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Veterinary Nurse Manager Dogs Trust Wakley St, London EC1V 7RQ, UK

Practice Type: Other (eg. industry or academia)
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Min Offered: £ 42,025 per year GBP
Posted on: 10 Dec 2025

Job Description

Do you have a passion for dogs? Are you ready for the next step in your career?

We are looking for someone to join us for a maternity cover contract from February 2026 to March 2027.  In our London Office vet team as our Veterinary Nurse Manager overseeing and supporting our vet nurse teams across the organisation.  

What does this role do?

As a Veterinary nurse manager you will,

  • Lead and manage including making any required changes to  the SAS and VSF funding schemes, supporting the team to manage their workload.
  • Oversee the invoice management for payments relating to these schemes and liaising with the Head of Finance.
  • Support the Senior Vet Nurses in managing the Emergency Trust Fund (ETF) and any exceptional funding agreed for veterinary care of dogs.
  • Provide professional support to the veterinary nursing teams working within the rehoming centres supporting their individual professional development as well as the functions of the vet suites. 
  • Oversee patient safety and continual improvement across all vet nurse teams.
  • Liaise with wider DT departments (Operations, Communications and Customer Support Centre) to manage escalated complaints which may include difficult or sensitive situations.
  •  Represent the clinical veterinary team in cross organisational projects as well as undertake project management work that aligns with our strategy. 
Please see the attached job description for further details.

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for the w/c 5th January 2026.

Could this be you?

Someone with strong veterinary experience who is able to build relationships, manage others and is able to set high expectations. 

The role is part of the senior management team and involves working at the London office. It includes development of training programs along with the Learning & Development team and wider organisational connections. Representing the veterinary perspective at internal stakeholder meetings and representing Dogs Trust at external stakeholder meetings. Although this is primarily an office-based role, there may be clinical work required as necessary within our rehoming centres or for other teams.

About the team

The Dogs Trust Veterinary Department is a friendly team of veterinary nurses, veterinary surgeons and admin team working in the London Office. The primary responsibility for this team is to provide case guidance and management options for dogs within our care across 
our network of rehoming centres and other veterinary related schemes such as Outreach, Shared Adoption Scheme (SAS), Veterinary Support Fund (VSF) and the Emergency Trust Fund (ETF).

About Dogs Trust

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
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