Vacancy Details

Night RVN / OOH RVN

Permanent Nurse in South London

ASAP - OPEN
45348
South London
London
  • Accommodation not available
  • Emergancy Work
  • Night Shifts
Night RVN position available in hospital n South West London

This role has a unique rotation of 3 nights on 7 nights off, 4 nights on 7 nights off averaging 30.33 hours per week. The nightly shift time is 7pm-8am.

Night RVN salary for the above rotation is £30,330 to £35,634 (£40,000 to £47,000 FTE based on 40 hours per week) depending on experience and allowing room for growth within the role.

You will work alongside an experienced on-site veterinary surgeon for your night shifts and will have support from the clinical management team if you needed to contact during the day for any queries.

As night RVN, some of your duties will include:
- Triage cases on arrival and quickly determine the associated level of urgency and react appropriately.
- Assist veterinary surgeons in theatre, with inpatient examinations and procedures and during consultations, as and when required.
- Maintain comprehensive patient hospitalisation records.
- Ensure a high standard of comfort and welfare for all pets in our care.
- Complete and maintain accurate records of hospitalised patients.
- Ensure equipment is cleaned, packed, sterilised and stored correctly when not in use.
- Ensure orders are stored and put away in correct place if required to do so.
- Utilise Schedule 3 skills as directed.
- Answer client telephone calls as promptly as is possible and advise and inform clients on matters of pet welfare to a level of understanding commensurate with training and experience. If there is any doubt about best outcome then clients should be advised to attend the hospital to see the vet.
- Admit clients to reception in a friendly and efficient manner bearing in mind the potentially high level of urgency involved.
- Inform owners of the progress of their hospitalised pets, as directed.

?The hospital also provides specialist work with an orthopaedic and soft tissue surgeon, cardiologist, and physiotherapist. It is equipped with everything you would expect from a 24-hour hospital and we are an RCVS Accredited Hospital and for the cat lovers out there, hold an ISFM Silver Award for Cat Friendly Clinics.
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