We're looking for a casual Veterinary Nurse to join the team at our Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, reporting to one of our Wildlife Centre Manager

• Working hours: You will work ad hoc shifts during the week and at weekends.
• This is a casual, zero hours contract and we are unable to guarantee, nor do we expect you to work, set hours or days. As such the role both requires, and offers maximum flexibility. Work will be on a casual basis and entails filling essential gaps and additional veterinary nursing needs as a result of annual leave, sickness or increased workload.

Our Veterinary Nurses are integral to the smooth running of the centre. The successful candidates will carry out nursing duties for a unique variety of animal welfare cases. The Centre admits up to 4000 wildlife casualties each year, plus we also admit and care for domestic and exotic admissions.

Are you ready to join our movement?

We have added a short summary of what is involved but for full details, please review the attached job description.

• Provide direct medical and surgical patient care.
• Anaesthetic monitoring, perioperative nursing care and theatre practice.
• Maintain up to date and accurate clinical records.
• Dispense drugs in accordance with professional guidelines and clinic rules.
• Maintaining a high level of clinical hygiene and biosecurity throughout the Centre.
• Contributing to the training of student vets and vet nurses and providing Continuing Professional Development for Vets and VN in practice.
• Undertaking continuing professional and personal development associated with the role.
• Welfare and case work support.

Please only apply for this role if you are a fully qualified Vet Nurse with a current registration with the RCVS, along with proven previous experience of working in a relevant discipline, for example within a veterinary practice, wildlife rehabilitation centre, animal centre or similar.

Our Veterinary Nurses must also be able to demonstrate that they:

• Have strong communication skills;
• Are able to assess and make evidenced based clinical decisions;
• Are able and willing to work autonomously and be an excellent team player;
• Have strong prioritisation skills and are highly organised;
• Are a strong problem solver, with a proven ability to use their initiative.

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles may need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK  as we are unable to sponsor visas.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed to our mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family!

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect