Clinical Nurse Manager - Small Animal

Lynton House Vets, Woking, Woking, South East

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Manager to join our team within the Lynton Veterinary Group for a Fixed Term Contract Maternity cover from January 2026 until February 2027 on a part-time basis.

What we offer

This is a prestigious role offering an excellent opportunity for the right nurse to lead a large group of nurses and support staff. We are looking for a nurse who has previous proven leadership skills, excellent clinical and communication skills with a drive to maintain high standards.

An experienced Clinical supervisor is a must who can support our wonderful SVN's through their training. The role will allow for great clinical exposure and the opportunity to work amongst a friendly and supportive team. We provide a varied working day for our nursing team, duties depend on the shift but include anaesthetic monitoring, care of inpatients, nurse consultations, drug dispensing, lab work, and maintaining a sterile work environment.

Our Rota

The working week will be 27 hours: 5 days a week 1 in 4 Saturdays 8am-4.30pm , with no OOH. Our long-established practice We are a long-established, Small Animal Veterinary Group based in Woking, Bagshot, and Addlestone. As a progressive practice, we recently relocated to our brand new, purpose-built practice in Woking, and continue to invest to refurbish and equip our other 2 practices to the same high standard.

The practices maintain state of the art clinical equipment such dental radiography, Virtual Veterinary equipment (VVS), visiting specialist surgeons for orthopaedics, laparoscopic spays and much more.

We also have a purpose-built grooming salon at our main site. One of the most important things to us here at Lynton is our history and local "Village Vet" reputation for providing the highest level of service and value for all our clients. Therefore, we have a loyal client base and a gold standard reputation across the local community.

Join our supportive Team

Our experienced team We have 9 Veterinary Surgeons across the group who are supported by a great team of 9 Registered Veterinary Nurses, 3 Student Veterinary Nurses, ANA's and experienced Receptionists. We have a team work culture in practice and have embedded true support amongst the team.

Each practice has an essential SOS chocolate station, and we are never short of cake with some excellent bakers across the group. The mental and physical well-being of the team is paramount to us - we like to show our support both in-house and externally by taking part in charity events such as "Ride for Dementia" and "Relay for Life" in aid of cancer research.

Because our employee's matter

We recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

Work life balance

• 6.6 weeks annual leave
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing, including discounted gym membership
• Non-accidental injury support

Development

• £550 CPD allowance with 24 hours paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities via the IVC Evidensia Academy
• Access to Vetlexicon - our online encyclopaedia provider
• All our Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme

Professional Memberships

• VDS cover
• RCVS fees

Additional

• Pawsome Benefits - reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100's of retailers
• Pension - 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care

Lynton House Vets, Woking

12 Well Lane, Woking, Woking, GU21 4PA, United Kingdom

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Any questions before applying?

Speak to Bartosz Piasecki from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.