Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Senior Veterinary Surgeon - Alfreton, Derbyshire

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon?
• Are you looking for the opportunity to progress into a clinical director position?

We are recruiting on behalf of a small animal practice in Alfreton for a Permanent Senior Veterinary Surgeon. This role is full time for 40 hours per week over 4 or 5 days, along with 1 in 5 weekends. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

Key details

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week over 4 or 5 days
• Weekends: 1 in 5 weekends
• OOH: None
• On call: None
• Computer system: Merlin
• Team: 5 vets, 10 RVNs and 2 ACAs

The role

• Two site practice and the role involves working between them both.
• No OOH allowing for a great work-life balance
• The position involves both consultation and surgeries.
• The role offers a varied case load both medical and surgical cases
• The practice are able to offers some flexibility on working hours
• You will be working alongside 5 vets, 1 RVN and 2 ACAs
• They vet will be expected to provide excellent health care to all patients and excellent advice to all pet owners
• The Vet will be responsible to ensuring that there is excellent communication between themselves and the team and with clients
• They have a certificate holding vet on site and another is about to start studying towards a certificate
• This role is ideal for a vet who is looking to move into a senior role where they can eventually progress to a clinical director role
• Ongoing development and support for certificate study is available

About them:

• First opinion practice with 2 sites
• Fully equipped with diagnostics including endoscopy, digital x-ray, ultrasound, full in-house laboratory and K-laser to support our chronic pain services
• Pride themselves of being an important part of the local community and have been practicing and delivering a high standard of veterinary care for many years now
• They pride themselves on being a group of like minded professionals
• They are passionate about creating a supportive working environment and ensure there is vert much a family feel culture within the practice
• They support and encourage the development of special interests

Team culture:

• The team describe the culture within the practice as it being like family
• They strongly believe in case continuity and the importance of sharing knowledge
• They have regular case reviews and clinical discussions
• They regularly participate in social outings together
• Their ethos is to provide a happy and supportive environment and focus on teamwork
• They have a strong ethos towards CPD and personal development of each team member
• They have an excellent and supportive reception team and nursing team who are always striving to give their best
• They pride themselves on having a low staff turnover and strongly believe this is due to the supportive culture and focus on wellbeing that they have created within the practice along with allowing the team to have that all important work-life balance
• They understand the difficulties that the vet industry can face, and they ensure that each member of staff support each other and strive each day to provide a positive and encouraging work environment

About you

• The practice are looking for a passionate and experienced vet who will fit well into their team
• You will be competent in routine surgeries and consultations
• You will be a team plater and be able to establish strong working relationships
• The ideal candidate will be ambitious and looking to continue in their professional development and study towards a certificate however this is not essential
• You will have excellent communications skills and client facing skills and be able to build good working relationships easily
• You will have a positive attitude and show empathy and warmth where required to both clients and team members

Package

• Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 5 weeks annual leave, increasing with service and birthday off
• CPD: Generous allowance of £1,200 with 5 days to attend
• Memberships: RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid
• Talk to the team regarding relocation packages, golden handshakes and sponsorships which are available for non-UK nationals with RCVS registration in place
• Medical insurance
• Certificates supported
• Workplace pension
• Family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing programmes
• Ongoing learning and development platforms available - including leadership courses
• Career progression opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme

Must haves:

• RCVS registered and qualified or soon to be
• Possess the right to work in the United Kingdom
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

What happens next?

CLICK APPLY NOW or if you have any pre-application questions or if this role is not quite right for you, please contact the Vet Seekers team (details below) to discuss your veterinary career aspirations further.

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