Registered Veterinary Nurse

Highcliff Veterinary Practice, Hadleigh

Up to £31,500 DOE

Full time, 40 hours per week

Join a Team Where Your Experience Truly Matters

Highcliff Veterinary Practice are looking for a dedicated and fully qualified Registered Veterinary Nurse to join their busy and welcoming small animal team. This is a permanent, full time role ideal for an RVN who enjoys working as part of an enthusiastic and supportive nursing team.

Role Details

You will carry out a varied nursing role including nurse clinics, anaesthesia, inpatient care and supporting surgical procedures. There is no reception cover required, allowing you to focus fully on clinical nursing and developing your skills and interests within practice.

Work Schedule

This is a full time role working 40 hours per week. Shifts are worked Monday to Friday on a rotating early, middle and late pattern, with participation in a Saturday morning rota included within contracted hours. There is no out of hours requirement.

About The Practice

Highcliff Vets is a long established but modern practice based in the heart of a charming Suffolk market town, surrounded by beautiful countryside and close to the historic coastline, with good links to London.

You will be joining a close knit team of seven Vets, six Nurses and a Student Veterinary Nurse, with nursing experience ranging from newly qualified through to over 15 years. The veterinary team includes a certificate holder in imaging and an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, offering excellent exposure to a varied and interesting caseload. The practice is well equipped with digital x-ray, ultrasound, video endoscopy, multiparameter monitoring and a class 4 laser.

What We’re Looking For

We are ideally looking for a fully qualified RCVS Registered Veterinary Nurse

A team focused and enthusiastic approach

Confidence working in a busy first opinion practice

A desire to provide high standards of patient and client care

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, experienced team where nursing is truly valued and supported, with the chance to develop your skills in a well equipped and progressive practice.

Because Our People Matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

Work Life Balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off
  
  

Wellbeing

• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support
  
  

Development

• £550 CPD allowance
• Certificate Support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme
  
  

Professional Memberships

• VDS cover
• RCVS fees
  
  

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care
  
  

£0 - £31,500 a year

Up to £31,500 DOE

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.