Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Derby

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon?
• Are you looking for a great work-life balance?

We are recruiting on behalf of a small animal practice in Derby for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon to join their team. This role is part time for 20 hours per week over 2 days, along with 1 in 4 Saturdays and 1 in 8 Sundays. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

Key details

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Part time, 20 hours per week over 2 days
• Weekends: 1 in 4 Saturdays and 1 in 8 Sundays
• TOIL: N/A
• OOH: None
• On call: N/A
• Computer system: Merlin
• Consultations: 15 minutes

The role

• They can offer a mixture of both consultations and surgeries and will support special interests
• The ensure the work-life balance and manage their diary in such way to ensure break times, administration times and leaving times
• The offer 15 minute consultations
• Flexible working and rota patterns available to accommodate a good work-life balance
• The Vet will be responsible for providing a high standard of veterinary care and customer service
• The Vet will be responsible to ensuring that there is excellent communication between themselves and the team and with clients

About them:

• First opinion practice part of 7 sites with a tier 3 accredited hospital which offers referrals
• They have facilities including separate cat and dog wards, digital x-ray, dental x-ray, in-house laboratory, endoscopy and ultrasound with access to the main hospital which is equipped with CT and MRI, Advanced Ultrasound and multiple surgical suites
• The have certificate holding Vet and provide support for areas of special interest and additional study
• They can offer a varied and challenging caseload
• The practice provides a high standard of care and customer service to all its patients and clients

Team culture:

• They pride themselves on providing a supportive environment where there is a focus of offering a great work-life balance
• The team work together to support one another and enable each other to achieve goals and continue to develop their clinical skills and knowledge
• 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 Vet will ne confident in first opinion work
• They will be self motivated and confident in their abilities
• The Vet will be a team player, with good interpersonal skills and be able to establish strong working relationships.
• They are able to support areas of special interest
• The vet will have excellent communications skills and a compassionate attitude along with excellent client facing skills
• The Vet will always maintain a high standard of clinical care and always willing to go that extra mile for patients

Package

• Salary: Up to £68,000 pro rata, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 6.6 weeks annual leave, increasing with service and birthday off
• CPD: Generous allowance of £1,250 with 40 hours to attend
• Memberships: RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid
• Talk to the team regarding relocation packages, golden handshakes and sponsorship which are available for non-UK nationals with RCVS registration in place
• Medical insurance
• Certificates supported
• Workplace pension
• Family friendly policies
• Company sick pay
• Pay reviews
• Employee wellbeing programmes
• Ongoing learning and development platforms available
• 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.

Please quote job reference: 39001

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