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Wright & Morten is a veterinary nurse training centre
(ATAC) and as such we are approved by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to train veterinary nurses.
We currently employ fourteen qualified nurses or trainees.
Trainees must be gainfully employed by an ATAC before starting college, they should be enrolled as a student nurse with the RCVS at lease
four months before taking their first year examinations.
Training can be done on a day or block release basis, with the nearest colleges at Rodbaston in
Staffordshire, and Myerscough in Preston. The course is an NVQ usually lasting for
two years, at the end the successful candidate becomes a qualified veterinary nurse
(VN).
All trainees must achieve certain GCSE grades before undertaking the course. They are:
five GCSE passes at grade C or above, including
Maths, English and a Science, or the BVNA certificate in Pre-Veterinary Nursing. Appropriate passes in exams of a comparable or higher standard may be accepted in lieu of the foregoing requirements, at the discretion of the RCVS VN committee.
Wright & Morten employ on average two new trainees per year, and competition for places is high. If you are interested in training with us, please feel free to forward your CV, and we can hold it on file until a vacancy arises.
Veterinary Nursing as a career
As with any worthwhile job, the training you will need takes time and hard work ? but if you are willing to put in the effort, you will be rewarded with a career which offers variety, interest and day to day contact with animals and their owners.
There are about five thousand qualified veterinary nurses in Great Britain. They may be working in veterinary practices, charity run clinics, educational or research institutes or a number of other
organisations.
The British Veterinary Nursing Association represents its membership, giving
ongoing advise on continuing education, career prospects, employment rights and runs an employment register.
Membership of the BVNA is open to qualified Veterinary Nurses, students, practice support staff, and those generally interested in the profession can all become members of the
BVNA, giving them automatic membership of the International Veterinary Nurses and Technicians Association, together widening the horizons and increasing opportunities worldwide for all of our members. A membership application form is included within this pack.
If you are not sure whether veterinary nursing is for you, there are a number of other jobs which offer the opportunity to work with animals.
MISSION STATEMENT OF THE BVNA
"To promote the standards of the Veterinary
Nursing Profession".
If you are not sure whether veterinary nursing is
for you, there are a number of other jobs which
offer the opportunity to work with animals.
Check out the BVNA website www.bvna.org.uk
There is also useful advice from BSAVA on veterinary nursing as a career
http://www.bsava.com/petzone/careers/nursecareer.htm
If you are interested in a career as a vet, check out
http://www.bsava.com/petzone/careers/vetcareer.htm
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