Registered Veterinary Nurse – Night Nurse (Inpatient Care)
Village Vets & Meadowbank Veterinary Centres, Buckley
Up to £35,000 FTE DOE
12-month Fixed-Term Contract
Part-time, 33 hours per week

Overnight inpatient nursing role with 11–12 hour night shifts. Rota pattern is flexible and will be discussed at interview.

 

Village Vets & Meadowbank Veterinary Centres are a well-established veterinary group with practices in Buckley, Northop and Childer Thornton. Our Buckley branch serves as our hospital site, providing both first opinion and referral services including soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, emergency and critical care, internal medicine and rehabilitation.

Our experienced team includes veterinary surgeons and nurses with advanced qualifications across multiple disciplines, including ECC, Advanced Veterinary Nursing and Anaesthesia. This creates a stimulating clinical environment with a varied and rewarding caseload.

IVC Evidensia is the UK and Europe’s leading veterinary care group, made up of over 900 practices and referral hospitals, united by a shared purpose of happier animals, happier owners.

At IVC Evidensia, we believe careers should be built without limits. Our people are supported to make more clinical impact, access more career opportunities, and play an active role in their local and professional communities. Through investment in learning, innovation, and wellbeing, we create environments where our teams can grow in confidence, capability, and fulfilment, at every stage of their career.

 

How You’ll Make a Difference

As a Registered Veterinary Nurse working in our overnight inpatient care role, you will play a vital part in maintaining continuity of care for hospitalised patients. This position focuses entirely on inpatient nursing, allowing you to deliver attentive monitoring and high-quality care throughout the night.

You’ll work closely with the veterinary team to ensure every patient receives excellent nursing care and that the daytime team has clear clinical updates to support ongoing treatment.

• Deliver high-quality overnight nursing care for hospitalised patients

• Monitor and manage complex medical and surgical inpatients, including those with feeding tubes, urinary catheters and chest drains

• Administer treatments, medications and supportive care as prescribed

• Maintain detailed patient records to ensure seamless handover to the daytime team

• Work collaboratively with the wider veterinary team to support excellent clinical outcomes

• Work a flexible rota covering 11–12 hour overnight shifts, totalling approximately 33 hours per week

 

You Might Be a Great Fit If...

We’re looking for a compassionate and confident Registered Veterinary Nurse who enjoys inpatient care and takes pride in delivering attentive nursing support for hospitalised patients.

• Registration as a Veterinary Nurse with the RCVS

• Experience caring for medical and surgical inpatients

• Confidence monitoring hospitalised patients and recognising changes in condition

• Strong organisational and communication skills

• A calm, proactive approach when working independently overnight

• A team-focused mindset and commitment to high clinical standards

 

How We’ll Support You

At IVC Evidensia, we’re committed to supporting your ongoing development and wellbeing. When you join us, you’ll benefit from:

• A rewarding nursing role focused on inpatient care within a supportive hospital environment

• Exposure to a varied caseload across both first opinion and referral disciplines

• Opportunities to learn from experienced colleagues with advanced qualifications

• Ongoing learning and development supported by experienced clinicians and nursing teams

• A collaborative culture focused on patient care, professional growth and wellbeing

 

What We Offer Our Team

Work-Life Balance

• 6.6 weeks’ annual leave

• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service

• Birthday leave

Wellbeing

• Enhanced family-friendly policies including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay

• Private Medical Insurance

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Employee wellbeing initiatives including discounted gym membership

• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £550 CPD allowance per annum, with 24 hours paid CPD leave (pro rata)

• Certificate support and access to IVC Evidensia Academy learning opportunities

• Vetlexicon access and research funding opportunities for Vets & Nurses

• Infection Prevention and Control Programme

• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• VDS cover

• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits – discounts and cashback at hundreds of retailers

• Pension scheme

• Discounted staff pet care