Head Nurse

We’re on the lookout for a Head Nurse to lead our fabulous nursing team at our Waltham Forest Surgery | The Pet Vet! This is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly, well-established team and lead our colleagues in consistently delivering exceptional clinical care and customer service. 

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone with a good level of clinical experience who is confident, self-motivated, engaging and keen to support the professional development of all our RVNs, students and VCAs.

Our Head Nurse salary range is £34,000  – £42,000. The required working pattern is 4 days a week, working 9 hour shifts, duty nights and 1:4 weekends. 

Benefits:

To attract and retain the best in the business, we offer a great range of benefits, including:

• Rewards scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Income protection
• Electric car scheme
• Boost employee benefits and discounts
• Help at Hand for health and wellbeing
• Surgery discount 
• CPD allowance 
• 20 days of annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Internal leadership training 

A little more about us at The Pet Vet Waltham Forest

In our passionate, friendly team, we currently have 6 Vets and 6 RVNs, 2 SVNs and 1 Animal care assistant. Clinical specialities offered by our Vet team include internal medicine, advance soft tissue surgery and imaging, . We have a 50/50 dog & cat split in our client base, making this a great opportunity for anyone interested in feline medicine. We’re constantly working on new initiatives to support skill gaps and we make sure CPD is continuous and happening across all levels in our surgery.

Being part of The Pet Vet family

We’re part of the UK’s largest, independent, family-owned veterinary group with a nationwide presence. We offer exceptional care in the local communities we serve, helping pets to live long, happy and healthy lives with their families.

Our state-of-the-art surgeries are purpose-built, light and spacious and equipped with the latest technology. We’re committed to creating an environment that offers exceptional clinical care and where our colleagues love to work, our patients are calm and our customers feel assured.

We’re continually investing in developing our growing team and there's never been a better time to join us!

Interested?

We’re so glad to hear it and look forward to receiving your application!