VA385 – Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital (Wimbledon) – Registered Veterinary Nurse

<p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">The urban jungle is calling! Stone Lion Hospital in Wimbledon is looking for more RVN's to join their proud pride of standout nurses! </font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>Before we delve into the nitty gritty, here is what we offer you:</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>​</strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Our RVN salary band is <strong>£31,000 to £35,000</strong> depending on experience and allowing room for growth and development within the role.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>We would also be more than happy to explore this opportunity with final year students due to qualify.</strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>As a Goddard RVN you will benefit from:</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>​</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- 6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- 2 days paid CPD leave every year</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Additional responsibility allowance (where applicable)</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Relocation assistance (where applicable)</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Generous colleague introduction reward</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- RCVS and BVNA fees covered</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- The opportunity to join our private medical insurance scheme at a reduced rate, as well as a medical cashback plan involving refunds on many routine medical costs such as dental care, physiotherapy, optician, chiropractic fees, and more</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Shopping discounts</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Generous colleague discounts</font></font><br><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">- Petplan 20% colleague discount</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>About the role</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>​</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital offers a varied caseload of routine procedures, emergency and critical care, as it not only has its own first opinion client base, but also supports the surrounding Goddard practices for internal referral cases that require hospital expertise.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"> The hospital also provides specialist work with an orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeon, dermatologist, and physiotherapist.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Stone Lion is equipped with everything you would expect from a 24-hour hospital and are now offering laparoscopic spays. We are an RCVS Accredited Hospital and for the cat lovers out there, hold an ISFM Silver Award for Cat Friendly Clinics.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">You will be joining a fully staffed team of experienced vets, RVNs, trainee nurses and clinical management with a wealth of knowledge, working across different areas of the hospital including theatre, ward and consults.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p>Your rota is varied, allowing you to delve into all areas of hospital nursing ranging from ward, theatre and consults.</p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font><strong>​</strong></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Stone Lion is located in the heart of picturesque Wimbledon Village, you will feel like you are working on a film set! Then for those well needed nights out in London you are within an hour's train to all the hot spots.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">This role will be perfect for an RVN who thrives in a fast-paced hospital environment and is wanting to soak up as much knowledge as possible!</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>This is a full-time position including a 1:4 weekend rotation with time off in lieu ensuring you are not working long stretches, and 1 bank holiday per year. There are NO on-call requirements for this position.</strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>About us</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><u>​</u></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">In 2022 we celebrated our 70th anniversary and now have 46 branches, three hospitals and our own nurse training college. We value all of our colleagues, and our forward-looking approach means we have introduced a Colleague Forum to listen to our peers’ views, as well as monthly Town Hall meetings with our board of directors communicating real time updates, taking polls with live Q&amp;As to ensure we're making the right, collaborative decisions for our people. All our senior managers are mental health first aid trained and we offer Wellness plans for all new starters.</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;">​</font></font></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>If you can see yourself in this role press apply now, and within 60 seconds your application will be with our recruitment manager Rose. Alternatively, please feel free to email her directly at rstanton@goddardvetgroup.co.uk for any other queries or to simply arrange a call and have a chat about other opportunities!</strong></font></font><br></p>