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Head Veterinary Nurse

Medivet

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Jun 12, 2026

Location
Wickford, 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 are always there for our clients, patients and colleagues, whilst maintaining the highest levels of regulatory, practice and operational standards and compliance.

Working closely with our Branch Partner, Susi Schoch, you will play a pivotal role in driving clinical excellence, supporting team development and fostering a positive and collaborative culture. Susi has been a Partner at the practice since 2008 and is passionate about mentoring and developing veterinary professionals, creating an environment where colleagues are supported to thrive and deliver outstanding patient care.

Our well-established Wickford practice cares for a diverse range of patients, including cats, dogs, rabbits, poultry and small mammals. With services including nurse clinics, dentistry, an in-house laboratory, ultrasound and digital radiography, this role offers an excellent opportunity to utilise and develop your clinical and leadership skills while helping to shape the future of the nursing team.

You will be instrumental in championing patient welfare, delivering an exceptional client experience and inspiring the team to achieve the highest standards of care. The role also includes supporting the wider Medivet network, with 1 in 6 full weekends at the 24-hour hospital in Southend-on-Sea, two weeks of on-call cover per year, and 1–2 bank holidays annually

Your career means more than a rota and a job title, that’s why we offer:

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, rising with length of service
  • 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

Additional support

  • RCVS and VDS fees paid
  • Cycle to Work
  • Season Ticket loans
  • Discounts on Medivet products and services

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

Patient CareCompliance

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