Veterinary Nurse Training and Assessment Practice

Veterinary Nurse Training leads to nationally recognised Vocational Qualifications. Trainee veterinary nurses working for these qualifications need to find a place for work experience with a recognised Training and Assessment Practice.

Training and Assessment Practices have trained assessor(s) on their staff to help trainees and to oversee and assess their experience in the course of their work. This will be a qualified veterinary nurse or a veterinary surgeon.

Yves and Katharine are the Bishops Veterinary surgery assessors (both NVQ qualified D32/D33). At the Bishops Veterinary Surgery we are extremely proud of our track record as a recognised Training and Assessment Practice having had the distinction to see two nurses trained in the practice gaining the BSAVA and the BVNA Nursing Awards for achieving the highest marks in the UK in their exams .

The practice is linked to a Veterinary Nurse Approved Centre (the College of Animal Welfare) which provides outside assessors and supervision to ensure that the quality of training provided is maintained. Veterinary Nurse Approved Centres are approved by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to oversee the training provided by the Training and Assessment Practices.

Training as a nurse at the Bishops Veterinary Surgery

We do not have vacancies at the moment. You will find a link to a list of Training and Assessment Practices at the RCVS web site (see Links).

Links:

Visit the department for Education and Skills for more information about NVQ qualifications:
DfES web site

Visit the the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons web site to find more information about Veterinary Nurse Approved Centres and a current list of Training and Assessment Practices as well as lots of useful information about Veterinary Nursing as a career:
RCVS web site

Visit the British Veterinary Nursing Association web site for lots of further information about Veterinary Nursing as a career:
BVNA web site

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association web site has a page about Veterinary Nursing Careers:
BSAVA web site