Company Details

Name: Green Vets Services Limited

Address: 71 Green Lane, YO24 3DJ

Phone: 01904393393

Webiste: https://www.thegreenvets.uk

Green Vets is an independent, eco-conscious first-opinion veterinary practice in Acomb, York, offering high-quality first-opinion companion animal care with a focus on environmental and community responsibility. Staffed by a dedicated team, we emphasise building rapport with clients and providing detailed, empathetic, and transparently priced care.

Our vision is to deliver clinical excellence and genuine care for patients using environmentally and community-sustainable principles.

Our mission is to continuously improve clinical standards while reducing our negative impact on the environment and making positive contributions to environmental sustainability and our local community.

Our motto is ‘’Healthy Pets, Happy People’’. It is our foundation. It is what our business is all about.

Our values follow from it, and they describe what drives us. Our core values are part of everything we do. Here they are marked in Green – of course.

Our environmental commitment

We support Vet Sustain’s veterinary sustainability goals. We acknowledge that our veterinary activities, services, and operations impact the environment, and we have identified key business impacts that contribute to our environmental and carbon footprint. By implementing this sustainability policy, we will encourage broad participation, working to reduce these impacts while upholding the highest standards of animal health, welfare, and clinical care for our patients.

Key Impacts

Although ‘being Green’ is a constant thread through our business, we also have an impact on the environment. To deliver services to our patients and clients, we need to use electricity, gas, and chemicals. Without that, we simply would not be able to look after the animals in our care.

Currently, only UK-quoted companies and large businesses must disclose their annual energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and related information. Small businesses have no such requirement. However, we have always recognised the need for early voluntary action, and through that, inspire other businesses to do the same.

We have used Vet Sustain to calculate our practice carbon footprint, and we can report that our April 2025 – April 2026 emissions are 13.78 tons of CO2 equivalent.

Green Vets is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can fulfil their potential. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions—including recruitment, selection, and promotion—are based strictly on business needs, job requirements, alignment with our values, and individual merit. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.

Job Details

Job location: North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and the Humber

Role: Veterinary

Position: Full time | Full time

Salary: £25,000 to £29,999

Closes in: 15 days (Tuesday 29 September 2026)

Job Description:

Green Vets has a vacancy for a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN)

We are looking for an additional RVN who takes pride in providing outstanding patient and client care and is keen to learn and expand their skills.

In return, we offer the unique opportunity to work in one of York's most respected independent veterinary practices, in a genuinely caring setting, both for our patients and for the wider environment; to be part of a friendly, supportive, and experienced team of animal care assistants, receptionists, vets and nurses;  to work in our superb vet-designed clinic with the U.K.’s first all-electric veterinary ambulance.

We consider both newly qualified nurses and experienced RVNs who are looking to take on more responsibility and develop their leadership skills.

The role

Salary commensurate with experience: £26,000 - £35,000.

RCVS fees and CPD funded

Flexible work hours either part-time or full-time.

General Responsibilities

• At Green Vets, Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) make animal health and welfare their top priority.
• They apply themselves and take an organised, proactive approach to daily tasks, being flexible and helping out wherever needed.
• They take instructions and follow directions from Management, but always take a proactive approach.
• They stay calm under pressure and support all colleagues.
• They attend work on time and are presentable. They are the public face of the practice and, while wearing the uniform, an RVN represents Green Vets and acts accordingly.
• They have a working knowledge of practice protocols and handbook, including any changes issued by Management.
• They take reasonable care of their own health and safety and take reasonable care not to put other people - fellow employees and members of the public - at risk by what they do or don't do in the course of their work
• They align with the company's values - Quality, Professionalism, Care, Respect and Environmental Sustainability and embed these in their conduct and performance.

Communication

• They communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
• They keep clear, accurate and detailed clinical nursing and client records, including in-patient records.
• They communicate effectively and courteously with clients and the rest of the team.
• They ensure effective animal handover, including patient handover when monitoring recovery following surgery.
• They check work email regularly for management communications and respond promptly.

Care of in-patients

• They ensure that veterinary nursing care is appropriate and adequate.
• They ensure housing is clean and meets the animals' needs.
• They liaise with the vet and in charge to plan the day.
• They ensure patients’ nutritional and fluid requirements are met.
• They perform Schedule 3 procedures
• They ensure comprehensive documentation of patient care.

