Full Time Veterinary Nurse – Stoke
Up to £35,000 DOE plus benefits
12 months Fixed Term Contract from July 2026
Company Overview
Vets Now is the UK’s leading provider of emergency pet care, serving over 1700 veterinary practices through 60 plus dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. Our Stoke clinic has been providing expert vet care since 2004 and the team have recently been recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as an outstanding provider of emergency veterinary care.
Understanding your key role
Our nursing team are at the core of clinical treatment including triage, surgery, anaesthesia, and in-patient care. Key responsibilities will include:
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First Aid – give appropriate advice over the phone and perform in clinic.
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Critical Care – management and monitoring of major body systems, monitoring of in-patient trends and identifying changes quickly, physiotherapy, pain assessment, wound and dressing care.
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Diagnostics – confident to perform basic diagnostic procedures in a sole charge capacity.
Key requirements
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RCVS registered for a minimum of six months.
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Motivated to maintain high clinic standards.
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Passionate about caring for our clients and their pets.
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Experience with an ECC caseload is advantageous.
Working pattern
A template rota is shown below, the exact working pattern may differ:
Week 1: Wednesday from 18:00 to 09:00, Saturday from 12:00 to 18:30 and Sunday from 08:30 to 18:30 or 09:00 to 19:00
Week 2: Monday, Friday and Saturday from 18:00 to 09:00
Week 3: Wednesday and Thursday from 18:00 to 09:00
Week 4: Monday and Tuesday from 18:00 to 09:00
Plus, a fair share of bank holidays.
Unlock your potential
We will support you in your development and provide you with access to professional qualifications, such as our widely recognised ECC certificate and industry leading CPD package.
What we offer?
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Private medical insurance.
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Enhanced sick and maternity pay.
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7 weeks annual leave.
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Your birthday as a paid day off.
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£1125 CPD allowance plus 20 paid hours.
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RCVS fees paid and ECC certificate support.
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Reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100s of retailers.
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UK Standard Pension contributions – 5% Employee/3% Employer.
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Up to 50% discounted staff pet care.
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Death in service of two times annual salary.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy in more detail, please contact Lauren in our Talent Team on 07977940379 or email Lauren.O’[email protected].
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.
