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    Join our busy small animal surgery in Romford as an Out of Hours Veterinary Surgeon in a part-time role working 7 nights on and 14 nights off (Mon-Fri 8pm-8:15am, weekends 6pm-9am). Earn a competitive salary of up to £80,000 (not pro rata) while working with a dedicated clinical team in a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility.

    Requirements

    • Existing UK veterinary experience required.
    • Must be confident with sole charge and competent with most emergency surgical procedures.
    • Excellent people skills, flexibility, and strong diagnostic and medicinal abilities required.
    • A veterinary qualification allowing registration with the RCVS.

    Skills & Responsibilities

    • Emergency Surgery: Utilise surgical skills to perform most emergency procedures in a purpose-built operating theatre environment.
    • Diagnostics & Medicine: Apply strong diagnostic and medicinal skills to manage a varied and demanding out-of-hours caseload.
    • Client Communication: Deliver fantastic customer service and confidence in the consult room while dealing with anxious pet owners.
    • Sole Charge Capability: Work independently with confidence during night shifts alongside an established on-site night team.
    • Potential transition routes: People from general practice veterinary roles may bring transferable clinical and surgical skills, alongside meeting the required UK experience and sole-charge competencies.

    Job description

    Our busy small animal surgery in Romford is seeking a Veterinary Surgeon to join their Out of Hours team!

    This is a part time role, with a working pattern of 7 nights on and 14 nights off. Monday to Friday 8pm – 8:15am, weekends 6pm-9 am.

    Our location offers free on-site parking as well as fantastic transport links into central London in just 25 minutes and out to the Essex countryside within 20 minutes. It is also ideally located for Stansted, City & Southend Airport.

    Our established clinical team of 14 vets and 18 VNs, hold a wide variety of individual interests from medicine through to soft issue and orthopaedic surgery and we offer a generous CPD allowance meaning you will receive support towards studying at certificate level.

    Our spacious surgery is purpose built to industry leading standards and has state of the art equipment including 2 dedicated operating theatres, ultrasound, in house laboratory and digital radiographs. We also have a full endoscopy unit, access to CT in one of the branches and are continually looking to invest in the best to improve the services that we can offer to our clients.

    Our busy practice has a very varied case load of clients so applicants will need to have existing UK experience, be confident with sole charge, competent with most emergency surgical procedures and have good diagnostic and medicinal skills.

    You will also have excellent people skills, be flexible in your approach to practice and demonstrate passion for the practice and the team. You will be comfortable in a consult room with clients and offer fantastic customer service and dedication.

    In return, we offer:

    • Excellent career opportunities and development due to the varied case load
    • Competitive salary up to £80,000 (not pro rata)
    • Dedicated onsite day and night team enabling 24/7 onsite care for all patients
    • Contributory pension scheme
    • Generous CPD and funding of certificates for the right candidate
    • Paid memberships (RVCS, BVA, VDS)
    • Exclusive company discounts and rewards

    We are an Equal Opportunities Employer

    If you would like to hear more about this position, please contact Lizzie at Southvets@vets4pets.com or to apply, please visit www.vets4petscareers.com

    Location: RM7 0AN

    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

    Out of Hours Veterinary Surgeon

    Romford
    On-site
    Up to £80,000 (not pro rata)

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