Veterinary Nurse - Full Time - Out of Hours


Vets Now
Company 
Location 

Glasgow

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Employment Type 

Permanent

Salary 

From £35,000 a year

Job Highlights
  • In this role, you will provide high-standard inpatient care for referral patients and manage emergencies in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
  • The ideal candidate should have relevant veterinary nursing qualifications, strong critical care experience, and excellent communication skills.
  • You will work a 5 nights on, 5 nights off rota from Glasgow, with benefits including private medical insurance and generous annual leave.
Job Requirements/Description

Veterinary Nurse - Out of Hours

Salary from £35,000, plus generous shift allowance and Joining Bonus!

Make a difference and be the Vet Nurse you trained to be

Our Glasgow hospital offers emergency and critical care, orthopaedic, soft tissue, internal medicine and referrals, and we’re looking to add to our existing team with a weekend veterinary nurse. You will be part of our out of hours team and will be required to provide high-standard inpatient care for referral patients as well as incoming emergencies and critical care patients. This is an opportunity to work with Specialist and AP vets in a multi-discipline and supportive environment.

Working pattern

This role will be supporting our busy out of hours service:

Working on 5 nights on, 5 nights off rota, shift times 16:00 to 04:00 or 20:00 to 08:00

Make a difference and be the vet nurse you trained to be

With such a diverse caseload, Vet Nurses will be continually challenged. At Vets Now we invest heavily in the continuous professional development of all our people across the business. You will be supported and encouraged in achieving professional qualifications, and benefit from ongoing coaching and mentoring.

Your health and wellbeing

  • Private medical insurance
  • Membership of employee wellbeing programme
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity policy including 6 months full pay
  • Family-friendly policies including paternity and adoption pay schemes

Your work life balance

  • 7 weeks pro rata annual leave
  • Your birthday as a paid day off
  • Paid volunteering days

Your development

  • £1,125 CPD allowance increasing annually plus 20 paid hours pro rata
  • ECC certificate support – financial and paid study leave

Your professional memberships

  • RCVS fees
  • VDS cover

Your additional benefits

  • Vets Now For You – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
  • UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer
  • Up to 50% discounted staff pet care
  • Death in service of two times annual salary

For further information on this role please call Lauren in our Talent Team on Lauren.OHalloran@ivcevidensia.com or call 07977940379.

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.

Role overview

  • Glasgow

  • Full Time

  • From £35,000, plus generous shift allowance and Joining Bonus


Life at Vets Now

More than a job in emergency care

At Vets Now, you'll be part of close-knit teams who support each other under pressure, responsibility and work together with a d purpose. With structured rotas, experienced clinical teams and opportunities to grow, we aim to create careers in ECC that are both rewarding and sustainable.

7 weeks holiday pro rata

Your birthday as a paid day off

Up to 50% discounted staff pet care

Paid volunteering

Vets Now
Company 
Location 

Glasgow

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Employment Type 

Permanent

Salary 

From £35,000 a year

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