Vet Surgeon - Join a gold standard hospital

Job Description

Join a family run 24/7 hospital that offers flexibility in a workplace dedicated to clinical excellence, continuous progression, and providing a team culture where everyone can thrive.

• Due to the practice growing we are looking for 2 part time vets to join us!
• Gold standard hospitalisation and Emergency Care
• Up to £60K FTE dependent upon experience
• This a part-time day vet position
• 2 days per week (Wednesday 9am -6pm consults and Thursday 9am -8pm)
• Varied and complex caseload
• Surgical, Medicine, Dentistry Certificate holder in-house vet support
• This would be a great opportunity for someone looking for a role that will give them access to a more diverse case load
• £1,000 Annual CPD allowance, certificate sponsorship is highly encouraged
• Our 24-hour hospital has fantastic equipment to assist in you providing the best care possible

Set up by our JVPs, Keith and Julie Leonard in 2012, we are a family run, RCVS Accredited Hospital and Emergency Service Clinic, providing OOH and referral support to 16 referring surgeries. This is run alongside a thriving first opinion business meaning we get the best of both worlds: the case variety you expect to find in a busy general practice and the continuity to work this caseload up and provide high quality, advanced, referral level care to our patients in-house.

We are always looking to progress and increase the services we can provide; a recent extension has tripled our working space, allowed us to grow our team, offer even more flexibility in working patterns, provide further progression opportunities, and expand our ability to provide in-house CPD and training. Even more recently we have started working with an external CT imaging provider, further improving case continuity for both our vets and clients.

Ideally, we are looking for the following:

Experience in ophthalmology, dermatology (with scope to develop own referral clinics).

Fixed Shift Pattern

Part Time Vet (1) : 21 hr per week contract

• One Shift = Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday (consulting shift 30min sick-pet consults as standard) 8.5hrs (either 9-6 or 11-8)
• Friday 7.5 hrs (will be either - surgery or hospital in-patient shift) can vary hours 7:30-3:30 / 12:30-8:30 (IP) or 9-5 (surgery)
• 1 in 4 weekends 5hrs per week equivalent (one of 3 vets and full hospital team, ECC and sick pets only, hospital shifts, emergency procedures) 7:30-6, 9:30-8 or 10-8:30 shifts Sat & Sun

Part Time Vet (2) CONSULT ONLY : 22 hr per week contract

• Two of the following CONSULT ONLY shifts - Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday (consulting shift 30min sick-pet consults as standard) 8.5hrs (either 9-6 or 11-8)
• 1 in 4 weekends 5hrs per week equivalent (one of 3 vets and full hospital team, ECC and sick pets only, hospital shifts, emergency procedures) 7:30-6, 9:30-8 or 10-8:30 shifts Sat & Sun

Within our clinical team we a diverse range of skills and interests with many of our Vet and Nursing team holding certificates in their area of expertise. We have team WhatsApp groups for clinical discussions and support and hold regular in-house CPD sessions in a range of subjects. We have a fantastic management team, including a mental health first aider, so that our vets and nurses can concentrate on providing the high-quality care we pride ourselves on. One of nurses is also training as a life coach to provide further support to our team.

In addition to joining an ambitious, forward-thinking, and friendly team in a supportive working environment and the opportunity to enjoy a varied and challenging caseload, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous CPD allowance
• Paid memberships (RCVS, VDS, BSAVA)
• Free onsite parking
• Exclusive company discounts and rewards

To apply or to find out more please e-mail northvet@vets4pets.com and someone will get back to you within 1 working day.

We are flexible to interview via zoom or practice visits but would like to welcome our potential new team member to visit our practice as part of the recruitment process.

Location: WF17 9AD

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!