the reallocation of resources. You will not be required to undertake clinical work as standard, but you must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical knowledge.

Theatre Nurse (up to 3 days per week):

Working within a group of skilled and passionate anaesthetists and nurses, you will regularly work closely with specialist referral clinicians from a range of disciplines such as surgery, medicine, ophthalmology and neurology. On a day-to-day basis, we interact fully with the anaesthetists, providing anaesthesia and sedation for other services. Despite working within such a big team, we succeed in maintaining a friendly and supportive ethic. We are passionate about providing a gold standard of care.

You will see a varied caseload of routine and emergency cases from the soft tissue, orthopaedic, neurology and ophthalmology services. You will carry out a mixture of anaesthesia and theatre work and play an integral part in ensuring the department runs efficiently. You will be supported by our experienced and knowledgeable nurses and anaesthetists to allow you to develop your referral nursing skills.

We are committed to providing outstanding development opportunities to our RVNs, and we will always encourage and support our team in pursuing further qualifications.

Applicant requirements:

Due to the nature of the role, our successful application will be an experienced RVN with experience working within a referral hospital and knowledge of working in a referral theatre setting. You must have excellent communication and organisational skills, an ability to prioritise and be proactive in problem solving.

Working pattern:

Our Theatre team works a 4-day week averaging 38hrs with 1:6 weekends (Sat & Sun 9am-5:45pm). Shift times will generally sit between 7:30am-7:30pm. There is an on-call rota for referral anaesthesia/theatre cases, which is supplemented at an increased hourly rate if called out.

Because our employees matter:

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive salary of up to £33,000 DOE, you will benefit from:

Work-life Balance:

• 4 day working week
• 6.6 weeks annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off
• Relocation allowance

Wellbeing:

• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support

Development:

• £750 CPD allowance with 3 days paid pro rata
• Certificate, Diploma and VTS support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon- our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships:

• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional:

• Pawsome Benefits- reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
• Pension- 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Up to £33,000 DOE