What to expect now you
are qualified and registered Veterinary Nurse.
Firstly,
congratulations from all the team here at Recruit4vets on becoming a qualified
and registered veterinary nurse!
We
understand the pressures as a veterinary nurse student looking to qualify, and
we also understand it is not the typical, easy student life which some people
associate graduating with. The great thing about being a veterinary nurse
student is that the course is purposely designed to set you up for the hard
working life you are about to embark on.
We recently spoke
to a few veterinary nurses who talked about their student life;
Juliette, Askham
Bryan College 2014 Graduate ‘I travelled
80 miles to and from College every day, it was very hard and tiring along with
all my assignments, exams, dissertations and so on, but I knew this is what I
wanted to do as a career and I was willing to work endlessly to ensure I
graduated as Veterinary Nurse, which I did and I can honestly say, although it
wasn’t a walk in the park, it was most definitely worth it’
Now you are
qualified here a few simple things to consider to help you get on the right
track;
1.
Plan your next move
Think about your future career.
Are you currently working in the type of practice that you want to be
in? Are there any career opportunities? Is it a small animal practice, referral
practice, hospital practice? There are a
wide range of practices out there and they all come with a range of positions,
whether you want to specialise in surgery or neurology; all of these factors
should influence where you want to work.
2.
Understand the advantages and
disadvantages of locum work.
Locum work can offer excellent opportunities to work in a wide range of
practices from small independent practices to advanced referral work. As a
locum veterinary nurse you do have to be flexible; usually on location but lots
of practices do provide accommodation. Locum work is very well paid and locum
nurses are in extremely high demand throughout the UK. If you have an interest in travelling
overseas locum work can provide a high salary and flexibility to allow you to
do this. To make things easier recruit4vets also pay towards your CPD! Find out more on CPD funding.
3. Are you secured with an agency? As a veterinary nurse, your days are long and arduous so it
is then the sensible decision to let an agency take on the burden of securing
interviews for you. As a recruitment
agency, it is our job to find you the perfect job. We take an interest in your future career,
the type of position you are looking for and are able to organise interviews
for you at a convenient time.
Recruit4vets are a trusted and respected veterinary recruitment
specialist who has over 13,000 veterinary nurses we work with, we also work
with some of the most trusted, well established practices in the UK. We have
100’s of new job roles added each month.
4.
Do you want to further your career?
When working within a practice, there are several options to think about
going forward whether it is CPD, taking on extra responsibilities or taking on
an extra course outside of practice. There
are a wide range of courses available from ECC, training on becoming a head
nurse or if you have a particular interest in exotics, or small animals; there
are courses on all of these and these will influence where you will want to
work in the future.
5.
Plan ahead.
Once you have a few years’ experience with working in a veterinary
practice you will then understand how practices operate and will have developed
into a very good veterinary nurse. You
may also have further qualifications and an understanding of where you would
like your career to go. With this level
of experience you can really start to specialise your skills and be the ‘go to’
person within your practice or you could start to take on further responsibility
with positions like deputy head nurse, or head nurse.
Recruit4vets can help you on your journey, we pride ourselves on being
more than a recruitment company, our dedicated team here undertake numerous
training development courses and work closely with all our candidates to ensure
that we know the veterinary industry as well as our candidates do so that we
can relate and understand firstly, what your careers goals are and secondly how
to get you there.
For more information, or to discuss how we could help you now you are
qualified, please call our experts on 01423 701 321 or email us at info@recruit4vets.co.uk
