Head Nurse
Core
Lead a veterinary nursing team while maintaining hands-on involvement in complex surgical and procedural cases to ensure high standards of patient care.
Role type
Senior IC Head Veterinary Nurse (Leadership & Clinical)
Builds
Veterinary hospital operations, nursing team development, and patient care standards
Domain
Veterinary Medicine / Animal Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Anaesthetic monitoring, clinical nursing, mentoring, infection control, surgical case coordination, resource planning
Preferred skills
EzyVet, IDEXX laboratories, IM3 dental equipment, equine services experience
Technologies
EzyVet, IDEXX laboratories, IM3 dental equipment
Responsibilities
Mentoring and coaching nurses and animal care attendants; Coordinating nurse onboarding, training, and professional development; Championing high standards in patient care, anaesthesia, hospitalisation, and infection control; Assisting with complex nursing, surgical, and procedural cases; Coordinating daily nursing activities, workflow, and resource planning; Helping identify and implement improvements to systems and processes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties