Neurology Registered Veterinary Nurse

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Job Title: Neurology Registered Veterinary Nurse

Location: Wear Referrals, TS21 2ES

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Salary: Starting from £28,000 per annum

Join Our Neurology Nursing Team

We are looking for a motivated and passionate Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) to join our dedicated Neurology Nursing Team at Wear Referrals.

Our state‑of‑the‑art hospital is staffed by highly skilled RVNs 24/7, 365 days a year, delivering exceptional referral and ECC care to every patient.

About The Team

You will be part of a well‑established, collaborative, and experienced surgical team that includes:

• Five European diplomate specialist surgeons
• Two Neurology Residents
• Surgical Interns

Eight experienced RVNs

Supported by Student Veterinary Nurses and Patient Care Assistants

What The Role Involves

This is a varied, rewarding, and hands‑on role covering the day‑to‑day cases within the Neurology department. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing complex inpatient care, including delivery of rehabilitation and physiotherapy
• Delivering anaesthesia for diagnostic imaging and a wide range of diagnostic and surgical procedures
• Conducting nurse consultations
• Working closely with our Anaesthesia and Imaging services
  
  

We actively encourage professional development and fully fund external CPD, including opportunities for further academic study.

About You

We’re looking for an RVN who is:

• Clinically skilled with excellent attention to detail
• A confident communicator
• Comfortable working within a rolling rota, including weekends and bank holidays
• Enthusiastic about referral nursing and committed to delivering exceptional patient care
  
  

Previous referral experience is advantageous but not essential

—we provide full training and comprehensive support for RVNs joining us from primary care practice.

Why Join Us?

If you’re looking for a rewarding, fulfilling, and progressive career within a referral hospital setting, this could be the perfect role for you.

About Us

Wear Referrals, part of Linnaeus Veterinary Limited (owned by Mars), is a leading multi‑disciplinary specialist veterinary referral hospital in the North East of England. We are conveniently located near the historic university city of Durham, close to the vibrant city of Newcastle, and perfectly positioned between the stunning North East coastline and the Pennine countryside. Our award‑winning hospital is also within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, and Scotland, offering an exceptional quality of life outside of work.

We are proud to provide an extensive range of specialist services delivered by a team of more than 25 board‑certified specialists, covering:

• Neurology
• Orthopaedics

Soft Tissue Surgery

Internal Medicine

Anaesthesia

Oncology

Diagnostic Imaging

In addition to our referral services, we operate a busy primary care out‑of‑hours emergency service and offer comprehensive nurse led physiotherapy and in‑house hydrotherapy.

Our large and diverse nursing team includes over 64 Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) who work closely alongside our veterinary specialists. This includes a dedicated and highly skilled night nursing team, ensuring our patients receive exceptional care around the clock.

Benefits

Wear Referrals provide a competitive salary and CPD allowance along with company sick pay.

Including:

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off
• Payment of professional RCVS registration fees
• External CPD funded with generous CPD allowance plus CPD leave
• Enhance sick pay
• Enhanced Equal Family leave
• Life assurance
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Professional indemnity cover
• Health care and purchasing scheme

Staff discount for your own pet’s treatment

E-car salary sacrifice scheme

Wellness program including free annual flu jab, employee assistance program

Uniform, shoe allowance and free onsite parking also included

We pride ourselves on being a leading training practice, dedicated to developing talent and promoting from within wherever possible. We offer real opportunities to develop your nursing career through clinical specialism or managerial progression as part of the leading UK veterinary referral chain.

If you would like to apply for the role or for an informal chat to discuss further, please get in touch with Rebecca.coleman@linnaeusgroup.co.uk

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.