Multidisciplinary Referral Nurse

About us 

Eastcott Veterinary Referrals is an innovative, tier 3 multi-disciplinary referral and primary care hospital located just off the M4 in Swindon, Wiltshire. We are a gold standard cat friendly practice, passionate about providing exceptional patient care. We see cases from a variety of disciplines including orthopaedics, soft tissue, neurology, dentistry, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, ECC and primary care. 

Your role and responsibilities 

We are looking to hire an enthusiastic and confident Registered Veterinary Nurse to rotate through a range of specialist departments within our large multidisciplinary Hospital. Rotations will include wards, medicine, imaging, dentistry, ophthalmology, and surgery to include soft tissue, orthopaedics, and neurosurgery. This position will expose you to a wide range of interesting cases, allowing development of your nursing skills and knowledge in a variety of areas. 

The role is full time, with 1 in 8 working weekends and 1 bank holiday a year. You will get 5 weeks holiday and your birthday off each year. We also encourage and support all our referral nurses to complete an advanced nursing certificate.  

Hours: 40 hours per week, a mixture of 5 x 8 hour days and 4 x 10 hour days 

Benefits 

Our excellent benefits include 5 weeks holiday plus your birthday off, a generous CPD budget and competitive salary based on experience. 

Part of an amazing global family 

The future of the veterinary world is at the heart of everything we do. We are all individual but two important things bring us together: a commitment to excellence and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. 

Linnaeus is owned by Mars, that makes us part of their 70,000 Veterinary Health Associates who spend their days thinking about the 400 million pets of the world and how to improve their lives. Being part of this amazing global group gives us the benefit of a huge network of experts and specialists, a future we can invest in and the security that allows us to concentrate on what we do best – caring for pets. 

Our Associates are fundamental to our success and we are proud to count some of the finest specialists, veterinary surgeons and nurses in the UK among our team. 

Being part of the Mars family of businesses provides huge development opportunities across the group for our Associates. 

Don’t just take our word for it 

“Everyone is so friendly and welcoming here” 

“My work life balance at Eastcott is so much better than my previous jobs” 

Please get in touch with us to apply or feel free to ask us any questions regarding the role to laura.ford@eastcottvets.co.uk. Closing date is the 1st April but might close sooner if filled before this.