You will have a background in a client facing role, with excellent administration skills (including Microsoft programmes and CRM systems experience), have a keen eye for detail and have  reception and accounts experience, to include some of the following tasks greeting clients, handling and processing required client and patient information, identify discrepancies and be able to resolve them quickly and efficiently, processing card/cash payments, and liaising internally with colleagues inclusive of clinical and non-clinical teams and other departments.

You will have superb communication and organisational skills. You will be conscientious and diligent in your work with a professional outlook. You will be confident to discuss sensitive topics and show empathy towards clients. 

Normal working hours will be 21 hours per week working Monday to Wednesday, covering between the hours of 8:00am-6:00pm, weekend cover as and when required in consultation with your line manager.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga, and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus 

 Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Sue Brown –Customer Care Team Leader on 01707 666399 or email: smbrown@rvc.ac.uk if they have any questions regarding this vacancy.

Closing Date: 03 May 2026

Reporting Unit: Administrative

Salary: £29,329 to £31,930 Pro Rata Per Annum Including London Weighting
Fixed Term / Part Time

Our multi-disciplinary hospital accepts a range of referral and first opinion cases. In addition to state-of-the-art facilities, we are the only recognised Level 1 Trauma Centre in Europe with extensive in-house laboratory capabilities and the support of our on-site transfusion service allowing us to provide the highest level of care to critically ill patients. As part of our Emergency and Critical Care team you will be working alongside our experienced specialised RVNs, Patient Care Assistants, students, residents, clinicians and interns to triage and care for patients during their stay in the department.

Your role will evolve, however you can expect to be triaging and supporting with the stabilisation of patients on arrival to the hospital, in addition to monitoring patients for minor procedures and caring for inpatients seen through our first opinion service.

Working hours will be 21 hours every weekend, Friday-Sunday working twilight shifts: 18:00-02:00. There may be room for some flexibility on hours to be discussed at interview.

*This is a fixed-term position for 9 months*

Referral nursing experience is not required as full specialist training and support will be provided. 

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays/concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (including gym, badminton, climbing wall, zumba, yoga, pilates and other classes)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

For informal enquiries regarding this position, or to arrange a visit, please contact: Louise Welsh, Head Critical Care RVN lwelsh@rvc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 08 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Vet Nurse

Salary: £37,829 to £44,811 Pro Rata Per Annum Including London Weighting and Night Nursing Allowance Pro Rata (£22,697.40 to £26,886.60 Per Annum Including London Weighting and Night Nursing Allowance)
Fixed Term / Part Time

Your role will include:

• Assisting our dermatology clinicians in delivering a high standard of patient care, including support during consultations, diagnostic procedures, and treatment
• Supporting with a variety of dermatological diagnostic procedures (e.g. skin scrapes, cytology, allergy testing, biopsies) for both outpatient and hospitalised patients, with the opportunity to follow cases through from diagnosis to management
• Participating in dermatology clinics, including coordinating patient admissions and discharges, and providing regular patient updates
• Delivering excellent nursing care for dermatology patients across the hospital, including those with chronic skin conditions and complex treatment plans
• Engaging in client communication, including admit and discharge appointments, providing guidance on at-home skin care, medication administration, and follow-up protocols
• Contributing to the teaching and support of student veterinary nurses and veterinary students during clinical rotations, particularly within the dermatology service

This is a full-time position working 35 hours per week, a combination of 5 x 7hr days Monday to Friday.

Referral nursing experience, although advantageous, is not required as full specialist training and support will be provided. 

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 33 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

For further information before applying, or to arrange a visit, please contact Leona Walsh the Head Hospital Coordinator on lwalsh@rvc.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 19 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Vet Nurse

Salary: £31,930 to £35,311 Per Annum Including London Weighting
Permanent / Full Time

Duties include:

• Infection control duties within the theatre and diagnostics areas of the hospital
• Assisting with the setup of operating theatres and diagnostic rooms (such as ultrasound, radiography, CT etc.)
• Cleaning of operating theatres and equipment after use
• Assisting our sterilising technicians with the cleaning and maintenance of surgical equipment
• Stocking up consumables
• Laundry
• Patient restraint and assisting nurses within the recovery ward when required
• Assisting the nursing team acting as a circulating assistant on surgical cases

The role is full time, 35 hours per week, working various shifts between Monday-Friday with 1:4 weekends (Saturday and Sunday) with days off in lieu. 

This post would suit a friendly team player with some basic experience within a human or veterinary clinical environment who will be enthusiastic and willing to learn. Alternatively, we are also keen to hear from experienced healthcare professionals looking for a change of sector.

