Vets Now has announced that it is accepting applications for it's Nursing Edge Programme, starting in August.

The eight week training programme, which was set up by Vets Now’s Head of Clinical Nursing, Rachael Marshall, provides a full induction leading to a permanent full time position with Vets Now. It combines two weeks of lectures and interactive sessions in the company's support office with six weeks practical training. Vets Now says the course content has been designed to give nurses the confidence and skills for emergency work, providing valuable training and a salary from day one.

Vets Now says it has already welcomed 17 new nurses on board, with the potential to place many more into its small animal out of hours’ clinics across the England, Wales and Scotland.

All successful applicants are supported in practice by an experienced RVN as their mentor throughout their six weeks on the job training in the clinic of their choice.

In addition, nurses are supported with a directed training plan in their first year; incorporating a mix of online and practical courses.

Rachel Plunkett, a nurse who participated in the Nursing Edge Programme, said: “Doing this course has meant I feel well equipped to tackle all kinds of exciting clinical cases despite being newly qualified. The in-house support is incredible and if at any point I was unsure about any little thing, someone was there to help and answer my questions. Taking the Nursing Edge course is the best decision I've ever made."

Veterinary Nurses currently in their final year of study, or those new to emergency work, who wish to secure a place on the August programme or April 2017, should send their CV and a covering letter to laura.collings@vets-now.com 

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