Job Details: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Veterinary Surgeon to lead the medicine side of our clients busy Hospital Site.
The successful candidate will work alongside their existing team and their Clinical Directors to continue to provide a high level of care for their patients. They understand that work life balance is more important than ever, they’re more than happy to discuss all shift patters/hours to match your circumstances. They can offer excellent career progression, a Veterinary Surgeon with a medical bias could develop into a Clinical Director role. They will support applications for Veterinary Surgeons with other interests to work at their hospital as well. A full time role would involve covering 40 hours per week. Covering 4 or 5 days per week, either 08:00 – 19:00, 09:00 – 19:00 or 08:00 – 17:00. There’s a shared weekend rota, this sits at 1:6 (08:30 – 16:00 Saturdays and Sundays working 09:00 – 15:00 and 1x Sat am 8:30-12). You’ll receive time off in lieu the following week after working the weekend. No out of hours or on call required!
They have their own hospital facilities and 5 branch surgeries with their own dedicated night service. They are a tier 3 RCVS accredited hospital and is an ISFM gold standard cat friendly practice. They are a nurse training practice. Their experienced team, including several certificate holders, can deal with a wide variety of both medical and surgical cases in house.
They have 14-day vets, 2-night vets, 7 Veterinary Nurses along with a dedicated admin team. They have certificate holders in ECC, ophthalmology and 2 in surgery and many of their nurses have advanced qualifications as well.
They’re an extremely social bunch! They have their monthly fun day, they have done ghost tours, meals, Christmas events and even a summer Olympics “Day” in their colleague’s garden. The Practice has a rich and extensive history. They can track it directly back to 1750! They have dental X-rays, separate soft tissue and orthopaedic theatres, ultrasound and endoscopy room and even an operating microscope.
The preferred candidate will be an experienced small animal vet who is happy with all aspects of first opinion small animal work. They must be happy with sole charge work and be able to support less experienced veterinary surgeons. Ideally, they would like a vet who holds a certificate in small animal medicine or similar but they are more than happy to consider candidates who are working towards or starting out on a certificate.
Package:
• 6 weeks annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Increasing holiday allowance based on length of service
• Your birthday as a paid day off
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental and surrogacy pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Non-accidental injury support
• £1250 CPD allowance with 5 days paid pro rata
• Certificate support
• Learning and development opportunities
• Access to Vetlexicon – our online encyclopaedia provider
• All their Vets & Nurses can apply for research funding
• All their Vets get £1000 per annum to spend via their Care Fund
• Infection Prevention and Control Programme
• Quality Improvement Programme
• BVA membership
• VDS cover
• RCVS fees
• Pawsome Benefits – reward gateway giving discounts and cashback with 100’s of retailers
• Pension – 5% Employee/3% Employer
• Discounted staff pet care