The salary scale reflects experience, you can expect to start at the lower end of the scale with progression through the band upon completion of required training.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave

For further information or informal enquiries, please contact Lisa Angell, Head Anaesthesia Nurse at langell@rvc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 26 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Animal Care

Salary: £26,692 to £29,329 Per Annum Including London Weighting
Permanent / Full Time

Our multi-disciplinary hospital accepts a range of referral and first opinion cases. In addition to state-of-the-art facilities, we are the only recognised Level 1 Trauma Center in Europe with extensive in-house laboratory capabilities and the support of our on-site transfusion service allowing us to provide the highest level of care to critically ill patients. As part of our Emergency and Critical Care team you will be working alongside our friendly and experienced RVNs, Patient Care Assistants, students, residents, clinicians and interns to care for patients during their stay. 

This is a part-time post working every Sunday 10am-6pm on a 6-month fixed-term contract. 

Your role will be predominantly supporting with triaging and stabilisation of patients on arrival to the hospital. 

Referral nursing experience is not required but you will have experience triaging patients in an emergency setting.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays/concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (including gym, badminton, climbing wall, zumba, yoga, pilates and other classes)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

For informal enquiries regarding this position, or to arrange a visit, please contact: Louise Welsh, Head Critical Care RVN lwelsh@rvc.ac.uk or Rosie Wignall, Senior ECC RVN on rwignall@rvc.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 01 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Vet Nurse

Salary: £29,329 to £35,311 Pro Rata Per Annum Including London Weighting and Nursing Allowance
Fixed Term / Part Time

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organised and professional Executive Support Manager to provide high level administrative and advisory support to the Management Team in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals at the Royal Veterinary College. 

This is a key role within the hospital, ideal for an experienced support professional who is proactive and confident operating in a busy and evolving environment overseeing all executive support activities. Working closely with senior management, you will deliver comprehensive administrative and strategic support. You will also work closely with our Executive Support Assistant who will be your direct report.

Duties Include: 

• To provide high level administrative support, diary management, assistance and advice as required to the management team 
• Coordinate QMHA recruitment by drafting recruitment documents, submitting staff request forms, raising purchase orders, coordinating social media advertisements, and arranging online interviews 
• Liaison with HR regarding staff developments (starters, leavers, change of hours forms, grade changes etc)
• Create reports using data from RX works (Practice Management System) using advanced excel functions
• Line management of an Executive Support Assistant.

The successful candidate will be highly proficient using MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.) as you will be required to work independently to collate and present data, write reports, meeting minutes and create internal communications.

This is a fixed term position for up to 12 months working 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, zumba, yoga and pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus 

For informal enquiries regarding this position, please contact Katie Robinson (Executive Support Manager) at krobinson@rvc.ac.uk or Betsy Malamah-Thomas (Clinical Support Manager) at bmalamahthomas@rvc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 22 Apr 2026

Reporting Unit: Administrative

Salary: £40,528 to £51,470 Per Annum Including London Weighting
Fixed Term / Full Time

Are you a passionate, dedicated Registered Veterinary Nurse interested in joining our fantastic team at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals?

Working in our small animal teaching hospital, you will get the opportunity to develop your nursing career in a referral environment by working alongside a strong team of veterinary specialists, using state-of-the-art equipment for a range of interesting and challenging cases. 

*Referral nursing experience is not required as full specialist training and support is provided.

Our nursing team is split into the following specialised areas:

• Emergency and Critical Care
• Theatre
• Anaesthesia
• Neurology and rehabilitation (Wards and Hydrotherapy)
• Surgery wards including Ophthalmology, Soft tissue and Orthopaedics
• Internal Medicine including wards, Radioactive Iodine and Endoscopy 
• Oncology
• Dispensary
• Transfusion Medicine Service 
• Cardiology and Cardiothoracic 
• Dermatology

 Whether you’re looking for a full time, part time, permanent, fixed term, day, or night position register your interest in a future role by clicking ‘APPLY’ and uploading your CV. 

Please note: you must be a Registered Veterinary Nurse or Student Veterinary Nurse awaiting registration to be considered. 

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• Up to 5 CPD days
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant 
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus 

If you’re thinking about a career in referral nursing but unsure what to expect, we would be happy to arrange for you to come along for an informal visit to the hospital to allow you to experience first-hand the fantastic learning and working environment and facilities that we have to offer and learn more about our nursing specialisms.

To arrange a visit, please contact our Clinical Support Manager, Betsy Malamah-Thomas on qmhanurserecruitment@rvc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 18 Dec 2025

Reporting Unit: Vet Nurse

Salary: Competitive Salary
Full-Time, Part-Time, Fixed-Term, Permanent, Days or Nights