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Linnaeus Clinical Nursing Manager in St Albans, United Kingdom
Job Title: Clinical Nursing Manager
Location: Village Vet (Hertfordshire)
Job Type: 1 year Fixed Term Contract (August start)
Salary: From £38,000 depending on skills and experience
Hours: 42 hours/week.1:4 Saturdays plus 1 in 9 Sundays
Village Vet (part of Linnaeus) are seeking to appoint a Clinical Nurse Manager to join the Senior Leadership Team and support the nurse teams across three sites in Hertfordshire!
This is a 1 year FTC with an ideal start date of August 2024
Village Vet is a well-established group of small animal practices, with a mixture of small medium & hospital sites across Hertfordshire & Cambridge & London. The Hertfordshire region includes the St Albans Hospital, a midsized site at Potters Bar & a smaller site at Berkhamsted
The clinical team bring a variety of experience and a typical day sees an interesting and varied caseload, including routine surgery, some orthopaedic cases, dentistry, a variety of medical cases and the Berkhamsted site has a particular focus on exotics too.
Applicants should have a minimum 2 to 3 years in practice experience post RCVS registration and minimum one-year previous leadership/line manager experience. Evidence of leadership training or qualifications would be an advantage as would a Clinical Supervisor or Mentoring qualification.
Your role and responsibilities
As Clinical Nurse Manager, you will be primarily based at St Albans with travel to Potters Bar & Berkhamsted on a regular basis to support the teams.
We are looking for an advocate for veterinary nursing, leading from the front, creating a culture of continuous improvement, clinical excellence, and development across all three sites. Ensuring quality assurance of nursing care and standard operating procedures within all sites and overseeing the implementation of learning, development for nurses that is aligned to the practice vision for growth.
The Clinical Nurse Manager will also play a key role in the provision of, strategic, professional, and operational leadership for the nursing team with nurse utilisation as a focus for improving services. Providing a nursing voice as part of the Senior Leadership Team to manage and deliver on complex and changing workloads within tight timescales.
Our Nurse Career Framework also aids in identifying future goals and opportunities
CPD including advanced qualifications is actively encouraged as this facilitates development of the veterinary nursing teams. The frameworks also supports a competitive salary reflecting skills, and experience held while allowing for personal growth
If you are interested in this role, we would love to hear from you. A detailed Job Description is available on request and informal enquires can be sent Nataliejay.Shoemark@linnaeusgroup.co.uk
Benefits
5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
RCVS & VDS fees paid
External CPD funded
Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
Career progression opportunities
Staff discount schemes
Life Assurance
Enhanced sickness pay
Enhanced equal family leave
E-car salary sacrifice scheme
Employer contribution pension scheme
Wellness program including:
Employee assistance program
Eyecare voucher scheme
Free annual Flu jab
Cycle to work scheme
Recruitment referral reward scheme
At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Program which is available for everyone.