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Head Veterinary Nurse - Maternity Cover

Medivet

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Sep 11, 2026

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Location
Alder 24 Hour, United Kingdom
Type
Full-time
Department
Healthcare
Source
Workday

Description

As a Head Nurse you will be accountable for the clinical leadership of the nursing team ensuring we deliver exceptional care, and we are always there for our clients, patients and colleagues whilst maintaining the highest levels of regulatory, practice and operational standards and compliance.

Fixed term Maternity leave cover for 12 months.

The Role:

  • 1 in 8 full weekends
  • Mon-Fri, mix of earlies and lates - relatively flexible hours
  • 2 weeks of on-call per year
  • 1 bank holiday per year

Health and wellbeing:

  • Health Cash Plan from day one
  • 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support
  • Life Assurance 3 x salary
     

Annual leave:

  • 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
  • Extra ‘Day for You’, a paid day off just for you
     

Learning and development:

  • £750 CPD allowance plus 2 days’ paid leave per year
  • Access to Clinical Communities, internal CPD and our 24-hour hospitals
  • Funded certificates and internal career pathways
  • RCVS and VDS fees paid

About you

You’re a RCVS registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for delivering exceptional patient and client care.  You’re a confident leader with experience of getting the best out of every colleague.

We welcome applications from Nurses ready to lead, develop and inspire.

What you’ll be doing

Typically, in this role, you’ll:

  • Deliver exceptional care to patients, leading nurse led appointments and schedule 3 activities, supporting consults, surgeries and procedures, complying with all regulatory, practice and operational standards
  • Deliver patient monitoring and care, and manage admissions and discharges
  • Deliver exceptional care to your clients
  • Provide clinical leadership, inspiration and development to the nursing team

Skills

Compliance

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