Average number of nurses per vet

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Braden Collins — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:17:55 GMT

6.5 vets, 10 nurses, one Trainee vn and one receptionist so roughly 2 nurses to one vet.

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Martin Atkinson — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:01:32 GMT

I am sole charge and have 2 full time nurses.

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Charlotte Marshall — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:15:30 GMT

5 vets, 5 FTE RVN, 1 Nursing assistant,1.5 FTE receptionist. And I constantly find I am searching around for a nurse! Definitely not enough in my opinion. (that is when we are at full strength, we are actually down one nurse at the moment and there don't seem to be any qualified nurses out there looking for jobs!)

Many years ago someone told me that it should be 1.5 FTE nurses per vet but I can't remember where that came from.

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Nicola Lawlor — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:38:00 GMT

2.5 vets, 1 RVN, 4 SVN, 2 receptionists

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

rachaelyost — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:57:29 GMT

1 site, 1 vet 1 RVN but need another one!

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:44:39 GMT

2 sites

4.5 FTE vets. 4.5 FTE RVNs, 4 SVNs/VCAs

(Plus many PT receptionists - probably about 5 FTE.)

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Kevin Castle — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:24:32 GMT

3 FTE vets with 5 VN's (1 part time) and 1 SVN. Also 3 receptionists and 2 cleaners so nurses practise as nurses

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Thomas Johnson — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:11:48 GMT

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]

For those in small animal practice - how many FTE RVN/SVN do you have per FTE vet?

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We have 4.5 FTE vets across 3 sites, and we have 9 FTE RVN/SVN, but at 2 of the sites the nurses cover reception as well, so we only have 1 FTE receptionist across the group.

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Mark Hedberg — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:07:29 GMT

RCVS Facts 2014 has a map that compares numbers of RVNs to MRCVS, and it's quite fascinating doing the numbers. It was interesting comparing the map to the online topics of 'where are all the nurses' and seeing that, yes, the reason some clinics are not getting many applicants is because you have extremely few RVNs in the area, full stop!

It's not a uniform distribution by any means; some places had a good ratio of nurses to vets, and some it was extremely low.

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Hannah Wynne Richards — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:46:03 GMT

1:1

Wynne

Re: Average number of nurses per vet

Andrew Mellor — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:14:20 GMT

2 , 2 qualified, 1 qualified but not reg yet as not done sufficient hours in practice and one second year svn for 2 vets , but I have been told we work to average 3 vet practice by accountants . sorry if that doesn't help