Out of Hours ECC Veterinary Nurse | Leeds, West Yorkshire

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for emergency and critical care to join a busy, well-established 24-hour small animal hospital in the Leeds area. This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a highly skilled Out of Hours team, working within a modern referral-level environment that combines emergency and critical care with a thriving first opinion caseload. If you’re looking to further develop your ECC nursing skills while working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, this could be the perfect role.

Key Highlights

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• 7 nights on, 14 nights off rota.
• 8:00pm – 8:00am shifts.
• 24-hour RCVS Accredited Veterinary Hospital.
• Emergency Service Clinic supporting multiple referring practices.
• Excellent emergency and referral caseload.
• Advanced diagnostic and surgical facilities.
• Outstanding CPD and certificate support.
• Work alongside experienced Veterinary Surgeons, RVNs and VCAs.
• Referral-level nursing opportunities.

The Practice

This purpose-built, RCVS Accredited Small Animal Hospital has been providing exceptional veterinary care for over a decade and has established itself as one of the region’s leading emergency and referral centres. Alongside a thriving first opinion service, the hospital provides Out of Hours and referral support to numerous local practices, creating an exceptionally varied and rewarding caseload.

The hospital employs around 70 colleagues, including a large team of experienced Veterinary Surgeons, Registered Veterinary Nurses, Veterinary Care Assistants, Receptionists and dedicated night teams. Excellent communication, teamwork and clinical support are central to the hospital’s culture, with a strong focus on delivering gold-standard patient care.

As part of the Out of Hours team, you’ll work alongside an experienced Veterinary Surgeon, Veterinary Care Assistant and dedicated Receptionist each night, with additional support from twilight RVNs during the evening handover to ensure seamless continuity of patient care.

Facilities include:

• CT scanner.
• Digital radiography.
• Digital dental radiography.
• Ultrasound.
• Endoscopy.
• In-house IDEXX laboratory.
• ECG.
• Advanced anaesthesia monitoring.
• IM3 dental suite.
• Orthopaedic surgical equipment.
• Laparoscopy.
• Tonopen.
• Veta5 ventilator.
• Modern inpatient and intensive care facilities.

The Location

Located within easy reach of Leeds and the surrounding West Yorkshire area, the hospital benefits from excellent motorway links and convenient access to both city and countryside living. The area offers an excellent range of restaurants, shopping, leisure facilities and outdoor spaces, making it an ideal location for achieving a healthy work-life balance.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse with a genuine interest in Emergency and Critical Care nursing.

Working as part of the dedicated night team, you’ll care for a wide range of patients including emergency admissions, medical inpatients, post-operative cases and complex surgical patients. The role involves managing advanced nursing cases including oesophageal feeding tubes, chest drains, abdominal drains, urinary catheters, wound management and intensive patient monitoring.

You’ll also assist with complex emergency procedures and anaesthesia, including caesarean sections, GDVs and exploratory laparotomies, making full use of the hospital’s advanced monitoring and ventilation equipment.

The rota follows a 7 nights on, 14 nights off pattern, providing an excellent work-life balance while allowing you to develop your skills within a true referral-level environment.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be an experienced Registered Veterinary Nurse with previous Emergency and Critical Care nursing experience.

You should be confident managing complex hospitalised patients, working within a fast-paced emergency environment and delivering exceptional patient care. A certificate in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, or a genuine desire to work towards one, would be highly desirable.

You’ll be an excellent communicator, calm under pressure and enjoy working collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to clinical excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• 7 nights on, 14 nights off rota.
• Paid RCVS, VDS and BVNA memberships.
• Generous CPD allowance.
• Certificate funding and support.
• In-house CPD and clinical development programme.
• Support from Veterinary and Nursing certificate holders.
• Pension scheme.
• Income protection.
• Life insurance.
• Employee reward platform with high street discounts.
• 20% colleague discount across selected pet care brands.
• Modern hospital with advanced referral-level facilities.
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly respected veterinary hospital where clinical excellence, teamwork and professional development are genuinely valued. Whether you’re looking to build on your Emergency and Critical Care experience, work with advanced equipment and referral-level cases or develop towards an ECC certificate, this role offers an outstanding next step in your nursing career.