Veterinary Nurse Manager

Role - Full time

Salary- from 40,000 DOE

Address-Forest Vets Harlow, 2 Windsor Place, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2GQ, UK

Forest Veterinary Centre is growing, and we're looking for an exceptional Nurse Manager to lead and develop our nursing teams across our Epping, Harlow, Woodford and Isle of Dogs sites. This is a pivotal senior role for an experienced RVN who thrives on leadership, team development, and driving high clinical standards.

If you're passionate about empowering nurses, elevating patient care, and shaping a modern, progressive nursing culture this is your next step.

As our Nurse Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across all four Forest sites. You'll be the driving force behind:

• Nurse team development, coaching, and progression
• Nurse utilisation, ensuring every clinician works to the top of their capability
• Quality patient care, clinical standards, and continuous improvement
• Workforce planning, recruitment, and retention
• Culture building, wellbeing support, and team engagement
• Operational efficiency, supporting patient flow and service delivery
• Collaboration, working closely with CDs, PMs, Lead Nurses, and the wider Linnaeus nursing network

You'll be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, bringing the nursing voice to practice strategy, service development, and growth planning.

• Regular 1-2-1s, PDRs, coaching and mentoring
• Creating clear development pathways for RVNs, SVNs and PCAs
• Supporting Lead Nurses and developing future leaders
• Driving a culture of respect, civility, and psychological safety

• Championing full utilisation of nursing skills
• Expanding nurse led services and consultations
• Ensuring gold standard clinical standards across all sites
• Leading on audits, QI projects, and incident learning

• Workforce planning, rota oversight, and recruitment support
• Contributing to financial health through efficient nursing operations
• Supporting stock control, waste reduction, and responsible resource use
• Collaborating on service development and practice growth

• Leading a positive, engaged, high performing nursing culture
• Supporting wellbeing and embedding a Just Culture
• Ensuring clear communication across all sites
• Championing the Forest values and the Linnaeus Five Principles

You'll be an experienced RVN with:

• Strong leadership experience and a passion for developing others
• Excellent communication, coaching and mentoring skills
• Confidence managing multisite priorities and complex workloads
• A proactive, solution focused mindset
• A commitment to clinical excellence and continuous improvement
• The ability to inspire, motivate and unite teams

Advanced qualifications, leadership CPD, or experience in clinical audits and service development are highly desirable.

Forest Veterinary Centre is a friendly, progressive, community focused practice with a diverse caseload, supportive leadership, and a genuine commitment to developing our people. You'll join a collaborative senior team and a wider Linnaeus nursing network that invests heavily in leadership development, CPD, and career progression.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of nursing across four thriving sites - and make a meaningful impact on patient care, client experience, and team wellbeing.

Forest Veterinary Centre - where nursing leadership grows, teams thrive, and patient care excels.