Askahm Bryan College

Department: Animal Management

Main features

Starting :
Level 2 - 16 September 2009 Price on application
Level 3 - 17 September 2009 Price on application

Level 2 is designed for unqualified nurses who are already employed in a veterinary practice. Therefore if you would like to train as a veterinary nurse, you will need to find employment first.

As a student veterinary nurse you will undergo practically-based vocational training in a veterinary practice registered as a Training Practice (TP). This will be supported by a Level 2 day-release theoretical course at Askham Bryan College, which includes classroom work as well as practical skills training in our purpose-built Veterinary Nursing suite.

All veterinary nurse training must address the National Occupational Standards in veterinary nursing. This is achieved through completion of an NVQ Level 2 portfolio at your training place, which is verified through the TP Veterinary Nursing Approved Centre (VNAC).

You must achieve NVQ Levels 2 and 3 before being awarded your Royal College Veterinary Surgeon’s Certificate which entitles you to register on the list of qualified nurses.

Although you will already be in employment as a student veterinary nurse, it may be possible to change employers, providing your new practice is also a TP. Your next step will be into employment in a TP as a Level 3 student veterinary nurse. You can progress to the veterinary nursing NVQ Level 3 when you have successfully achieved your Level 2 examination and your Level 2 portfolio has been verified and passed.

You can obtain more information on training and careers in veterinary nursing from:

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Belgravia House

62-64 Horseferry Road

London SW1 2AF

Tel: 020 7222 2001

Fax: 020 7222 2004

email: admin@rcvs.org.uk

website: www.rcvs.org.ukThe British Veterinary Nursing Association

Level 15: Terminus House

Terminus Street

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1XA

Tel: 01279 450567

Fax: 01279 420886

email: bvna@bvna.co.uk

website: www.bvna.co.uk

Entry requirements

You must be a minimum of 17 years of age and employed at an approved veterinary practice that is certified as a training practice (TP). You must have registered for the Veterinary Nursing Awards through your practice’s Veterinary Nursing Approved Centre (VNAC), such as Askham Bryan College.

For Level 2 you must have one of the following:

* a Level 2 Certificate for Animal Nursing Assistants (formerly Pre-Veterinary Nursing)

* a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or above (or 5 Scottish Standard grades 1-3) which must include English language, mathematics and a science subject

* a BTEC National Diploma or Certificate in Animal Care. This equates to the entry requirement only if merits or distinctions are achieved in specified modules, subject to RCVS agreementFor Level 3 you must already be employed (see above). Have successfully completed the Level 2 certificate in Veterinary Nursing and had your Level 2 portfolio certificated by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

 

Contact

Apply to the RCVS through VNAC for Student Nurse Registration.

Contact Central Admissions at Askham Bryan College for an application form and interview for the theory course (Tel: 01904 772211 or email: enquiries@askham-bryan.ac.uk).