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    Join Selby Vets for Pets as an Experienced Veterinary Surgeon in a full-time role offering a salary of up to £70,000 per year plus a £5,000 welcome bonus. You will manage varied small animal cases with clinical autonomy, supported by a skilled team in a purpose-built practice.

    Requirements

    • Solid experience working in a small animal veterinary practice
    • Confidence with routine consultations and surgery
    • Genuine passion for delivering high clinical standards and continuous learning
    • RCVS registration or eligible to register

    Skills & Responsibilities

    • Small animal medicine and surgery: Manage a varied caseload of medical and surgical cases, ensuring exceptional patient care.
    • Routine consultations: Conduct thorough physical examinations and consultations with clients to build lasting relationships.
    • Clinical collaboration: Work alongside experienced RVNs, clinical care advisors, and veterinary colleagues to share knowledge and support practice standards.
    • Professional development: Pursue clinical interests and certificates with full funding and support from the practice.
    • Potential transition routes: People from emergency veterinary roles or locum veterinary positions may bring strong clinical adaptability and surgical competence, alongside meeting core small animal practice requirements.

    Job description

    Salary: Up to £70,000 DOE + £5,000 Welcome Bonus
    Hours: 40 hours per week | 1 in 4 Saturdays (9:00am - 4:00pm)

    Ready for your next career move?

    Are you an experienced Veterinary Surgeon looking for a practice where you can fully utilise your clinical skills, influence case management, and continue developing your career within a supportive team?

    At Selby Vets for Pets, we're looking for a confident and compassionate Veterinary Surgeon to join our established practice. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys clinical autonomy, values collaboration, and is looking to work in an environment that genuinely supports both professional growth and work-life balance.

    The Opportunity

    As an experienced Veterinary Surgeon, you'll play a key role within our clinical team, managing a varied medical and surgical caseload while working alongside highly skilled colleagues. You'll have the freedom to work cases up to a high standard, with the support, equipment, and experienced nursing team needed to deliver exceptional patient care.

    We actively encourage Vets to pursue their clinical interests and are happy to support certificates, whether your passion lies in ophthalmology, behaviour, soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, or another discipline.

    You'll be joining an experienced team led by our Clinical Lead, who has over 26 years of veterinary experience, creating an environment where knowledge sharing and continuous learning are part of everyday practice.

    What You'll Bring

    We're looking for someone who:

    • Has solid experience working in small animal practice
    • Is confident with routine consultations and surgery
    • Enjoys building lasting relationships with clients
    • Works collaboratively and supports colleagues across the practice
    • Has a genuine passion for delivering high clinical standards
    • Is keen to continue learning and developing professionally

    Why Join Selby Vets for Pets?

    Our purpose-built practice is designed to support high-quality veterinary care and clinical excellence. You'll benefit from:

    • A loyal and established client base
    • Clinical freedom and autonomy to work cases up thoroughly
    • An experienced team of Veterinary Surgeons, RVNs, Clinical Care Advisors, our Head Nurse and Practice Manager
    • Fully funded CPD, including certificates
    • No overnight responsibilities, with dedicated out-of-hours providers and referral hospitals nearby
    • One trained Mental Health First Aider and a culture that genuinely prioritises colleague wellbeing

    We believe experienced vets perform at their best when they're trusted, supported, and given opportunities to grow.

    Our Benefits

    • Salary up to £70,000, depending on experience
    • £5,000 welcome bonus
    • Relocation support available
    • Visa sponsorship available (A-rated sponsor)
    • Pension scheme and healthcare benefits
    • Paid professional memberships
    • Generous CPD allowance with certificate funding
    • Excellent career progression opportunities
    • Colleague discounts, including up to 20% off at Pets at Home
    • Supportive, friendly, and inclusive working environment

    Location

    Based within the Pets at Home store on a busy retail park just outside Selby town centre (YO8 8LY), our practice offers free parking and excellent transport links to Leeds, York, and the East Coast.

    Interested?

    If you're an experienced Veterinary Surgeon looking for a practice where you'll be valued, supported, and encouraged to develop your career, we'd love to hear from you.

    For an informal and confidential conversation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at covet@vets4pets.com.

    We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

    Apply now
    Vets for Pets

    Experienced Veterinary Surgeon

    Selby
    On-site
    Up to £70,000 per year + £5,000 welcome bonus

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