Southfields Veterinary Specialists, in Basildon, Essex, is holding an open day for RVNs who are looking to advance their career, on Saturday, February 25th, from 8.45am to 4pm.

During the day, visiting RVNs will be treated to a tour of the state-of-the-art, £16 million, 40,000 sq ft hospital, which opened last summer.

Nicola Barrigan, Head of Nursing Services at Southfields, said: “The open day will give visitors an informal opportunity to speak to members of our nursing team in relaxed surroundings to find out a bit more about what life is like here at Southfields.

“There will also be the chance for them to attend nurse-led presentations, including Q&A sessions, chat with our clinicians and discuss progression opportunities with the Linnaeus professional development team.

"Information will also be available on our post-registration programme.”

The open day will begin with pastries and refreshments at 8:45am.

Hospital director Daniel Hogan, himself an RVN, will then give an introduction to Southfields after which there will be a presentation about Linnaeus's referral nursing post-registration programme (PRP) and progression at the hospital.

There will then be a meet the team session with both vets and RVNs, plus a Q&A session before a lunch is provided at 12.30pm, followed by a tour of the hospital and oncology building.

To end the day, there is an optional CPD featuring bite-size nursing sessions from 2pm to 4pm.

To sign up, visit: https://southfields.co.uk/nurse-open-day.  

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