Anaesthesia Veterinary Nurse (Grade 5) - University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital - Wirral, UK
(2026-02)
- Charge Nurse duty
- Organising theatre and imaging day plans
- Ensuring smooth running of the day
- Supporting undergraduate vet students
- Point of contact within surgical area
- Stock and Drug management
- Dangerous Drug supervisor
- Monitor sedations and anaesthetics
- Pain management and planning
- Mental Health and suicide prevention support member
- Member of University wellbeing panel
- Weekend and out of hours support
Veterinary Nurse - James Veterinary Specialist Cardiology
(2025-08 - 2026-02)
- Peripatetic cardiology nursing and home working
- Building and maintaining relationships with various veterinary clinics
- Inpatient care
- Client support and assistance
- Point of contact for referring vets
- Holter monitor placement
- ECG placement and reporting
- Patient restraint
- Record keeping
- Financially charging cases
- Laboratory tasks
- Nurse consultations
- Pharmacy
- Out-of-hours emergency nursing
Veterinary Nurse - ADC Perth
(2025-03 - 2025-06)
- Administration tasks
- Record keeping
- Note taking
- Animal handling/restraining
- Reception duties
- Client support
- Nurse consultations
- Skin allergy testing and monitoring
- Allergy testing vaccine preparation
- Bee and wasp allergy testing and monitoring
- Bee and wasp venom vaccine preparation
- Laboratory tasks
- Pharmacy cover
- Stock rotation, stock ordering
- Inpatient care and follow-up contact with clients
- Dental assisting
- Surgical instrument maintenance and cleaning
OSCE Examiner Veterinary Nurse Degree course - Glyndwr University Northop Campus - Northop, Flintshire
(2023-07 - 2025-09)
Veterinary Nurse, Cardiology (Grade 5) - University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital - Wirral, UK
(2015-01 - 2025-01)
- Organising the day plans within the team
- Assisting with research studies
- Preparing patients and equipment for cardiac surgical interventions
- Administering and dispensing medications
- Blood sampling, urinalysis, and IV placements
- Invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring
- Retrieving images via fluoroscopy
- Holter Monitor fitting and maintenance
- Retrieving diagnostic 6-Lead ECGs
- Delivering high standards of nursing care
- Providing information, advice, and support to clients
- Overseeing veterinary students during rotation placements
- Preparing and delivering student tutorials based on blood pressure monitoring, ECGs, IV placements and patient care
- Student teaching- Animal handling
Surgical Veterinary Nurse (Grade 5) - University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital - Wirral, UK
(2013-03 - 2015-01)
- Providing the highest standard of nursing care to surgical patients
- Preparing surgical instrumentation (theatres/surgical trolleys)
- Preparing and positioning patients for surgical procedures
- Assisting in the role of scrub assistant during surgical procedures
- Monitoring sedation and general anaesthetics
- Handling patients during recovery, monitoring pain, and providing pain relief
- Applying aseptic techniques in surgical aftercare
- Preparing and delivering student tutorials: blood sampling, intravenous catheter placement, fluid therapy, ICU care, and anaesthesia techniques
- Student teaching- Animal handling
- Supervising Undergraduate Students during clinical rotations
Patient Care Veterinary Nurse (Grade 5) - University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital - Wirral, UK
(2012-06 - 2013-03)
- Providing high-quality care to support patient admission/discharge
- Assisting in procedures across the ICU and ward areas
- Overseeing completion of medical treatments, supportive care, and husbandry procedures, including post-operative nursing, physiotherapy, and wound management
- Assisting with the induction/monitoring of anaesthesia and overseeing recovery
- Delivering fluid and drug therapies
- Stock checking in patient areas; ordering consumables
- Providing information and advice to clients
Registered Veterinary Nurse - Village Vets - Buckley, North Wales, UK
(2011-04 - 2012-06)
- Preparing and positioning patients for surgical procedures
- Undertaking laboratory duties: e.g., skin workups, blood sampling, urinalysis
- Undertaking diagnostic imaging: e.g., radiography, ultrasound, endoscopy
- Providing nurse consultations (e.g. on postoperative care, nail clipping, dressing changes, dietary advice, and micro-chipping)
- Contributing to an on-call nursing rota
- Dental checks and procedures
- Assisting in equine callouts and standing sedation
- Supporting, guiding, and supervising Veterinary Nurse students
Student Veterinary Nurse - The Grange Veterinary Hospital - Mold, North Wales, UK
(2008-11 - 2011-03)
