Senior Ward Nurse – Maternity Cover

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join Southfields Veterinary Specialists as our Senior Ward Nurse (Maternity Cover).

As a Senior Nurse, you will lead by example, guiding, supporting and motivating your team of highly skilled nurses. Using your exceptional organisational, delegation, communication and clinical skills, you will facilitate the delivery of inpatient and emergency care to patients from all disciplines, working closely with specialists, residents, interns, RVNs, SVNs and VNAs in our busy and rapidly growing hospital.

You will have experience of communicating with individuals at all levels and will feel confident participating in discussions with consultants to develop inpatient care plans for our large and varied caseload.

You will work alongside the Head of Nursing Services to develop working processes and grow your nursing team as Southfields prepares to relocate to a 40,000 sq.ft. state of the art facility.

Your attendance at senior meetings will allow you to use your experience to contribute ideas and solutions to the continued progression and development of practice and clinical team.

This is a challenging and rewarding role that will require an assertive and proactive leader with a positive approach to patient management.

This is an exciting time to join Southfields as we expand our offering and invest in new services, allowing you the opportunity to work within an exceptional team and develop your career with our large and varied multi-disciplinary caseload in a supported environment.

Experience in a referral setting would be advantageous however full training will be provided.

What kind of person you need to be

• ability to prioritise, problem-solve and delegate effectively;
• desire to provide the best clinical service to all our patients;
• ability to help develop and shape a growing service

Specific experience/qualification/status/citizenship requirements

You must fulfil the following requirements:

• Right to work in the UK
• Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) registration
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Leadership training/experience
• Maintain a professional and caring approach in all aspects of your work

Why Southfields

Southfields is the new name in referral services. It’s a very exciting time to join a forward-thinking and highly motivated team that has the support of the Linnaeus Group, providing significant investment in new innovative services, a contemporary state-of-the art working environment and commitment to personal and career development. With an excellent support team in place, you’ll be able to concentrate on what you do best in a friendly and supportive practice.

What’s on offer

• Full time, fixed term
• Very competitive salary
• A generous benefits package including a holiday reward system, CPD and pension scheme
• A good work life balance
• Located only 30 minutes by train from Central London, within easy each of the beautiful Essex countryside and we are extremely well located for international travel links by air and train