Veterinary Surgeon

Job Description

Want to work in a brand new, state of the art small animal hospital?

We are looking for a forward thinking, driven and conscientious vet to join our experienced and well established existing 16 vet team. This is to replace Sandra, who is off to do an internship. We ideally want a vet who is 2 + years qualified. 

Our hospital has three theatres, a large prep room, a quiet room, four wards with CASCO heated kennels, 10 consulting rooms, bedrooms for OOH colleagues, and an amazing colleague room and kitchen to enjoy your breaks. We have a dedicated pharmacy team, so you won’t have to dispense your own medications from consults, and they will help process all medication requests. We run on 20 minute appointments, with plenty of diary capacity and space. We do video consults and there is the opportunity to be involved in driving this side of the business.

We are proud of our internal out of hours service. We can keep our interesting and exciting cases in house, and don’t need to refer out. We don't do OOH as "on-call" – you work your OOH shift as your paid hours for the week.  We already have a team of night vets in place, so working OOH is not necessary for new vets to the team. You really do leave on time as the OOH team take over.

What’s the practice like? Watch what our vets said here

We have a culture to develop and grow the vets – you are never on your own, no branch work and we can support you to thrive in the workplace, and enjoy being a vet.

Key points:

•  Advanced Practitioners in ECC, Medicine and General Practice 
•  70% dogs, 30% cats and the odd rabbit/small furry
•  24/7 in patient facilities – case continuity and no transfers
•  20 minute appointments with dedicated in patient time
•  Brand new endoscope and Sonovet ultrasound machine
•  5 days paid CPD with no financial limit, certificates paid for
•  SPVS Wellbeing Practice of the Year 2019, Grad Practice of the Year 2019
•  Full time position is 38 hours - 8am-7pm x 2 days, 8am- 5pm x 2 days and a day off
•  Solely day work, opportunity to cover OOH with support if requested
•  Part time position available also – we are a “jigsaw” practice and can slot your rota into ours
•  1 in 4 weekends (working with another vet), with 2 days off in the week in lieu
•  Salary £42k-£70k depending on experience/ skills matrix

As you would expect from the market leader in small animal veterinary care, we offer:

•  Contributory Pension scheme 
•  Gym membership
•  Paid volunteer days
•  Paid memberships (RCVS and VDS)
•  Opportunity to work full or part time.
•  Exclusive company discounts and rewards

To apply please contact Lizzie on EastVets@vets4pets.com or call her on 07719 014 826.

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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!