Professional veterinary recruitment

Permanent Medical Veterinary Surgeon - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

• Are you a qualified and RCVS registered veterinary surgeon?
• Do you have a medical bias that your keen on to develop?
• Would you be interested in a consultation only role? Or perhaps would like to focus on medicine cases but still be a general practitioner?

Are you looking for...

• A great salary of up to £74,800?
• No OOH work?
• A 4-day week?

We are recruiting on behalf of a small practice in Newcastle-under-Lyme for a Permanent Veterinary Surgeon who has a medicine bias to join their team. This role is full time for 40 hours per week over 4 days, along with 1 in 4 Saturdays. There will be no OOH work or on-call duties.

Key details

• Type: Small animal
• Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week over 4 days
• Weekends: 1 in 4 Saturdays
• TOIL: Time off in lieu the week after a weekend worked
• OOH: None
• On-call: None
• Computer system: Merlin
• Consultations: 15 minutes

The role

• The practice is ideally looking for a vet with a bias in medicine to balance out their surgery specialists
• They can offer a consultations-only role
• The role offers flexible working pattern and shifts to suit a good work-life balance - EG to work around school pick up. They are in a position to offer full time, part time or flexi time hours that suit
• The Vet will be working alongside a 3.5 Vet team, some of whom have a surgical bias
• The role will offer the Vet the opportunity to pursue areas of special interest
• 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:

• Large group of small animal clinics located across the UK
• Large Veterinary team with various levels of expertise and post graduate qualifications
• They can offer support for additional post graduate training
• There is plenty of scope for the Vet to progress
• The practice where the role is based is fully equipped with facilities including Digital X-ray, Dental x-ray, Ultrasound, fully equipped theatre, digital radiology, laser therapy and an in house laboratory
• The practice class themselves as a forward thinking practice with an experienced team. They regularly have case discussions and also share ideas on how to improve the practice
• They understand the importance of mental wellbeing. They hold monthly wellbeing afternoons to do something fun together as a team
• They offer 2 wellbeing days each year on top of the annual leave allowance
• Excellent local reputation along with a friendly and supportive team
• 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 positive team culture and supporting each other.
• They understand the importance of wellbeing and have programmes in place to provide support as well as wellbeing group days and additional days off
• They ensure plenty of cakes, chocolates and sausage rolls are available!
• They offer a supportive environment where special interests are supported and encouraged in order for a Vet to thrive
• 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

• For a consulting only Vet they must also be competent in emergency surgical procedures for when they are in a period of sole charge
• They will be an experienced Vet with an interest in internal medicine
• The Vet will be a team player, with good interpersonal skills and be able to establish strong working relationships.
• The Vet will be capable of using their own initiative and use their time and resources effectively
• The Vet will be looking to progress and expand their clinical knowledge
• The vet will have excellent communications skills and a compassionate attitude along with excellent client facing skills and ability to build working relationships easily
• 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 £74,800 per annum, commensurate to experience
• Holidays: 7 weeks annual leave, increasing with service and birthday off
• CPD: Generous allowance of £1,500 with 5 days to attend
• Memberships: RCVS, VDS and BVA fees paid
• 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.

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