Head Veterinary Nurse - Welcome bonus!

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 5 May 2026
LOCATION
Kent
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£43,000 / year
CATEGORY
Healthcare
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SKILLS

Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) Orthopaedic nursing Anaesthesia monitoring Emergency care Laparoscopic surgery assistance Team leadership Patient care Clinical decision-making

FULL DESCRIPTION

Head Veterinary Nurse - Welcome bonus!

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is hiring a Head Registered Veterinary Nurse for their Mead Vet Centre in Kent. Salary up to £43,000 DOE. 4-day week, on-site role.

About The Role

Join the team at our award winning Mead Vet Centre. We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Head Registered Veterinary Nurse who values patient care and progression. Here at Mead Vet Centre, we have a really exciting and varied caseload where you’ll be fully involved in cases including Orthopaedics, TPLOs, Fracture Repairs, Complex Medical Cases, Laparoscopic Spays, and much, much more, giving you the opportunity to work within your own areas of interest – whether you are an all rounder and enjoy all areas of nursing, or maybe surgery, wards, anaesthesia, or intensive care is your thing, we are happy to foster your interests and help you become the Head RVN you strive to be.

Why Join Us?

  • Amazing Salary on offer of Up to £43,000, DOE
  • 4 days per week 10 hours shift 1:4 management on call weekends, 2BH per annum
  • Hours can be 7.30am to 5.30pm or 10.30am to 8.30pm
  • Opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility with top of the range equipment
  • Supportive & Collaborative team
  • Fantastic Development Opportunities including CPD, Certificate Support, and Career Progression

As a Head RVN, you’ll play an integral part of our dedicated day team, providing compassionate care and support to patients in need. We are looking for someone with strong clinical skills and the ability to handle emergency situations with confidence. You must have excellent communication skills and team working abilities and have a compassionate and empathetic approach to patient care. If optimising patient care is your thing, then we want to hear from you. This is our primary focus.

About You

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Head RVN with strong clinical skills, emergency handling confidence, excellent communication, teamwork, and compassion.

About Us

[Employer hidden] is a proudly independent group of multi award-winning surgeries, founded in 2006 by veterinary surgeons Alan van Heerden and Dane Walker. Dane and Alan have taken their years of experience working in numerous high quality practices, to provide exceptional vet care across London and Kent. Claire Baker joined Alan and Dane as a Director in 2019, originally arriving at the main London hospital in 2013 as a locum. Claire heads up the Group’s operations and vet team recruitment.

[Employer hidden] has a network of excellent veterinary surgeons who have been handpicked for their clinical skills, experience and ability to provide compassionate care for your four-legged (or three-legged, finned or feathered) friend. This network of excellence is the foundation on which we have built a strong reputation for providing the very best care to pets and owners alike.

Alan and Dane are dedicated to providing excellent service to clients, respectful, caring and expert care for animals and a supportive encouraging work place for their teams.

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