Speyside Vets in Aberlouer & Fochabers are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse to join our team.

Working in various capacities within your role and depending on which shift you are covering you will be involved in all aspects of nursing for example. 

The early nurse will assist with surgeries between 9:00am and 10:00am, then be second to the late nurse and help the vet with diagnostics e.g. bloods, radiographs, ultrasound scans, discharge in-patients and do the afternoon nurse consultations. 

Late nurse will take over as the surgical nurse when they arrive at 10:15:am, surgeries range from routine neutering, dentistry to orthopaedics, they help the vet with diagnostics and cover the nurse appointments during evening surgery as necessary.

Both nurses have the usual responsibilities of ordering drugs, consumables and equipment as necessary and the shifts are swapped weekly to ensure each nurse attains adequate opportunities.

We can be flexible regarding days of work, with either a Wednesday to Friday (22.5 hours) shift pattern or full-time Monday to Friday (37.5 hours) with 1 in 4 Saturdays (9:00am till 12:00pm.) Our nurses’ alternate shifts weekly,7:45am – 3:45pm or 10:15am – 6:15pm, the candidate will be required to work at both branches Fochabers and Aberlour.

Both surgeries are modern and fully equipped to a high standard, with a varied caseload including orthopaedics and daily nurse appointments.

We have 6 FTE vets, 5 RVN’s, 1 x SVN, 1 x PM and 5 support staff, we have a wide range of ages and experience within our collaborative team and encourage clinical discussions with all members of staff, career development is encouraged.  We have great clients, most of whom have been with us for years and we aim to give them the best possible care.

Speyside itself is a great location, it’s an area of outstanding beauty bordering the Cairngorm National Park (ski centres, hill walking and mountain biking) and the Moray Firth coast (surfing, paddle boarding and breath-taking beaches) The villages, which both have excellent schools are close to the city of Elgin, with the larger cities of Aberdeen and Inverness (airports, theatres and shopping etc) within an hour.

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 -