The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

01/08/2025

We have exciting opportunities to join our team as a Surgery and Neurology Night RVN at the Royal Veterinary College, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (near Potters Bar, Herts).

This position is ideal for an RVN keen to develop their nursing career and specialise in surgical and neurology nursing with hands on nursing of various surgical and neurological conditions.
Roles available:

• Fixed Term/Full-time, (35 hours per week), 12 shifts per month (08:00pm-08:30am) on a 4-week rolling pattern to include 1:4 weekends
• Permanent/Part-time, (23 hours per week), Thursday-Friday night shifts (08:00pm-08:30am)
• Fixed Term/Part-time (23 hours per week), Wednesday-Thursday night shifts (08:00pm-08:30am)

£37,424 - £44,324 pa, pro rata, inclusive of London Weighting and Night Nursing Allowance + a generous rewards package

📅Application deadline: 17th August 2025
👉To apply online: https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1939&forced=1 + Wed/Thursday Night

01/08/2025

Are you (or do you know) a Patient Care Assistant looking for a new job?
We need a Patient Care Assistant to join team at Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital (near Camden/Kings Cross).
This is a full-time, fixed-term role.
Salary: £26,324 to £26,914 Per Annum Inclusive of London Weighting
📅Application deadline: 17 August 2025
👉https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1937&forced=1

01/08/2025

🐎 The RVC has announced the expansion of its Equine Referral Hospital services to include a pioneering surgical procedure for horses with cervical spinal nerve compression. From 1st August 2025, the introduction of uniportal endoscopic foraminotomy will offer horse owners and referring veterinary surgeons a viable treatment option for this condition, where previously only limited options were available to prevent long-term suffering.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/equine-foraminotomy

30/07/2025

We have two exciting opportunities to work in our dedicated night nursing team in our Emergency and Critical Care team at the Royal Veterinary College, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (near Potters Bar, Herts).
As part of our ECC team you will be working across our emergency room and intensive care unit alongside our friendly and experienced team of specialist clinicians, interns, RVNs and Patient Care Assistants. The ECC department accept both first opinion and referral cases 24 hours a day. This role would be perfect for those wishing to develop their career as an ECC nurse in a supportive environment.

Roles available:
• Permanent/Full-time, (35 hours per week), 12-night shifts per month (08:00pm-08:30am),
• Permanent/Part-time, (35 hours every other weekend), Friday-Sunday night shifts: 08:00pm-08:30am.

£37,424 - £44,324 pa, pro rata, inclusive of London Weighting and Night Nursing Allowance + a generous rewards package

🗓️Application deadline: 10th August 2025
👉More info and apply online: https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1930&forced=2 / https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1936&forced=2

30/07/2025

🎓 At the 2025 graduation ceremony, the RVC awarded Honorary Degrees of Veterinary Medicine to two eminent leaders in science and veterinary medicine – Professor Dame Angela McLean and Professor Gary England.

Conferred by RVC President & Principal, Professor Stuart Reid CBE, these honours recognise significant contributions to research, education and public service and a profound impact in the veterinary and scientific communities.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/rvc-honorary-degrees-2025

30/07/2025

🌱 This investment further illustrates our commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility when we are delivering clinical services as well as our student experiences

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has taken a major step toward environmental sustainability by integrating SageTech Veterinary’s advanced waste anaesthetic gas capture technology into its operating theatres and diagnostic areas. This initiative cements the RVC’s position as a leader in sustain...

29/07/2025

🐎 A novel study by the RVC has revealed new insights into how the highly contagious disease strangles spreads amongst horses in the UK. This research marks a significant step forward in understanding how owners and veterinarians can more effectively manage and prevent outbreaks of this devastating equine disease, through targeted interventions and outbreak management protocols.

Photo: Redwings Horse Sanctuary

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/new-genomic-strangles-study

28/07/2025

🐑 Are you a UK sheep farmer/shepherd/shepherdess or involved in the care of sheep? We would like to invite you to take part in a research study looking at the perception and use of footbaths on sheep farms in the UK.

⏲️ 15 Minute anonymous survey
📅 Closes: 10th August 2025

➡️ Survey: https://rvc.uk.com/sheep-footbaths-survey-2025

28/07/2025

📺 Dr Rowena Packer, Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science, appears in the BBC Documentary "Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad" - you can view it now on iPlayer and will be on BBC One in the West and East Midlands at 20:30 BST tonight.

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With some new owners finding their pets exposed to unexpected disease, vets’ bills and heartache when adopting rescue dogs from abroad, is there enough oversight of the sector?

28/07/2025

🏅 The RCVS - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has announced that Dr Aarti Kathrani, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine and Nutrition, and Dr Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet, Lecturer in Comparative Pathology, have been awarded an RCVS Fellowship in the Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice category. They both work at the RVC's Small Animal Referral Hospital. This award recognises their outstanding contributions to the veterinary profession, and they will receive their awards at the annual RCVS 'Fellowship Day' held in November.

28/07/2025

🌍 The RVC has co-authored a new report, as part of The Lancet One Health Commission, which provides a framework and recommendations for implementing an effective One Health approach. It aims to bring together human, animal, and ecosystem health initiatives more effectively across policy, practice and governance to better protect the planet and our communities.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/one-health-recommendations

25/07/2025

🐕 New research from the RVC VetCompass Programme has provided fresh insights into survival rates for dogs diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma, one of the most aggressive cancers in companion animals.

Despite an association with extremely poor survival rates, this study reveals that outcomes can vary more widely than previously understood, particularly based on tumour location and treatment pathway.

➡️ Read more at: https://rvc.uk.com/haemangiosarcoma