After qualifying, there are many career pathways for veterinary nurses!

Working overseas - the UK Veterinary Nurse qualification is highly respected outside of the UK and can lead to many working or volunteer roles within practices or charities, and even with wild animals such as Chimpanzees and Bears!  

Clinical Coach - Student Veterinary Nurses train alongside a qualified member of staff, usually an RVN, to teach, support and mentor the SVN. It is a very rewarding role and helps keep your knowledge up to date! 

Back in April, the government launched a campaign urging pet owners to trust their vets on the use of antibiotics.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threats with estimates suggesting it could be responsible for ten million deaths per year by 2050 - and cost the global economy $100 trillion.

Following a government strategy to tackle AMR launched in 2013, antibiotic use in livestock has fallen to an all-time low, but attention must now address antibiotic use in our pets.

We have been invited to participate in the largest ever UK flea research project to advance understanding and treatment of the parasite.

The Big Flea Project, from MSD Animal Health, is the largest piece of academic research in the UK to examine fleas:-

To take the fight to fleas, we want to know:

1) How common each flea species is in the UK?

2) Which diseases are carried by these fleas?

3) How many fleas are carrying disease?

Veterinary Nurses make up part of the veterinary team in any practice.  Their role includes many and varied jobs from monitoring anaesthetics, and caring for hospitalised patients, to laboratory diagnostic tests, taking x-rays, assisting with physiotherapy and running a range of nursing clinics. They also provide lots of love and cuddles for pets that visit the practice!

We are excited to offer our own generic alternatives to well known ‘brand leader’ products.  These products have been specifically chosen as we feel it is important to offer an equally high-quality product to our loyal clients, at a reduced cost.

We have a number of ‘generic’ products on the shelves, but this weeks focus is St Boniface Joint Support GLM (green lipped mussel).

We know how hard it can be to make sure you are buying good quality supplements and healthcare products for your pets! 

With the plethora of tubs, bottles & tubes for sale in pet stores, supermarkets and pharmacies, how can you be sure you are buying a good quality product that really will do what it claims?

We are seeking a dedicated night nurse to provide excellent in-patient care at our modern small animal clinic. 

A newly refurbished flat is available on site with all mod cons!

Working Hours:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 6.30pm until 8.30am.

Please email your application to Sarah Woodvine (Head Nurse), sarah@stbonifacevets.co.uk

While we all hope that our pets are going to be healthy and live a long and happy life. Unfortunately some of our four legged friends develop conditions that require long term medication, often life- long. Diseases such as diabetes, hypothyroidism and epilepsy can develop in young to middle aged dogs and with appropriate medication can live a normal life, while some diseases, such as arthritis or heart disease (which often develop in later life), can be effectively managed to give your pet a good quality of life.