Surgery Information / Job Description

Are you a veterinary surgeon looking for your next challenge in a busy hospital practice where patient care is gold standard and colleague wellbeing is paramount?

Are you currently studying towards an ECC certificate and struggling for cases?

Are you looking for a flexible rota and a great work-life balance?
Do you love case continuity and being able to see your patients from admit to discharge?

Are you looking to further your career and expand your knowledge in a practice with interesting cases?

Are you looking to utilise your skills in a supportive practice
If any of these statements are true for you then we are the practice for you!

Basildon Vets4pets is an RCVS accredited practice and we think that we can offer a great work-life balance to our colleagues. Being a 10 vet, 24-hour hospital practice the caseload is high and variable. Commonly performed surgeries are cruciates, fracture repairs, TECABO, perineal urethrostomies, BOAS, skin flaps, caesareans and similar interesting cases. This is a true emergency care role solely to see emergency and critical cases as well as inpatient care. If you came to join our wonderful out of hours team you would be working 7.30pm until 8.30am alongside a dedicated out of hours veterinary nurse and a veterinary care assistant each night. We also have a receptionist working until 8pm. We are able to be flexible with this position as such, we can offer either working 7 nights ON and 14 nights OFF or a combination of nights and days.

We are located just 45 minutes from London and the seaside is 20 minutes away by car.

Person Specification

Our OOH Vets are responsible for treating emergency critical cases as well as inpatient care (something we take very seriously)
Our caseload is extremely varied- you could be placing a feeding tube one minute and helping to deliver a litter of puppies via c-section the next. As a 24-hour hospital we not only provide out of hours care for our own patients, but we also cover 4 other Vets4Pets practices in the area so our nights enables a variety of caseloads making it extremely rewarding.

Benefits

Our offer to you:

• Pastoral care, emotional wellbeing and support
• Free access to the RetailHub wellbeing service including access to professional support and counselling
• Birthday leave
• CPD funded and actively encourage our vets to pursue Post graduate certificates
• Free onsite car parking
• Pension scheme
• Exclusive colleague discounts
• Discounted pet care
• Death in service- 4 times your annual salary
• Paid memberships – RCVS, BVA, VDS, BSAVA
• Generous salary depending on experience

By joining this lovely team you will be working alongside 10 vets, 9 RVNs, 4 SVNs, 7 receptionists, 1 practice manager and 3 VCAs.

We hold regular clinical meetings, discuss protocols and run an open and honest culture encouraging development, change and support for our colleagues. Above all else, we value someone who is a team player; committed to our patients and clients; and is keen to be a part of our team!

For further information or to apply online, please click the apply button.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.