Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Caro Laithwaite VN — Thu, 22 May 2014 19:21:41 GMT

All the best to the both of you l am not sure which one l have been chatting to but fairly sure but you know this mud island dweller if we have been chatting

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Jamie-Lee Wilson — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:13:16 GMT

Hi Jennie,

I know it is really hard! I have seen lots of RVN's roles too, which gets me all frustrated because I cannot believe the ratio between RVN's and SVN's.

Oh well I guess we will have to keep plugging away at it, and soon something will come up!

I shall keep my fingers crossed for you!

Kind regards,

Jamie-Lee Wilson

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

JennieH — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:46:12 GMT

Hello.

Unless I find a placement I cannot do the course, the very few institutions that offer the course where I live require you to find the placement yourself.

I already have a Veterinary Support Assistant Level 3 qualification and plenty of volunteering experience, I could not do the course last year as I could not find a placement which is really frustrating!

Aaaaaaaaaah it's so hard! It's a shame really as I see pleny of advertisements everywhere for RVN's but that's because no one can get qualified in the first place!!!

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Jamie-Lee Wilson — Thu, 22 May 2014 12:00:32 GMT

Hi Rachel,

The Colleges around my area that cater for this type of course all require you to be employed at a registered Practice.

I have also asked about the Volunteering side of things, and they only have a set number of volenteers throughout the year.

I think for me it is a mixture of bad timing within the year and also a lack of vacancies.

I am thinking of doing an NVQ level 4 in Animal Management, as I feel that may help towards me finding a placement o begin with, whilst also loking for any volunteer work.

Would you recommend any books, or Study guides, that would help towards the NVQ?

Thank you so much for your help, I really do appreciate it.

Kind regards,

Jamie-Lee Wilson

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Rachel Woodcock — Wed, 21 May 2014 22:03:08 GMT

Hi Some colleges sort placements for you so it might be worth contacting your college to see if they can help. I struggled to find a TP and ended up moving over here from Northern Ireland! I also sent my cv to every TP in the area. How about doing some volunteering at practice for experience? It's hard to get it but it's well worth it when you get qualified :) Rachel

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

Jamie-Lee Wilson — Wed, 21 May 2014 13:50:32 GMT

Hi Jennie,

I am looking for the same thing in the South West area, preferably in the Hampshire region, I am also struggling.

Have you had anyone, give you any Tips?

I was told to go into the Practices and hand in CV's and Covering letters Face to Face.

Do let me know how you get on, as I think it is quite a hard profession to get into.

Kind regards,

Jamie-Lee Wilson

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

JennieH — Tue, 20 May 2014 21:30:58 GMT

Hello there.

I am trying to find one within the West Midlands, preferably around Wolverhampton or Birmingham as I live in between both :-)

Thanks for the reply, it's much appreciated.

Jennie.

Re: Situation Wanted - Trainee Vet Nurse Placement for Mature Student!

laceylp1990 — Tue, 20 May 2014 18:41:01 GMT

Hi Jennie , Sadly I don't know of a placement .

If you could let us know where your looking for perhaps word of mouth could help ?

Best of Luck :)