Care of surgical patients

• They turn on piped oxygen in the morning, leak-test all circuits, and test the Active Gas Scavenging System.
• They prepare kennels for the surgical patients
• They assist the vet/nurse with placing IVC
• They set up anaesthetic circuits for patients.
• They set up surgical equipment, liaising with the vet as to what they anticipate they might need.
• They assist with anaesthesia induction, patient preparation for surgery, and safe transfer to theatre.
• They ensure patients are warm before and after the procedure.
• They monitor anaesthesia and recovery after surgery.

Dispensing Medication

• They prepare POM-V prescriptions authorised by the vet, ensuring the correct drug, strength, and batch number are processed.
• They check medication prepared by colleagues.
• They hand out medication to clients, ensuring all drugs are countersigned before handover. They ensure clients understand the intended use, method of administration, dosage, and duration of the medication.
• They take payment when drugs are handed over and process payment correctly through the Practice Management System (PMS)
• They perform nurse consultations
• They ensure the consult room is properly stocked and cleaned between patients, minimising cross-contamination.
• They are ready to assist when the vet brings a patient in if no owner is available to hold the animal.
• They restrain animals gently but effectively, ensuring their own safety, the vet's safety, and the animal’s safety.
• They dispense and check medication prescribed during consultations

Cleaning Duties

• They generally ensure the practice maintains a professional, tidy environment for the public and staff, and a safe environment for patients free from cross-contamination.
• They clean Theatre and Prep in between procedures and more fully at the end of the op list.
• They ensure a clean and tidy work environment for all.
• They keep the laundry washing and drying running.
• They clean surgical kits and equipment carefully, using the appropriate detergents. They pack and autoclave kits and disinfect equipment according to their individual requirements.
• They wash, dry and fold surgical laundry and process for autoclaving where necessary.

CPD

• They keep up with CPD and other training.
• They partake in CPD as a way of improving knowledge and interests to advance and improve patient care at Green Vets

Emergencies

• They assist the vets during emergencies
• They participate in the on-call rota and are available and ready to attend at a moment’s notice, taking into account the travel time from home to work.
• They are flexible around shifts and duties of the job

Diagnostics

• They run blood samples and process urine samples
• They set up for radiographs and ultrasonography.
• They collect and run urine samples

Maintaining equipment

• They handle equipment with care, especially to avoid dropping it on the floor.
• They check all equipment for visible damage before use and report it to Management if damaged.

Reception Duties

• They answer the phone and handle calls in a courteous, time-efficient manner.
• They book appointments.
• They take payment and process it correctly in PMS.

Transparency of recruitment

During the recruitment process, we will use the following criteria to decide which applicants to invite for an interview and which interviewees to invite for a task-based trial day:

Criteria	Essential	Desirable	Assessed by
Qualifications and attainments
Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing or BSc Veterinary Nursing  or FdSc Veterinary Nursing	X		Application
Experience and Knowledge
Working with a variety of animals	X		Application
Understanding animal body language	X		Application
Working at animal shelters, rescue centres, or vet clinics	X		Application
Practical time spent feeding, grooming, or exercising animals.	X		Application
Experience working with people in a busy or physical environment.	X		Application
Skills and abilities
Communicate effectively in written English	X		Application
Attention to detail	X		Application /  Interview
Communicate effectively in spoken English	X		Interview
Ability to work well with a range of animals	X		Interview
Basic Computer Skills	X		Interview
Alignment with the company's values - Quality, Professionalism, Care, Respect and Environmental Sustainability	X		Interview / Task
Excellent interpersonal skills	X		Interview /Task
Self-motivated – ability to work effectively without day-to-day supervision	X		Interview /Task
Ability to work successfully on own initiative and flexibly as part of a team.	X		Interview /Task
Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines	X		Interview /Task
Ability to cope with challenging situations	X		Interview /Task
Physical ability to restrain and lift animals, some of which can be big and powerful	X		Interview /  Task
The willingness and ability to collaborate and work closely with colleagues in a mutually supportive manner	X		Interview /Task
The ability to communicate and interact with other people in a way that promotes cooperative relationships	X		Interview /Task
Circumstances of role
Ability to meet unsocial hours	X		Interview
Place of residence within a 4-mile radius of the practice to meet our scope 3 staff-commute related emissions target		X	Application
Place of residence within a 20-mile radius of the practice to meet our scope 3 staff-commute-related emissions target	X		Application
Ability to get to the surgery in case of an emergency within 30 minutes	X		Interview
Commute to work via electric vehicle,  cycle or walk		X	Interview
Access to a vehicle		X	interview
Full Driving License		X	Interview
Right to work in the UK	X		Application

If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.

 

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