🎊Giveaway winners announcement🎊
Thank you to everyone who entered our spring giveaway, we appreciate every single like, comment and share!🐾
Below are our lucky winners for each hamper
Cat Hamper - Lauren Russell
Dog Hamper - Paula Adams Symons
Rabbit Hamper - Katie Louise Morley
Please collect your hampers from the St Columb reception desk, we are open again from Tuesday after the bank holiday☀️
Congratulations🎊🎉
🐾🐱Vet Nurse Awareness Month 2024🐶🐾
✨This month we will introduce you to the fantastic Penmellyn nurses who look after your pets from puppy/kitten visits to senior care✨
This year marks the 20th anniversary of BVNA’s Vet Nurse Awareness Month (VNAM), celebrating registered veterinary nurses across the UK and the crucial role they play in the veterinary profession.
🎄🎅🏻Email entries to us at [email protected] for your chance to win a hamper full of goodies🎅🏻🎄
All entries with 12 correct answers will be entered into the prize draw tomorrow at 7pm
Good Luck ✨
The very handsome Marmite was in to see Vet Tom for his prescription check. He’s all ready for Christmas in his lovely bow tie and spread lots of festive cheer to all of the team🎄🎅🏼
🎊FUN FACT FRIDAY🎊
🐹Did you know that guinea pigs make 11 different sounds?🗯️ ‘Wheek-wheek' is one of the 11🐹
Here is Cookie enjoying some food😋
During November 2023 a National Antibiotic Amnesty is being held by vets, doctors
and pharmacists. Our practice is taking part in the antibiotic amnesty and we are
encouraging clients to return any unused or out of date antibiotics to us for safe
disposal.
We are only able to accept your pets unused medication but your local Pharmacy or Doctors Surgery will be able to take any human ones :)
#AntibioticAmnesty #onehealth
Everyone meet Harry the Storm Petrel…
Poor little Harry didn’t fair too well in storm Ciaran last week and ended up being found in our Vet Molly’s garden, where her two dogs Fern and Moss took an interest. He was cold and floppy. Molly kept Harry safe, warmed him up and brought him into us at the hospital. We continued to keep him warm, gave him medications as required and crop tube fed him (this is essential in providing poorly birds with supportive care, allowing him to get the nutrition he needs). We also took an x-ray to ensure he didn’t have any fractures or injuries and he was all clear! Once he began feeling better he thoroughly enjoyed a couple of ‘fishy baths’.
Storm Petrels are small seabirds and are classified as Amber under the Birds Conservation Concern 5: the red list for birds. It was therefore very important that we got him back to his healthy self and back to the sea as soon as possible. These little birds spend most of their time out at sea and only come into land for breeding purposes, where they nest among rocks or burrows offshore. We also discovered that they are unable to walk on land and they therefore have to shuffle.
Here is a little video we have put together of Harry and him enjoying his freedom after being released back to the sea by one of our night Nurses, Charlotte. Not a storm in sight. Wishing Harry the best of luck and we hope he can find his way back to his family!🐦🫶🏼
NEW SCRUB HAT DAY!!
We are very grateful to Rachel from Downwest Embroidery for making us a variety of bright and colourful new scrub hats. Some of our vets, nurses and animal nursing assistants were excited to try them on and choose which one suited them best!🎩
Thank you Rachel⭐️ Downwest Embroidery
Thank you for your donations so far…we’re still collecting for our charities and would love to give animals without a home this Christmas lots of goodies!
Anything you can spare would be so gratefully received 🎄
Head Nurse Vacancy
Here at Penmellyn Vets, we are looking for an experienced, confident RVN to join our team as our Head Nurse.
This is a great opportunity for an existing Head Nurse, Deputy Head Nurse or an RVN looking to step up.
What do we look for in a Head Nurse?
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic nurse who will work with the management team to facilitate the smooth running and the continuing development of Penmellyn Vets. We are a training practice and would expect our Head Nurse to be involved with student training and development.
This is predominantly a clinical role but with a significant management component. No two days are the same at our practice but the duties for this role would include -
Managing the Nursing team
General day-to-day nurse duties
Assisting with managing stock levels
Liaising and working closely with the Clinical Directors and Practice Manager
Attending monthly Practice Management meetings
Organising training
Nurse performance appraisals
Organising and attending meetings
Clinical coaching
Organising equipment servicing and maintenance
Completing rotas and arranging short notice cover as needed
Supporting the Practice in maintaining its Practice Standards accreditation
We encourage progression, development and welcome new ideas and ways of working. You will have plenty of support to allow you to thrive in this role, working in clinical areas and having designated time for administrative work associated with managing the nurse team.
We are flexible with the hours worked but this is a full-time position. Our present Head Nurse works 37.5 hours over a four-day week and works one Saturday daytime shift every four weeks.
For further details please take a look at this link -
https://ivcevidensia.co.uk/current-vacancies/veterinary-nurse/7980
Or speak to our Practice Manager Karen Warnham on 01637 880307 or by email [email protected]
Have you got a photo of your pet 'smiling'?
We are collecting Christmas donations for charity again this year and would love your help! 🎄
We are accepting donations of toys, treats, food and bedding for dogs, cats, small animals and horses at all Penmellyn Branches, to be distributed between the RSPCA Cornwall branch, Sallys Cat Rescue, The Flicka foundation and Hugs Foundation. 🎁
Please drop any donations, large or small, into your local Penmellyn branch. Every donation is so gratefully received and will go a long way to treating an animal without a home this Christmas.
Please share with your friends and family 🎅🏼
Its almost Christmas Competition Time!
Our competition to win a luxury hamper will start on 1st December.
