Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Veterinary Surgeon - Gillingham, Kent

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon or soon to be?
• Are you looking to join an established small animal practice?

Are you looking for...

• A great salary of up to £56,770?
• No OOH work?
• A generous CPD allowance?

We are recruiting for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon to join a charity hospital in Gillingham, Kent. This role is full time for 37.5 hours per week, along with 1 in 6 Saturday mornings. There will be time off in lieu of any weekends worked, offering an excellent work-life balance.

This is a large purpose-built hospital which offers all the latest technology. It is fully equipped with 5 consulting rooms, an operating theatre, separate dental and prep areas, imaging suit, digital radiography, ultrasound, endoscopy and much more including orthopaedic facilities.

This role offers a wide variety of cases daily along with support of a highly experienced team of Veterinary Surgeons and Nurses. All members of staff are offered the opportunity to work to their full potential and develop their clinical skill set medically and surgically.

Key details:

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
• Weekends: 1 in 6 weekends
• OOH: None
• Sole charge: None
• Team: Large hospital team

About the role:

• They are seeking a veterinary surgeon for the delivery of an efficient, professional and caring service to all the hospitals clients and to provide a high standard of customer service and clinical care whilst also promoting pet wellbeing and delivering preventive services
• The hospital building is well equipped with plenty of consulting space allowing them to meet the demands of this busy small practice
• The caseload is very varied on a day to day basis
• They are a friendly welcoming team that are very supportive
• They aim to promote a healthy life for all their pets by preventing, educating and treating sick and injured animals with passion and compassion
• Responsible for managing cases cost-effectively, encouraging financial contributions from clients

About them:

• As the UK's leading veterinary charity, with 48 pet hospitals, they strive to improve animal lives through prevention, education and treatment
• Every year their dedicated vet teams carry out 2.7 million treatments on 470,000 pets
• Their national network of around 120 high street shops help us to provide these treatments through selling both donated and new goods
• They believe that they work better together, so everyone from their vets, volunteers, shop teams and office support colleagues are driven into the help improve the lives of every pet

Package:

• Salary: £43,230 to £56,770 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• CPD: Generous allowance of £1,000 with 1 week to attend
• Memberships: RCVS fees paid
• Paid statutory holidays
• Travel allowance
• Life assurance 4x annual salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance after 12 months service

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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