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Nursing Fellow (Anaesthesia)
Queen Mother Hospital
| Location: |
Hawkshead (nr Potters Bar, Herts)
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| Salary: |
£29,000
Per annum
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Permanent / Full Time |
| Closing Date: |
23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 27 October 2024 |
| Reference: |
CSS-0253-24 |
Our new and unique nursing fellowship programme is the first of its kind offering an opportunity to join our state-of-the-art hospital, the Queen Mother Hospital for Small Animals, working within the anaesthesia department whilst completing an RCVS-accredited postgraduate certificate.
This is ideal for an RVN keen to develop and fast-track their nursing career specialising in all aspects of anaesthesia nursing. You will join a strong team of anaesthetists and specialist anaesthesia RVN’s, and you will learn advanced drug pharmacology, patient physiology and how to design individual peri-operative patient protocols. You will be monitoring anaesthesia in a wide range of interesting and challenging cases, including Ophthalmology, Soft Tissue surgery, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and MRI.
Why choose an RVC Veterinary Nursing fellowship?
- Accelerated Career Growth: With our RVN Fellowship, you'll fast-track your career by gaining hands-on experience in a prestigious referral and specialist practice setting
- Accredited Qualification: Align your RVC CertAVN qualification with the RCVS-accredited CertAVN, earning a recognised qualification
- Financial Support: Benefit from a full-fee scholarship for the CertAVN course, ensuring your professional development is our top priority and be paid a salary of £29,000 per annum
- Exceptional Exposure: Experience an exceptional referral nursing environment, working alongside experts and specialists in cutting-edge veterinary care
This position is full-time working 35 hours per week, with a variety of shift patterns including some weekend and on-call overnight work.
Referral nursing experience is not essential.
We offer a generous reward and benefits package including:
- 30-day annual leave allowance (plus bank holidays and concessionary days)
- Up to 8 paid study days
- Access to free in-house CPD
- Onsite café and restaurant
- Free membership to on-site Fitness and Wellbeing Centre
- Cycle to work scheme
- Extensive induction & training
Application process:
- Click apply and complete the application form
- Upload a CV
- Upload a personal statement (no more than 800 words) – see attached guidance.
PLEASE NOTE: applications without a CV and/or personal statement will not be considered.
For informal enquiries regarding this position before applying, please contact Betsy Malamah-Thomas (Nursing & Clinical Support Manager) bmalamahthomas@rvc.ac.uk / for enquiries relating to the CertAVN course structure please contact Perdi Welsh (Director of Veterinary Nursing) pwelsh@rvc.ac.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The RVC values Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and therefore welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities. Balancing both the needs of the business with those of our staff, we will consider applications to work on a flexible basis.